China ramps up missile capability

CNN ASIA | 2.11.03

[skeeter]

Arm Japan. Share state of the art missile defense technology with 'em. Lend/lease 'em a couple of old Forrestal class carriers 'till they can start launching their own. Listen to China scream.

[mikhailovich]

You compared China's techology acquisition via voluntary contract, with Russia's acquisition via spying.

If anyone has a "point" here, giving technology away is vastly different than having it stolen, in this context, don't you think? It is precisely that, that an ally would sell technology to a foe, that is troubling. Hence your spying analogy means little, again, in this context.

And that is the "point."

With that said, perhaps the US did more to promote this Chinese problem than Israel. But people run to Israel's defense and even say "shoot me instead" when Israel made a policy decision that is harmful to the US. All I'm saying is "let's call a spade a spade."

[spetznaz]

You compared China's techology acquisition via voluntary contract, with Russia's acquisition via spying. If anyone has a "point" here, giving technology away is vastly different than having it stolen, in this context, don't you think? It is precisely that, that an ally would sell technology to a foe, that is troubling. Hence your spying analogy means little, again, in this context.

Chill out Mikhail! What i was doing was trying to show how time gets cut out of military R&D when info is acquired from external sources. I was showing that just how the USSR managed to cut 1 year off its H-bomb development China managed to cut a decade off its nuclear warhead/delivery program. That was it.

I was not trying to compare 'voluntary contracts' with 'acquisitions ia spying!

And as for what i said about Israel what i meant was China getting Python-3 AAMs (Air to Air missiles) from Israel is not as bad as China getting ICBM tech from the US (which is why i said i would rather my enemy had great AAMs than even a basic ICBM design). I also said the same about the stuff China has got from Russia (eg the R-73 AAM and the SunBurn SSM). All that tech is still of military significance, but it is by far less than nuclear warhead miniturization and advanced guidance mechanisms.

I think you were reading ito something that was not there. I was not even thinking of comparing 'voluntary acquisitions' with 'spying;' and furthermore i was not 'running to Israel's defense.'

[mikhailovich]

Very well. My bad.

[Tailgunner Joe]

bttt

[PsyOp]

I wish the Chinese would just go ahead and name one of these missles after their Manchurian Candidate and be done with the charade.

They can designate it the Short Dong - C42.

[PsyOp]

Arm Japan...

Better yet, give Taiwan whatever they ask for. Pershings, Patriots, Advanced cruise missles, A Trident or two (better than decomissioning them), and all those soon-to-be surplus M-1 tanks (they'd make a mincemeat out of chicom landing-craft and they make a hell of a road-block)...

[swarthyguy]

A lot of milequipment in Germany could be sent to Taiwan.

[PsyOp]

Yeah, but I'd rather see that equipment moved to Poland or to the Czech Republic. A little mud in the eyes of the Germans. We can move the state-side heavys to Taiwan and South Korea. Of course, if we send them to South Korea, they'll need bumper-stickers stating that they don't brake for communist sympathisers.

[DoughtyOne]

That wouldn't work out too well, since North Korea already a missile after Clinton.

Reverence this: NK Missile Information

[DoughtyOne]

Should read: "...already named a..."

Sorry about that.

[DoughtyOne]

Yikes! Reverence should read: Reference

[PsyOp]

No Dong...

LOL! I thought that one was named after Carter or Hillary!

[DoughtyOne]

: )

[Sparta]

They can designate it the Short Dong - C42.

LOL!!!