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2008-01-22 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-22 04:15|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I thought we shadowed all enemy boomers when they left port? Or was that just some novel I read? The thing starts launching missiles, it gets sunk immediately.

Posted by gromky 2008-01-22 06:31|| 2008-01-22 06:31|| Front Page Top

#2 A satellite for a boomer. Doesn't seem like a wise trade.

Posted by ed 2008-01-22 07:41|| 2008-01-22 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 #2 A satellite for a boomer. Doesn't seem like a wise trade.

Depends on the satellite, maybe.

Posted by docob 2008-01-22 08:41|| 2008-01-22 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 China only has a couple of boomers IIRC. They might be readying this for use if war goes hot, since the boomers will be sunk quickly since they are most likely shadowed. Now if the Chinese figure out how to launch them underwater quickly or through the torpedo tubes and still take out a satellite...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-22 10:28|| 2008-01-22 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Folks here seem to be extremely confident the ChiCom boomers are being shadowed. I hope you all are right.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-01-22 10:50|| 2008-01-22 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 I seriously doubt they are shadowed by one of our patrols. More likely SURTASS monitoring.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-01-22 15:24|| 2008-01-22 15:24|| Front Page Top

#7 See FREEREPUBLIC this AM > AIRFORCETIMES [US] > A HYPOTHETICAL ATTACK AGZ THE US OUTLINED BY CHINA -ENTERING THE "DRAGON'S LAIR".

FR Poster > argues that iff China were smart, they'd get NORTH KOREA to get into a mil conflict wid the US where the NOKORS will fire and detonate a high-atmosphere EMP weapon to damage US elex-energy and SPAWAR grids-networks. CHINA WILL THEN ANALYZE THE US RESPONSE TO NK AND PERHAPS USE ANY PERCEIVED WEAKNESS AS CAUSE TO ATTACK TAIWAN???

OTOH, WFORUM Poster > argues NOP WAY IN HELL THAT CHINA WILL STOP ONLY AT TAIWAN - US AIR AND NAVAL BASES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC AND EVEN US WEST COAST MUST ALSO BE ATTACKED vv CHICOM FIRST- STRIKE. Others - NORAM-CONUS must itself be invaded.

DRUDGEREPORT > PUTIN LAUNCHES[Testfires] LR MISSLES INTO THE ATLANTIC. The BAY OF BISCAY near FRANCE-SPAIN, as part of Russ NAVEX + AIREX.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-22 17:04|| 2008-01-22 17:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Any country using a boomer for something like this deserves to lose said boomer. You simply do NOT use a boomer in an ASAT role or even tactical ballistic missile role unless you have literal command of the seas surrounding it. Theres nothing to be gained from a sub launched ASAT in this particular case versus a normal ground launch, in fact you're risking a primary strategic asset needlessly.

Posted by Valentine 2008-01-22 17:09|| 2008-01-22 17:09|| Front Page Top

#9 IIUC, the Chinese think they could launch a sufficiently massive blow to our satellite infrastructure that it would cripple our overall capability instantaneously.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-22 17:13|| 2008-01-22 17:13|| Front Page Top

#10 I just don't see war between the US and China. I see war between Taiwan and China that would start as a trade war and blockade and non-nuclear missiles and end with Taiwan giving in before the US gets involved. This would happen after the Olympics and only if the oil prices remain high and the Chinese need to deflect their peoples attention.

The other option in that scenario is Tianamen 2. The people just get sick of the communist party and stand up. They are either repressed or the communist party reorganizes and the older generation steps aside so the younger can pretend there is something different.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-22 17:21|| 2008-01-22 17:21|| Front Page Top

#11 WAFF.com + MEMRI > as based on the MEMRI article from Iranian website TABANAK, IRAN China]MAY USE SYRIA + LOCAL TERROR ORGS [North Korea]AS PROXY TO LAUNCH ATTACKS AGZ ISRAEL [USA][China-Taiwan] in the wake of any initial Israel missle attack agz Iran.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-22 19:40|| 2008-01-22 19:40|| Front Page Top

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