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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And using it would cost the trillion or so dollars the Chinese have invested in the US.
Wonder how much technology was given to them by the Clinton administration?cj
Don’t forget the pupu platter.
If you owe the bank $1,000 you are a potential problem. If you owe the bank $1,000,000 you are a potential partner
Their main weapon would prob be the US Dollar.
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It's one thing to hit a stationary test target sitting the middle of a desert. Quite another to hit one maneuvering at 35+ knots.
A perfect time to cut our military to pre-WWII funding.
While you are getting shot at too.
The forgot the thousands of factories now in Red China that used to be located in the United States.
“Anti-Satellite Weaponry”
Capital assets orbiting earth will be targeted in the next world conflict. Both sides have this capability. The winner of the space battle will be the champion.
At mach 10, 35 knots is standing still.
“Offensive Cyber Operations”
There’s gonna be a lot of pissed off FReepers if they bring the web down!
The carrier wins the maneuverability race.
In order to hit a carrier it would then have to be a huge conventional blast: on the order of 30,000 lbs of TNT within a 1/8 mile radius. Not a practical load for an RV.
The carrier wins the blast race.
It would therefore, at a minimum, that the RV be nuclear in the 5 - 10 kT range. Doable, but then you bring the entire US nuclear umbrella down on your head.
We loose a carrier, you loose your country and a few hundred million to nuclear strikes.
We win and send the Marines in to polish the glass of the new worlds largest optical telescopes.
If you want to defeat a carrier strike group, ignore the carrier. Go after it's defensive armada.
If the destroyers, cruisers and subs are gone, a naked carrier is no threat.
Don’t forget, a carrier group is surrounded by guided missile destroyers and maybe a GM ageis cruiser. Anything that gets within 250 miles of a carrier is tracked and no IFF will get you an F-18 buddy.
Don’t forget, a carrier group is surrounded by guided missile destroyers and maybe a GM ageis cruiser. Anything that gets within 250 miles of a carrier is tracked and no IFF will get you an F-18 buddy.
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