Re: 14-Mar-18 World View -- Trump blocks Broadcom acquisition of Qualcomm over national security
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:32 pm
Those south China sea bases do not look like big enough springboards for an invasion. I googled the bases Radar range and Sam Missile Range and they cover the sea but not potential operations into their neighbors homelands. The Bases aren't finished yet anyway Those bases are poorly positioned for a war outside of the south China sea but are useful for a conflict within that area. The Chinese Anti-Carrier Missile is Clearly designed to target Aircraft Carriers in open Battle. If the Missile was intended to target sitting aircraft Carriers, it would have had a much longer range. Also China's Order of battle in terms where their nuclear forces are located is publicly known, they not taken any emergency measures move them toward wartime positions. China is Moving toward setting up "string of pearls" and "belt and Road" But it has barely started doing so and the wholes project itself indicates Chinese Expansionism westward into Central Asia and eventually toward the Middle east. This is the opposite of an advance into the Central Pacific. Regarding US strategy the Notion of the seventh fleet steaming directly toward Taiwan at the start of an invasion, is really an outdated notion. Because of the Anti-carrier Missile the American strategy has for a while has been to wear down Chinese capabilities by deploying a shield of AEGIS Crusiers in the central and then later bringing carrier battle groups into the theater to decisively defeat the enemy navy. With regard to Russian Intentions; Russia would side with China if their is a war, Russian and Chinese fleets routinely carry out exercises together, in the last few years they have carried out joint exercises in the South China Sea, just to make sure everyone knew that Russia and China were on the same side. Russian Nuclear attack Bombers Routinely Buzz Guam and Cross into Japanese airspace routinely.