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China-Japan-Koreas
China to Hold Live-Fire Naval Drill in West Sea
2010-08-31
The Chinese Navy will conduct training in the West Sea using live ammunition from Wednesday to Saturday, China's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. Beijing said the naval exercise will be held off the coastal city of Qingdao ahead of joint anti-submarine drills planned by South Korea and the U.S. in the West Sea in September.

China has voiced strong opposition against the naval drills on its own doorstep and threatened its own war games in response. But China's Defense Ministry said the drill is "an annual routine" mainly involving the firing of shipboard artillery.
How about that! All our drills are 'routine' as well!
Meanwhile, Admiral Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, during a visit to Japan last week said China's anti-ship ballistic missile, known as the "carrier killer," is close to becoming operational. According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Willard said the weapon, which "has undergone repeated tests" is "probably close to being operational." But he added, "We have not allowed the development of these capabilities and capacities to deter our right to navigate in international waters in areas around China."

Hong Kong and Chinese media reported that China has built two strategic missile bases in Guangdong Province and plans to deploy the state-of-the-art Dongfeng-21C and Dongfeng-21D missiles there soon. The Dongfeng-21D, which has a longer range than the 1,800 km Dongfeng-21C, would place 70 percent of the South China Sea within its reach, which includes disputed areas.
Assuming it's allowed to live long enough, and manages to get a radar-lock ...
Posted by:Steve White

#1  ION DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINA PLACING MISSLES IN G-B, ENCIRCLING INDIA:JASWANT SINGH [Opposition BJP Leader]. "G-B" = Gilgit-Baltistan.

* CHINA = denies any CUTOFF oF MIL, OTHER BILATER EXCHANGES WID INDIA, nor receiving any Official Communiques from India or other related to same.

* WMF > US NAVAL COLLEGE: CPLA CAN PREEMPTIVELY PARALYZE OR DESTROY THE REGION-STRATEGIC/VITAL US AIR BASE AT KADENA, JAPAN WID 172 DF-15 BALLISTIC MISSLES, + AFTERWARDS MAY NEED ONLY 12 DF-15's IN SECOND, FOLLOW-ON MISSLE STRIKES AGZ KADENA. PREEMPTIVE CPLA DESTRUCTION OF US MILBASES THROUGHOUT JAPAN. US ARMY BMD-TMDS ON GUAM BASE MEANT TO COMPLEMENT, SUPPORT + PROTECT, US BASES ON OKINAWA.

* SAME > CHINA WOULD HAD ATTACKED, DAMAGED OR SUNK, THE USS "GEORGE WASHINGTON" NUCLEAR CARRIER IN THE YELLOW SEA IRREGARDLESS OF US MILITARY OR TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY AGZ THE CPLA.

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA'S NEW H-10 STEALTH BOMBER SECRET FLIGHT - CAN CARRY NUCLEAR BOMB. Former US monopoly of MIL STEALTH TECHS is now BROKEN. Also, the H-10 poses a SERIOUS THREAT TO JAPAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY.

NET > CHIN'S NEW STEALTHY H-10 repor can strike US MilBases as far away as GUAM.

* WMF > US FAILURE TO DEFEAT AL QAEDA + ISLAMIST MILITANT GROUPS IN IRAQ + AFGHNAISTAN [AFPAK] RISKS EXPANSION OF THE ISLAMIST THREAT TOWARDS CHINA, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, EAST ASIA + PACIFIC REGIONS. THE ISLAMIST MILITANT THREAT TO CHINA IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" AGZ CHINA + THREAT TO CHINA FROM JAPAN + OTHER ASIAN STATES BECOMING NUCLEAR.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-08-31 00:45  

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