China building up anti-U.S. arsenal
Published Wed, Nov 22 2006 1:14 AM
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Last Monday I remarked upon a Washington Times article about a surprise encounter between a Chinese submarine and a U.S. aircraft carrier. Today the Washington Times has another article, this one about China's military buildup targeted at our navy.
China's military buildup includes new missiles and naval weapons designed to sink U.S. aircraft carriers and deny U.S. forces access to the Asia-Pacific region, a congressional commission official said yesterday.
Daniel Blumenthal, a former Pentagon defense policy-maker and now a member of the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission, said China's military is building up forces to "deny the United States the use of the commons -- the sea, the air, cyber and space."
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The comments followed disclosure last week that a Chinese submarine sailed undetected to within five miles of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk near Okinawa, Japan, and surfaced close enough to fire wake-homing torpedos or anti-ship cruise missiles, according to U.S. defense officials.
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"This is a very concerted and sophisticated, diversified effort to build up a military whose goal is the United States and its ability to meet its own commitments and interests," he said.
Communist China is not really our friend. This should serve as a clear reminder of that fact. We need to make sure that our navy is ready for the threat, because the Red Chinese are certainly going to be ready for us.
Part of getting ready for the potential threat raised by the Chinese would be to clean house. The United States should immediately suspend any and all programs where we exchange technology with the Chinese. We should also suspend Adm. Fallon's "ambitious military exchange program with China aimed at improving relations between the two nations militaries."
The Chinese aren't interested in improving relations. They want the upper hand. We shouldn't give it to them.
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