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 [...]

S.Korea’s Military Capability ‘Inadequate’

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Bruce Bennett, Catastrophic, Chosun Ilbo, Collapse, Daily News, Face, invasion, Korean People, Military Action, Military Capabilities, Military Capability, Modernization, North-Korea, Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation, Regime, South-Korea

This is South Korea’s problem, so why should we care? I certainly wouldn’t lift a finger to help the South Korean people if North Korea invades.
An American academic says South Korea’s military capabilities are inadequate to handle a North Korean invasion or other North Korean military action or regime collapse there. In an article entitled [...]

The Resistance Strategy: The Middle East’s Response to Calls for Peace and Moderation

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Apology, Arabs, Barry Rubin, Bloody Conflict, Concession, Diplomatic Solutions, Echoes, French Resistance, Hamas, Hizballah, Misconception, Moderation, Modernization, nazis, Peace Process, Preferred Option, Radicals, Self Criticism, Western Mass Media, Westernization

By Barry Rubin*
January 19, 2010

http://www.gloria-center.org/Gloria/2010/01/resistance-strategy

Have you heard from any of the Western mass media about the Resistance strategy of Middle East radicals? I’m sure you haven’t. Yet without understanding this powerful and widely accepted worldview how could anyone possibly comprehend events in the region?
“Resistance” is the slogan used by Syria, Hamas, and Hizballah especially but [...]

China’s ‘aggressive’ buildup called worry – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Military, Adm, Assertions, beijing, China Military, China S Military, Chinese Leaders, Military Buildup, Modernization, Power Projection, Projection Capabilities, Robust Power, Scope, Transparency, Washington Times, Willard

Adm. Willard said China’s military buildup is “aggressive,” and he disputed Chinese leaders’ claims that the modernization is defensive.
“While PRC leaders have consistently characterized such developments as defensive in nature, the scope of modernization, the extensive commitment to advanced training, the development of robust power projection capabilities and, most importantly, Beijing’s lack of transparency call [...]

American Thinker Blog: While US disarms, Russia and China build up their military

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | 3 comments

Published in China, Military, Russia, U.S., American Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy Council, American Thinker Blog, Atrophy, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Constriction, Defense News, Ilan Berman, minuteman, Missile Arsenal, Modernization, Neglect, Nuclear Weapon State, Peacekeeper, Range Missiles, Replacements, Stagnation, Superiority, Thayer

In this week’s issue of Defense News , Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, warns, “Stagnation threatens U.S. arms superiority.” After noting recent tests by Russia and China of new nuclear-armed missiles, Berman writes,

Indeed, practically every declared nuclear weapon state is engaged in a serious modernization of its strategic arsenal. [...]

Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted by Matt in December 21st, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Nuclear, Alliances, Big Mistake, Bottom Line, Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, Chinese Leaders, Combat Readiness, Dangerous Period, Dangerous Trends, Decline, History Today, Joke, Kingston, Modernization, Myth, Next Five Years, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Ottoman Empire, Probability, Reif, Russians, Time Train, Underground Bunkers

Nice try Kingston Reif, but you are likely to get yourself killed and take the rest of us with you. Here are my thoughts:
1. It is not the that the U.S. is behind today, it is the trend that will put us close enough or within range in a few years. This trend includes the [...]

A Modernization Lesson: Russia Is Not China | The Moscow Times

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Adherence, beijing, Citizens, Communist China, Communist Party Of China, Comrades, democracy, Democratic Rights, Economic Model, Ideologues, kremlin, Modernization, Moscow Times, Political Legitimacy, Propagandists, Rhetoric, Rights And Freedoms, Russia Moscow, Sorts, United

In October, United Russia held a two-day seminar with their comrades from the Communist Party of China — a master class of sorts to allow Moscow to glean information and know-how from Beijing’s authoritarian political and economic model. Even while Moscow continues its rhetoric about its adherence to democracy and a European course, Russia’s leaders [...]

Tame China now or face war later – upiasia.com

Posted by Matt in November 13th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aims, Ambitions, Backstabbing, China War, Consequences, Face, Japan, Military Power, Modernization, Pearl-Harbor, Qualms, State Of Arunachal Pradesh, Taiwan, United States, world-war-II

The United States set China on the course to modernization and military power, but Chinese ambitions are running far ahead of the country’s publicly stated aims. It has no qualms about retaking Taiwan or the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is time the United States tames China to avoid consequences like Japan’s backstabbing when [...]

Not a Good Start: The Future of Arms Control

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in U.S., Abiding Commitment, Adversary, Arab World, ArmsControl, Bilateral Relations, Control Efforts, Cuba, Disarmament, Flights, Militarization, Modernization, moscow, Nbsp, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Russia, Venezuela

The Reset Button?

Bilateral Relations: President Obama has made overt efforts to “reset” bilateral relations with Russia–even while Russia continues to call the U.S. its “principal adversary.” Moscow publicly applauds U.S. disarmament and arms control efforts while they continue a strong and abiding commitment to nuclear weapons.
Increasing Militarization: Russia is reviving Mutually Assured Destruction targeting plans, [...]

China’s Military Plans Go Forward Despite the Economy

Posted by Matt in April 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, China Experts, China Military, China S Military, Disruptions, Economic Difficulties, Economy China, Expert, Japan, Military Experts, Military Plans, Modernization, Tensions, West India

It would appear that nothing, not even the bad economy, will knock China off its course to modernize the military.
But some China experts are not so sure. Two of these—one, an expert in tyrannies, and the other an expert on China’s military—say that the economic difficulties confronting China now will likely cause some disruptions in [...]