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06/01/2011 12:46:28
 
 
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>>>I am starting to take them more seriously.
>>>
>>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/china.us.fighter.jets/index.html?hpt=T1
>>
>>And why shouldn't they have advanced jets.
>>
>>Chinese military spending is still much smaller than yours. For instance they have 0 aircraft carriers.
>
>Not just jets:
>
>China Has Plans For Five Carriers:
>http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=dti&id=news/dti/2011/01/01/DT_01_01_2011_p71-272520.xml
>China Shows Off World’s First Anti-Carrier Ballistic Missile:
>http://www.asianweek.com/2010/12/29/chinas-df-21d-anti-carrier-missle-new-threat-to-us-carrier-supremacy/
>
>None ready for prime-time but they will be.....


There's a long way to go yet but the military/industrial complex loves these scare stories.

As for the anti carrier ballistic missile there is no evidence they can actually do it and even if they can so what. Large single assets are always vulnerable, much like the battleships of old eventually carriers will have had their day. The problem is persuading the military (who always love the big ticket items) to move on. Anything that could be described as too big to lose or risk becomes as much a liability as an asset.
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