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2006-05-09 Home Front: WoT

Iran, North Korea, WMD to remain top CIA priorities under Hayden

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't fergit Taiwan.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-09 00:05|| 2006-05-09 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 According to Chinese mil blogs, China wants to speed up the VARYAG refit towards completion in 2008, whereupon VARYAG may be based on Hainan Island along wid other PLAN ASW-capable units near Vietnam. The PLAAF has also allegedly been shifting fighter-bomber strike units close to Hainan and Vietnam. Hainan is not that far away from Taiwan, or the Philippines, or other states in SE Asia. Many bloggers believe that China will use the VARYAG either as a training carrier only, or else a dual-use training-operational carrier model for follow-on heavy strike CV designs. It is also believed that China's PLAN intends to hone and improve its ASW abilities in regional or littoral defense of its own subs, espec the "boomer" or FBM types, vv anti-USN,
nuclearized, "immediate escalation" strategies.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-09 00:19|| 2006-05-09 00:19|| Front Page Top

#3 My big questions. Where does he stand of dealing with leakers and leaks? How will he deal with partisan hacks?

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-09 05:03|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-09 05:03|| Front Page Top

#4 How will he deal with partisan hacks?

Secret Handshake.

Posted by jim#6 2006-05-09 16:59|| 2006-05-09 16:59|| Front Page Top

#5 stings and lie-detectors continue

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-09 17:47|| 2006-05-09 17:47|| Front Page Top

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