Comments on: Let’s Talk AirSea Battle

By: guest

guest — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:32:15 +0000

http://air.top81.cn/pla/gfx/j10b/j-10-fighter-wea... J-10 warplane weapons configuration

By: guest

guest — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:59:35 +0000

starting graphic of j-6 warplane : http://image.tuku.china.com/tuku.military.china.c...

By: european view

european view — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:12:05 +0000

One subject has not been covered in this debate; the need for a military superpower-to-be (China) to regularly conduct war to continuously develop its war-fearing capabilities. So far China has not been “training” properly for a show-down with the US. My tip to the political-military leadership of China is to first have a string of wars with Russia, India, Vietnam (once more, but this time winning!), before taking on Taiwan/US/Japan. Watch the master of this game; the US has had 1–2 wars going for every decade the last 70 years!
If China does not heed this advice, I surmise the position it’s taking on developing a no-access zone close to its shore is purely defensive.

By: rugerblake

rugerblake — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:27 +0000

Actually, no! Our economies are not interdependent. We buy cheap crap from China we don’t need. They don’t buy anything from us — They steal much of our technology. What we need to do is to be big kids now and put a 50% tax on their imports. (Donald Trump credit here) I love Walmart …but sorry. American industries or Vietnam, Indonesia and the like will make up the short falls. We can pay back our bonds, force them to shutdown the Iranians and deal with Chinese honestly. e.g.: Hey we know you’d like to beat us, but that’s not happening. They’ll respect us on many levels. Who cares if they like us!

By: ohwilleke

ohwilleke — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:53:47 +0000

“The Chinese military buildup aims to threaten key point targets such as Kadena Air Force Base in Japan and Andersen Air Base on Guam. Early in any conflict, the Chinese would launch massive salvos of ballistic missiles at those bases followed by waves of strike aircraft, Krepinevich writes.”

Is a recognition that surface warships are sitting ducks good? Yes.

Is an expectation that the lesson that China learned from WWII was that Pearl Harbor was a good idea for Japanese forces in the Pacific reasonable? I think not.

Not attacking Japanese or U.S. forces if it can be helped, and certainly not pre-emptive, had the potential to keep other players off the board, at least briefly, while a direct attack prompts an immediate and decisive response from both Japan and the U.S. And, for the Chinese invadiing Taiwan, even a couple of days of dithering could mean the difference between a pitched air-sea battle and a fait accompli.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:53 +0000

Is 300 Tomahawk’s enough to make a dent? Or even 600 IF you could get all 4 close enough in a timely manner (2 are in LANT, 2 are in PAC according to SUBFOR web site)?

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:54:21 +0000

First of all, I don’t think China wants to risk her economy in this sort of fight. Further, I don’t think China has all the capabilities the paper discussed. I also think that some of their capabilities will either fail, not work as well as advertised, or our own forces will degrade theirs considerably. Also consider that I’m an armchair warrior with more opinion than knowledge or experience. Just in case the Chinese are a credible force, and are seriously considering a fight, try these suggestions on for size:

(See the next post for the other half…)

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:59:07 +0000

You didn’t notice? The 30 million Mexicans are already here.

By: cjkosh

cjkosh — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:36:04 +0000

Just curious, but I noticed no-one talking counter-measures has mentioned the utility of our converted boomers. Seems to me in a dust up over Taiwan, they could be prepped to take out some of those missiles before they are launched.

By: Anon E Moose

Anon E Moose — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:48:04 +0000

BTW: We mustn’t forget Heritage’s links to the Masons, Templars, Druids and especially the Spanish Inquisition. No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition.