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2008-01-02 China-Japan-Koreas

Taiwan sees jump in China missile build-up

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Posted by Steve White 2008-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 See also WAFF.com > CHINA'S ASYMMETRICAL STRATEGY - THE BATTLE FOR ACCESS INTO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. China had already declared Guam + Pacific as future Chinese territories - only a matter/issue of how to get the PLA overseas to militarily enforce Chinese = ChiCom sovereignty and rights, correct???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-02 00:05|| 2008-01-02 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 SO, as a matter of WAR/BATTLE MAPPING, and drawing a line from Guangzhou to Vietnam to Guam-MIcroneia, CHICOMMIES is to the north of same line, RADICAL ISLAM gener below it [SE-South Asia/Indon-Sumatra-PNG-Austr]

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-02 00:09|| 2008-01-02 00:09|| Front Page Top

#3 GLOABL WARMING AND ASTEROIDS ASIDE, which will be first? to destabilize and finally destroy the Catholic Archdiocese and Public Governance here in Guam???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-02 00:11|| 2008-01-02 00:11|| Front Page Top

#4 And a fine Happy new Year to you too Joe, right back atcha.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-01-02 00:17|| 2008-01-02 00:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Joe makes sense (I must have coffee).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-01-02 04:00|| 2008-01-02 04:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Definately bears watching post 2008 Olympics. Hopefully, who ever becomes U.S. president will have the stones to deal with the Chinese government and military appropriately.

Posted by Delphi 2008-01-02 08:43|| 2008-01-02 08:43|| Front Page Top

#7 If so, it would be the first President since FDR. It has been appeasement ever since.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-01-02 08:59|| 2008-01-02 08:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Or at very least will to park a couple task forces off the coast of Taiwan with a squadron or two of F-22s based as well.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-02 09:30|| 2008-01-02 09:30|| Front Page Top

#9 The entire region has to be viewed as dynamically as a game of chess. A static defense is useless. Not only must you move elements to counter enemy movements, and move elements for offensive advantage, but you must also move elements for the sake of moving them, so that your enemy will neither know their locations or their destinations.

The mainland probably makes the same mistake that the Soviet Union did in strategy. That is, their strategy is based in doctrine, not pragmatism. They figure that it does not matter if they telegraph their punches, because their punches will be of overwhelming force.

But this makes defense a lot easier. All you have to do is figure a way, or ways, of countering the different attacks, and you win. Often, "by hitting them where they ain't."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-02 10:56|| 2008-01-02 10:56|| Front Page Top

#10 China had 1,328 ballistic missiles

Is missile launching going to be one of those new extreme Olympic sport for 2008?

If I was a betting man, I'd go with the Taiwanese to declaring independence during the Olympics. Of course, I'd hedge that by putting money on the Chicoms to launch an invasion while they have thousands of foreign hostages, er visitors.

Posted by SteveS 2008-01-02 21:15|| 2008-01-02 21:15|| Front Page Top

#11 ION, TOPIX > AIR FORCE MAGAZINE - GUAM, ALL OVER AGAIN. The military history of Guam as a US bastion in WESTPAC, and its possible future ala Marine Relocation to Guam from Okinawa. In case of any breakout of war or crises in Asia, the USA will operate = strike from GUAM [+ CNMI-Micron] - GUAM MENTIONED AS PART [KEY] OF CHINA'S DESIRED "SECOND ISLAND CHAIN" IN THE PACIFIC AGZ THE USA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-02 21:20|| 2008-01-02 21:20|| Front Page Top