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| State-run media says China needs a long-range bomber |
| 2015-07-08 |
| China needs to develop a long-range strategic bomber to strike adversaries farther away from its coast in the event of conflict, state media reported Tuesday, quoting defense experts. The meeting agreed that a long-range strategic bomber would enable the air force to attack farther out into the Pacific Ocean, the paper quoted Kanwa Defense Review as reporting, as far as the "second island chain." A capacity to strike the second island chain would hinder foreign militaries from intervening in "an emergency or conflict," the China Daily said, citing the report. In May, China's State Council, or cabinet, said in a white paper that the country would project its military power further beyond its sea borders and more assertively in the air. The Chinese military defines a long-range strategic bomber as one that can carry more than 10 tonnes of air-to-ground munitions and with a minimum range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) without refueling, the China Daily said. Chinese defense technology magazine Aerospace Knowledge said in a series of articles last month that China needs a long-range stealth bomber, China Daily said. "A medium-range bomber can't essentially fix the PLA air force's shortcomings in terms of strategic strike and strategic deterrence," it cited one of the reports as saying. "Thus the air force does need an intercontinental strategic bomber capable of penetrating an enemy's air defenses." But the China Daily quoted the publication's deputy editor-in-chief Wang Yanan as saying such an aircraft would require "a state-of-the-art structure and aerodynamic configuration as well as a high-performance turbofan engine." "All of these are major problems facing the Chinese aviation industry," he added. "I don't think these difficulties can be resolved within a short period of time." |
| Posted by:Thraling Hupoluns2819 |
| #3 At last check, CHINA is snubbing the UNCLOS Arbitration panel, whilst the PHILIPPINES on its part is claiming the integrity of the UN + UNCLOS is at stake iff the latter fails to invalidate China's claims to nearly all of the SCS. OTOH, CHINA = is offering to sit down wid the Philippines to discuss the matter outside of the UNCLOS. * WORLD NEWS > [Business Insider] PHILIPINES WILL SPEND US$20.0BILYUHN ON ITS MILITARY TO GAIN "COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA". Artic read, AFP "COVERAGE/MONITORING", BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO STOP CHINA??? * CHINA DAILY FORUM [old = repost] RUSSIAN MISSLE CRUISER "MOSKVA" [Ex-KIROV Battlecruiser?] IN SOUTH CHINA SEA FOR LIVE-FIRE DRILL AHEAD OF PUTIN'S VISIT TO BEIJING. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-08 23:01 |
| #2 I'm sure Clinton will sell them one |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-07-08 22:38 |
| #1 To clarify, ARTIC = the PLA = PLAAF needs a new LR strategic bomber capable of reaching the SEcond Island Chain, i.e. GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC + CAROLINES [CENTPAC]. Sniff, sniff, IS THERE NO END TO THE THREAT TO GUAM'S CAMEL ROCK??? Personally, IMO the Chinese andor Islamic threat to GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC, etal. is lessor to the threat agz same from Anti-US US OWG Globalist + aligned, espec vee US-N-Only-US unilateral or self "Retreat/Fallback is OWG + World Peace", where the US-N-Only-The-US must give up "Sole" Superpower Authority-n-Influence, etc. to OWG Co-Superpower-hood while somehow simultan NOT BEING EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED = ATTACKED BY ANYONE. Besides SSSSHHH ...PCCCCCC helping future Co-SUperpower Siblings CHINA, PUTINIST RUSSIA, + IRAN, OTHER? to MilPol/Geopol rise to the detriment of the US' = US-West/Allies' own interests , the fact that the ISIS had repeatedly threatened to attack + destroy America = Amerika has absolutely positively categorically undeniably .... .... nothing to do wid anything. WHEW, THANK GOODNESS THATS SETTLED - NOT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-08 19:56 |