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China Threatens to Blow up US Aircraft Carriers
Breaking Israel News ^ | July 6, 2020 | Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz

Posted on 07/06/2020 9:29:33 AM PDT by silent majority rising

The US sent two carrier groups to the South China Sea in a show of force intended to intimidate China in its aggressive takeover of a disputed archipelago. China responded by boasting of its “wide selection of anti-aircraft carrier weapons”, claiming that the mega-warships operated “at the pleasure of the PLA [People’s Liberation Army]”. The response by the US Navy was short and to the point: “Not intimidated.”

The decision to send the two nuclear-powered carriers, the USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan, into the South China Sea for dual-carrier operations and exercises was bound to ruffle the feathers of the Chinese government. This is the first time since 2014 that two carriers have been in the region and China is currently conducting a five-day drill around the Paracel Islands.

The Paracel Islands, essentially an archipelago, is a group of 130 islands approximately equidistant from the coastlines of the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam and also in proximity to the Philippines. The archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and a seabed with potential, but as yet unexplored, oil and gas reserves. As such, they have long been the focus of a dispute between the three countries.

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Hmmmm. Might not be as easy as the Chinese think. They media has convinced them that the USA will fall from within in a matter of weeks, so this might be the best opportunity they ever have.
1 posted on 07/06/2020 9:29:33 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


2 posted on 07/06/2020 9:30:34 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: silent majority rising

No, not in exchange for being on the receiving end of an NUCLEAR SLBM.


3 posted on 07/06/2020 9:31:25 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: Army Air Corps

We are much stronger than everyone thinks, especially the Democrats and the media. The next few weeks will be our finest hour. Sometimes you need a good wake up call to remember what is important.


4 posted on 07/06/2020 9:31:52 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: silent majority rising

The Chinese have been indirectly paying our media.

They aren’t going to rely on them for the truth.


5 posted on 07/06/2020 9:32:42 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: silent majority rising

More bluster from the paper dragon. They are running away from India as I type this, and would have a very short life span should they try anything against our carriers.

Hey Winnie the Pooh, you should rein in your idiots before we turn off your satellites and let one Ohio class boat free fire.


6 posted on 07/06/2020 9:33:26 AM PDT by datura
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To: silent majority rising

Good luck Dr Wang..


7 posted on 07/06/2020 9:34:01 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: silent majority rising

“They (sic) media has convinced them that the USA will fall from within in a matter of weeks...”

Based on what democrats are doing without challenge, they are not far from the mark.


8 posted on 07/06/2020 9:37:38 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: silent majority rising

We are much stronger than everyone thinks

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Maybe in terms of capabilities but do we have quality leadership in the Pentagon necessary to project and utilize force in a quick and devastating way? Our military brass seem to see themselves as co-equals of the president. I’m not all that confident they would follow orders.


9 posted on 07/06/2020 9:38:06 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: blueunicorn6

The WSJ has subtly become a CCP mouthpiece. But they are careful not to overdo it.


10 posted on 07/06/2020 9:38:42 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: silent majority rising

W failed to turn the ME into a parking lot. Trump is already fed up with them over the virus. It won’t take much to end them.


11 posted on 07/06/2020 9:43:40 AM PDT by bgill
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The PRC is feeling frisky. Recently, they have been making moves against India. Heck they have even been bullying Bhutan, of all places.


12 posted on 07/06/2020 9:44:44 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Starboard

“...Our military brass seem to see themselves as co-equals of the president. I’m not all that confident they would follow orders....”

Personally, I would not trust any leader selected by Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota sissy.


13 posted on 07/06/2020 9:45:04 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: silent majority rising

bkmk


14 posted on 07/06/2020 9:47:02 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: silent majority rising

And you have that great intel how?


15 posted on 07/06/2020 9:47:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: silent majority rising

Mookabooking China flu masters sink an American Aircraft carrier it will be WAR.


16 posted on 07/06/2020 9:49:05 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
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Good grief. If the chinks took out {or tried to do so} two aircraft carriers, their population would go from 1.49 billion to several million radiated bodies wandering around looking for a dead dog.

I hope that Xi {or is it XX or XY or XXX or XYX} has no illusions about President Donald John Trump and his America first policy.

17 posted on 07/06/2020 9:50:55 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: Army Air Corps

And yesterday or Saturday, claimed Vladivostok, home of the Russian Pacific Fleet, as theirs.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3862293/posts?page=11


18 posted on 07/06/2020 9:52:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: silent majority rising

They have the technology thanks to Bubba Clinton’s treason. He overruled his Security Advisers and approved Loral Technology’s sale of missile technology to China. So Loral could calm the Chinese after one of their Loral’s missiles went off course and killed hundreds of Chinese.


19 posted on 07/06/2020 9:56:14 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies)
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To: silent majority rising

Great way to get nuked.


20 posted on 07/06/2020 9:56:16 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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