China runs 2nd test of long-range missile

[Eagler]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
You got that right Dnil. I could be jailed for reveiling any further explanation.

Can you point the rest of us non military types in the right direction?

Eagler

[Creamo]

Had I not been in China last year at this time, I would have said this is all wanking on the BBS. Thing is, as i sat in the airport surounded by machine gun toting soldiers and watching what was going on around me, I figured out in 3 seconds that things there are quite a bit diffrent. The thought of long range missiles? Eeeek. In the Mercury News yesterday I read they sent a woman to prison for 8 years for sending newspaper clippings back to her husband (in the US I think). Really-

And a country that lets off O.J. for killing 2 people is going to understand them and nuke use with that ideology?

Were doomed.  

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[LJK Raubvogel]

 

Originally posted by AKDejaVu:
LOL! I could just see it now:

GWBjr: "Give up Beijin for L.A.?... we can live with that"
China: Stunned silence
GWBjr: "Do you have anything to could reach Florida too?  We'd let you have that one for free."

AKDejaVu

ROFLMAO!  

I think the bottom line is, if you don't mess with China, they're not going to mess with you. Out of the whole garbled mess of conflicts in the past century or so, how many did China initiate?

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LuftJägerKorps

 

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[Dnil]

hehe I like Rip cant really give any more info.  I am sure if ya dig some ya may find some more.

One thing about 3 years ago in particular would scare the willies out of most americans if they knew.

MCAS Yuma has many reasons for its existance, the bombing ranges being the least of it.

I did my time in AWACS for those that didnt know.

and yes, Janes has info on AWACS that is off....umm by quite a bit  

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[Eagler]

come on guys, your among friends  

besides you have me email, don't want the story just a strong clue....

Does JEODU have anything to do with it?

Eagler


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[-towd_]

china is where about 90% of american consumer electronic products are comming from , from my dealings with chinese they are in buziness to make cash. wars are expensive and china has a tradition of losing them.
they want to be left alone , and they know us   we will only leave them alone if we are afraid of them. seems cool to me.
 if they invaded all the troops would desert for min wage jobs here lol. after selling their wepons to the highest bidder. they are some serious capitalists.


dont worry about the chinese its silly . we got what we need to keep them in line.  

[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by -towd_:
if they invaded all the troops would desert for min wage jobs here lol. after selling their wepons to the highest bidder. they are some serious capitalists.

Don't worry, they have their wise comrades who are brainwashed to kill everything that does not see red..  couple neck shot peasants will make others eye glow red once again  

[TheWobble]

A note on the patriot.

The patriot that was sent to the desert had a computer timing flaw, it has since been fixed. and pretty much without despute the patriot is the billy badass of surface to air missle technology.  

As far as BLACK PROGRAMS it is a pretty well know fact that the gov has launched spy satellites in full view of the public and other odd thing like killer satellites and nobody knew a thing till they were told many years later.  I try to imagine the wierd toejam that is flying around and shooting god knows what and it amazes me, dont kid yerselves, if the Gov doesent want you to know about something You damn sure are not going to know about it.

On a side note, The parking lots at Groom lake (area 51) have been almot at capacity for the last 6 years, as have the ones at the Skunk works...Something is cookin any guesses as to what.

Also I used to have this teacher who was an F-18 pilot for the navy from just after NAM to a little while before desert storm...and he saw combat.  He wont say where and with who just that he has seen his share of things go boom.  And one the class discussion swerved to BLACK PROJECTS and while the class mumbled he was strangley quiet and you could tell he wanted to say something, after it was all over We kept prodding him about it and he finally told us that.  After some of the things he has seen fly if there is ever a next war that isnt push button (nuke) you do not want to be on the ground or in the air against some of the things he has seen, and then in added and i dont mean F-117's and other outdated aircraft.  What struck me is that he referred to the F-117 as out dated, what has this man seen?

[TheWobble]

AND as far as the lack of ICBM threats goes..

Back in the day (cold war) We had 1 enemy the USSR and we had a direct lint to talk to and deal with them, now days there is no threat from russia itself but you can point to almost any place on the globe and there is a possible nuclear threat from it.  It migh be only 1 or at most 3 missles but 1 is too many.  There is a bigger threat today of a nuke being shot this way than EVER before, and we dont even know who it is or what their motives are.  I doubt this fact is lost on the gov and i am quite certin that they have taken some steps that we dont know of to protect "their" country.

[Nath-BDP]

Someone once told me that there were ICBM silos under central park.

[TheWobble]

Nath,
I doubt there are Silos under central park because of the fact that that is a strategic target, most silos are out in the middle of nowhere so that in the event of an attack they could fire, i dont think they would put them in a population center, but then again...that may be what they want you to think.  *cue twilite zone music*

However, I wouldent doubt that there could be a very large bunker under central park for the more important populace in the event of a launch.  maby 400 or 500 feet down, but it would be damn hard to hide that construction.

[LJK Raubvogel]

Lol Nath, I hope you told them you didn't have any spare change.

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LuftJägerKorps

[Suave1]

 

Originally posted by Nath-BDP:
The Soviets didn't have the guts to start a war with us, the Chinese don't either. They are in the wrong region to start a war with U.S., if they do then they will be whooped just like the Japanese were.

P.S. I fear China's Navy.

Has everyone forgotten that we are still at war with China (North Korea). Thankfully, as nath pointed out, they have no naval power to speak of . Russia has more to fear from China than we do. They share a heavily fortified border and have been hostile to each other for decades . China isn't going to do anything stupid . Countries with intercontinental nuclear strike capabilities in this day age tend to treat each other very politely .

[Tac]

Lotta blabbing. History repeats itself.

Fact: Iraq invades Kuwait.
Fact:US runs to liberate Kuwait.
Fact:US got a toejamload of trading benefits from Kuwait because of it.
Fact:Kuwait is a major Oil producer, something which will hurt US economy rather badly. Thus intervention is ok... and add some `noble cause` crap to be fed to the IQ-less US population.

Fact: China invaded and still holds Tibet.
Fact: Tibet only produces Dalai Lamas.
Fact: Dalai Lamas arent needed by the US economy.
Fact: US has done nothing about it.
Reason: Not interested, Tibet is worthless to US interests and there are no people protesting about Tibet`s invasion outside the White House 24/7

History Repeats itself: If China invades Taiwan, the US will stand by and watch. Probably will throw in some token, face saving (for the US public only, the rest of the world doesnt vote on election day) sanctions. Taiwan becomes 21st century Cuba.
Fact: Fidel will laugh his bellybutton off.
Fact: China`s military may be low tech, but there are a toejamload of chinese. If half naked, starved PEASANTS of Vietnam kicked the crap out of the US, the Chinese can too. Oh, BTW, they got nukes now.. and the Chinese is not squeamish about using them even if they lose a lot of people. `Less mouths to feed in China and less Americans to worry about` theory.

US states there is one China. Who do you think they will proclaim as the ONE China if things get red hot? Puny Taiwan or collossal China?

Like somoene said before, this would be really funny if it wasnt true.

[TheWobble]

FACT: U.S. fought Vietnam with both hands and one leg behind its back.