Posted on 05/08/2014 8:25:18 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
In the last twenty years, China has quickly ascended from a regional to global military power. A generation ago, the People’s Liberation Army was armed with antiquated weapons and oriented towards a manpower-intensive “People’s War”. In the intervening period China has gone from a green to blue water navy, the air force is actively developing so-called fifth-generation fighters, and the army has been extensively modernized.
A vast array of new Chinese weapons are under development, some alarming in their potential.
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The most dangerous weapon to U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific region is the Dong Feng-21D anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Somewhat prematurely dubbed “the Carrier Killer”, the DF-21D is a medium-range ballistic missile specifically designed to attack American aircraft carriers, skirting the defenses of a U.S. naval task force to attack ships from above at hypersonic speeds.
DF-21D is a land-based system, with an estimated range of up to 1,500+km. Once launched, the missile would release a reentry vehicle traveling at speeds of up to Mach 10-12. The resulting velocity and kinetic energy—to say nothing of the reentry vehicle’s payload—would cause serious damage to even the largest naval vessels. Nobody knows for sure, but it is believed direct hits from a DF-21D could be enough to put an aircraft carrier out of action, or even sink it. . .
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the $1000 loaner guy fails, only he fails.
the $10,000,000 loaner guy fails, the bank may fail too. some heads gonna roll even if they make it.
If the drone has telemetry tied into a data stream consisting of our own hacked GPS data, they wouldn't need it. The Chinese aren't stupid.
To put it in perspective, you have to be able to maneuver at mach 10 and your targeting has to be extremely good from a long way out. If you are driving a car at 50mph it is rather easy to pick the open toll booth. But try getting into that lane at 600mph. You are going to have to commit really early.
There is going to have to be a radar or IR sensor for terminal guidance. Radar can be jammed or spoofed, IR can be blinded with a laser. The ABM SM-3 might even get a kinetic kill on it.
Of course, but the scenario isn’t a complete breakdown of all defenses and own-ship GPS data. It is a tactical at-sea situation. If they had the own-ship GPS data, they could hit it in port.
Obama will extend an open hand and the Chinese will love us.
Well, if U.S. ships are attacked and don’t have the needed conventional defensive weapons, U.S. military forces will use nukes.
Well that one has been done before, now hasn't it?
[Well, if U.S. ships are attacked and don’t have the needed conventional defensive weapons, U.S. military forces will use nukes.]
And China will suddenly find itself in an arena where its forces are hopelessly inadequate.
LOL - great question... I assume our take (the taxpayers) was ZERO...
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