Underestimating China – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aegis Cruisers, Aircraft Carriers, Ballistic Missile, Commercial Container, Container Ship, Cruise Missile, Cruise-Missiles, Defensive Purposes, destroyers, Lyons, Military Forces, Modernization, Russia, Ship Cruise, Ss, Subterfuge, sunburn, Surface Combatants, Washington Times, Weapons System

Though China professes that the modernization of its military forces threatens no one and is only for defensive purposes, it is classic Chinese subterfuge. Every new weapons system it has acquired or developed is designed specifically to target or intimidate U.S. military forces. For example, China’s development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to [...]

China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle Plan in Strategy Review – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, Air Force, Air Sea, Aircraft Carriers, Bombers, Businessweek, China Air, Cruise Missile, Drones, Iran Air, Iran Prompt, Navy Plan, New Generation, Sea Battle, Strikes, U S Air, Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

The joint Air Force-Navy plan would combine the strengths of each service to conduct long-range strikes that could utilize a new generation of bombers, a new cruise missile and drones launched from aircraft carriers. The Navy also is increasing funding to develop an unmanned underwater vehicle, according to the report.
China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle [...]

How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Conflict, U.S., Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Decline, Dominance, East China Sea, Force Structure, George Washington, Hegemon, Impressive Systems, Liberation Army Navy, Maritime Strategy, Naval Strategy, Naval War, Nuclear Submarines, Oceans Policy, Pacific Ocean, Political Fallout, Range Ballistic Missile, Submarine, Uss George Washington

Years of strategic missteps in oceans policy, naval strategy and a force structure in decline set the stage for U.S. defeat at sea in 2015. After decades of double-digit budget increases, the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) was operating some of the most impressive systems in the world, including a medium-range ballistic missile that could hit [...]

Chinese missile threatens US Navy’s Pacific fleet | The First Post

Posted by Matt in November 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Aircraft Carriers, Amp, beijing, Breakaway, Chinese Missile, Chinese Navy, Defence Of Taiwan, Dramatic Consequences, Fleet News, Horizon Radar, Navy News, New Horizon, Pacific Fleet, Politics News, Radar System, S Pacific, South China Sea, Us Navy

Coupled with a new ‘over-the-horizon’ radar system the Chinese are also developing, the threat of the missile could make the South China Sea a no-go zone for the US Navy – with potentially dramatic consequences.
The US currently keeps five aircraft carriers based in the Pacific and their mission includes the defence of Taiwan in the [...]

China’s Aircraft Carrier Kill Weapon – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft Carriers, Asbm, Ballistic Missile, Blog, China Navy, Chinese Navy, Confrontations, Conjecture, Dong Feng, Hot Zones, Information Dissemination, Military Analysts, Naval Affairs, South China Sea, Surface Forces, Target, Tensions, Territorial Claims, U S Navy

With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” developed by the Chinese to target and destroy [...]

Report: Russia plans to build aircraft carriers

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Aircraft Carriers, Local News, News Agency, News Russia, Quotes, Russian Navy Official, ships

A local news agency says Russia plans to build five or six aircraft carriers as part of plans to rebuild the country’s once-formidable navy.
Interfax-Military quotes an unidentified Russian navy official as saying construction of the ships should start in 2012-2013.
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The dangers of India – Pakistan war

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Pakistan, War, Air Missiles, Aircraft Carriers, Bomb, bombs, Cruise-Missiles, Delivery Systems, Icbms, India Pakistan War, Indian Aircraft, Indian Subcontinent, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistani Nuclear Test, Pakistanis, Plutonium Production, Present Time, Submarine, Time Pakistan, Tritium, Uranium, Warheads, Weapons Of Mass Destruction

A review of Indian and Pakistani weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems shows just how scary the Indian subcontinent is at this present time.
“Pakistan uses both highly enriched uranium and plutonium for its nuclear weapons. The Khushab nuclear site has sufficient plutonium production for 40 to 50 warheads a year by itself. This site [...]

The Realist Resurgence

Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Aircraft Carriers, Alexander, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Conventional Force, Conventional Forces, Defensenews, Eurasia Group, Fleet, Kliment, moscow, Northern Fleet, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Paper Tiger, Power Strategy, Realist, Respects, Resurgence, Ria Novosti Russia, Russian Military, Russian News Agency, Russian President, Russians, Sean Mccormack, Strategic Nuclear Forces, Tiger, United Press International, Washington Post

Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO’s soft-power strategy can still prevail.
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That was the point Sean McCormack was making about Russia’s rickety fleet. Moscow is not the threat that it wants to appear. With more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and its status as the world’s largest energy exporter, it cannot really be [...]

India targeting China’s oil supplies

Posted by Matt in September 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, India, Aircraft Carriers, Attack Submarines, China, Conflict, Decisive Move, India, Military Planners, Navy, Presence, Shipping, Strait Of Malacca, Tensions

Military planners in India are eyeing a crucial junction of the world which serves as the conduit for 80 per cent of China’s imported oil.
If these tensions were ever to boil over into war, India would probably exploit a crucial advantage. Its navy, which eventually plans to deploy three aircraft carriers and two nuclear-powered attack [...]

Why Russia lacks aircraft carriers

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Admiral, Aircraft Carriers, British Royal Navy, Carrier Fleet, Construction Program, July 4, Kravchenko, Military Policies, Russia, Russian Navy, Successes, Turn Of The Century, Warplanes

Soviet military policies never called for building full-fledged aircraft carriers operating multi-role warplanes. Nor did Russia draft any clear carrier construction program at the turn of the century.
On July 4, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the Russian Navy’s Main Headquarters, said the country had to build a carrier fleet in the near future. This [...]