China VS The USA.....The Chess Match Continues.
This month the Chinese Navy harassed a US Navy Cruiser in the South China sea. The US cruiser was forced to take emergency action to avoid a collision.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/14/chinese-warships-nearly-collide-airspace
To understand what this story is about you have to go back to 1995.
China was aggressively harassing Taiwan, firing missiles off their coast . In response President Clinton ordered two Aircraft Carrier battle groups into the area.
One of the battle groups entered the Taiwan Strait which did not please the Chinese. The problem the Chinese had (In 1995) was the US Navy was far superior. There was nothing the Chinese could do to counter Clintons actions.
As a result the Chinese spent the last 19 years trying to fix that problem.
In order to harass their neighbors (South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, The Philippians, and Vietnam) the Chinese have to find an answer to US Aircraft Carriers.
No other country has the capability the United States has with our Aircraft Carriers. To be able to place air power anywhere on the planet is a rare thing. The US has 10 Carrier battle groups. No other country even comes close.
Even the countries that have carriers do not use them the way the USA does. The USA uses steam catapults to fire off aircraft. Other countries do not. The USA uses a cable and hook to land aircraft. Other countries do not. While the US makes these things look easy…… they are actually very complex.
To deal with this carrier problem the Chinese have done certain things.
They have grown their submarine capability.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/inside-china-nuclear-submarines-capable-of-widespr/?page=all
They have developed advanced missiles for the sole purpose of destroying US Carriers.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/kazianis-chinas-carrier-killer-missile/
They also purchased an old Soviet Aircraft carrier and are attempting to renovate it.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/27/21641914-china-deploys-only-aircraft-carrier-after-us-sends-b-52s-over-disputed-islands?lite
The Chinese were testing this carrier (the only one they have) in the South China Sea while the Americans were observing.
From the Americans perspective they were in international waters and completely within their right.
From the Chinese perspective the Americans were in the new China security zone. It was their opinion the Americans should not be there. That is why the Chinese were aggressively trying to get the Americans to leave. In doing so they almost caused a collision.
It is not the first time an incident like this has happened. The Chinese being recklace is a common occurrence. Most likely it will happen again.
This is a lot like the good old days of the Cold War. These things used to happen all the time with the Soviet Union. The only difference is the United States didn't send jobs, money, and know how to the Soviet Union. We can’t stop sending it to China. They can’t wait to use it all against us.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/14/chinese-warships-nearly-collide-airspace
To understand what this story is about you have to go back to 1995.
China was aggressively harassing Taiwan, firing missiles off their coast . In response President Clinton ordered two Aircraft Carrier battle groups into the area.
One of the battle groups entered the Taiwan Strait which did not please the Chinese. The problem the Chinese had (In 1995) was the US Navy was far superior. There was nothing the Chinese could do to counter Clintons actions.
As a result the Chinese spent the last 19 years trying to fix that problem.
In order to harass their neighbors (South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, The Philippians, and Vietnam) the Chinese have to find an answer to US Aircraft Carriers.
No other country has the capability the United States has with our Aircraft Carriers. To be able to place air power anywhere on the planet is a rare thing. The US has 10 Carrier battle groups. No other country even comes close.
Even the countries that have carriers do not use them the way the USA does. The USA uses steam catapults to fire off aircraft. Other countries do not. The USA uses a cable and hook to land aircraft. Other countries do not. While the US makes these things look easy…… they are actually very complex.
To deal with this carrier problem the Chinese have done certain things.
They have grown their submarine capability.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/inside-china-nuclear-submarines-capable-of-widespr/?page=all
They have developed advanced missiles for the sole purpose of destroying US Carriers.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/kazianis-chinas-carrier-killer-missile/
They also purchased an old Soviet Aircraft carrier and are attempting to renovate it.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/27/21641914-china-deploys-only-aircraft-carrier-after-us-sends-b-52s-over-disputed-islands?lite
The Chinese were testing this carrier (the only one they have) in the South China Sea while the Americans were observing.
From the Americans perspective they were in international waters and completely within their right.
From the Chinese perspective the Americans were in the new China security zone. It was their opinion the Americans should not be there. That is why the Chinese were aggressively trying to get the Americans to leave. In doing so they almost caused a collision.
It is not the first time an incident like this has happened. The Chinese being recklace is a common occurrence. Most likely it will happen again.
This is a lot like the good old days of the Cold War. These things used to happen all the time with the Soviet Union. The only difference is the United States didn't send jobs, money, and know how to the Soviet Union. We can’t stop sending it to China. They can’t wait to use it all against us.
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December 21, 2013
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