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| This Is China's Master Plan to Destroy the U.S. Navy in Battle |
| 2016-01-31 |
| [The National Interest] When Chinese officers go to bed at night, what do they fear most? Despite all the hard work, all the billions of dollars spent, no Chinese sailor wants to tangle with the U.S. Navy. As one retired Chinese senior defense official told me in late 2014: "The 3 A.M. crisis 'call' I feared the most is that we were at war with your navy." While such a statement surely tickles the hearts of Pentagon officials, know this: Fear, when focused properly, can make the mind--and the collective power of nations--help craft solutions to complex military challenges that might at one time have seemed nearly impossible. For example, during the 1995-1996 Taiwan Crisis, Beijing's 'nightmares' were nearly realized. When faced with a superior military power that could deploy massive amounts of advanced naval assets and project power from multiple domains like no other nation in history, China simply could not compete. Chinese leaders, especially President Jiang Zemin, would fear the power of American Carrier Battle Groups (CBGs) and their ability to negate what little military might Beijing could bring to bear on Taipei. At one point, there is strong evidence to suggest China could not even find the location of U.S. Carriers--a big problem for sure. The crisis would clearly shape Beijing's thinking on the development of weapons that could provide an asymmetric edge. So what weapons would China use against the U.S. Navy if combat did ever commence? Some of these weapons, and I am talking to you National Interest readers, you know--and know well. Others, such as one or two of the three platforms I would like to focus on for this blog post, are not as well known, and yet, could give the U.S. Navy the greatest of fits. In a Taiwan crisis scenario--a scenario in which Beijing to this day still sees as the greatest possible military challenge--the following listed below are platforms U.S. strategic thinkers truly fear (and arguably don't have exact solutions to mitigate at the moment): |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Sending USN CVBGS into the Taiwan Straits was one of the few things the DemoLeft's Anti-Reagan-ergo-Pro-Reagan answer to Reagan-Bush41 Admin did right. Or was that Pro-Reagan-ergo-Anti-Reagan? D *** NG IT, I'LL LET LINDSAY LOHAN + MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ DECIDE! lol. I highly doubt China + PLA will allow the USN-USDOD to get that close to Taiwan, China Seas, or Chinese Mainland ever again - THE USDOD NEEDS TO DUST OFF + UPDATE ITS COLD WAR RESPONSE PLAN FOR CHINA TO INVADE + TAKE OVER THE NORTHERN PHILIPPINES. I still hold to my belief that China will meet or attack any US intervening mil forces while the latter are still far out in WESTPAC or CENTPAC, vee Submarines, LR PLAAF Heavy Bombers + TacAIr, + ultimately LRBMS including ASBMS - CONSEQUENTLY, CHINA WILL NEED LAND-BASED STAGING AREAS, ETC. WHICH THE SPRATLY + PARACEL ISLANDS IN THE SCS AREN'T IT, HENCE CHINA'S + PLA'S NEED FOR NORTHERN PHILIPPINES = PH TERRITORIES WHERE THE US HAS LITTLE TO NO MIL PRESENCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-31 22:48 |
| #5 Great post, Sir. The drill-downs referenced are real eye-openers also. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-01-31 17:17 |
| #4 kamikaze? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-31 11:30 |
| #3 100000 mines is not much. |
| Posted by: Lionel Thoth9784 2016-01-31 10:51 |
| #2 So what weapons would China use against the U.S. Navy if combat did ever commence? "Prez, Senators and Congresscritters" |
| Posted by: Grampaw Pelosi5115 2016-01-31 09:36 |
| #1 So what weapons would China use against the U.S. Navy if combat did ever commence? Prez, Senators and Congresscritters who are more interested in gold plating ships with the best their donors and districts can get away with so that America won't be able to afford a navy or one they could risk in combat. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-31 08:33 |