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2016-05-12 China-Japan-Koreas

China Scrambles Fighters Against US Warship From Its South China Sea Air Base

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Note. Aircraft carriers can move. 10,000 ft runway constructed on a reef can't

Posted by Cheaderhead 2016-05-12 06:19|| 2016-05-12 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but it's easier to sink an aircraft carrier than an island.

Posted by Glenmore 2016-05-12 12:17|| 2016-05-12 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 With the possible exception of Guam which seems prone to tipping.

Posted by SteveS 2016-05-12 13:25|| 2016-05-12 13:25|| Front Page Top

#4 The Chinese strategy is to construct a series of island bases, bristling with weaponry, and use these to exert control over the region. It's a good strategy. We would do well to copy it.

Posted by Fester Thrimble9033 2016-05-12 14:54|| 2016-05-12 14:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Bugs: Oh yeah?
Rolls out a bigger cannon
Sam: Yeah!
Etc.

Posted by Shipman 2016-05-12 16:32|| 2016-05-12 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 IIRC the Japanese occupied a lot of islands in early 1942. Not so many in late 1945.

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2016-05-12 17:55|| 2016-05-12 17:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Question: How exactly vunerable are these bases to storms? I mean one big Typhoon hitting a base dead-center would do how much damage to an artificial Island if it causes a surge of, say, 12 feet?

Posted by Charles 2016-05-12 21:54|| 2016-05-12 21:54|| Front Page Top

#8 The Japanese are now fortifying their islands. Unfortunately for the Chinese, many of them are in the first island chain and the PLAN will have to run a gauntlet of Japanese anti-ship missiles to get to open water.

http://www.geocities.jp/warera_tikyujin/islands_of_japan/islands_japan2.html

Posted by Eohippus Snore8229 2016-05-12 21:58|| 2016-05-12 21:58|| Front Page Top

#9 "Question: How exactly vunerable are these bases to storms? I mean one big Typhoon hitting a base dead-center would do how much damage to an artificial Island if it causes a surge of, say, 12 feet?"

Hmm, Let's find out...

Posted by newc 2016-05-12 22:17|| 2016-05-12 22:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Typhoon? The US can create them is you listen to the conspiracy theorists. Or Global Warming will sink these islands if you listen to the Greens.

Posted by Thavirt Phase4890 2016-05-12 22:37|| 2016-05-12 22:37|| Front Page Top

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