Friday, May 31, 2013

Ordering Chinese

This week we learned that China has hacked into U.S. defense files for information on key American weapon systems. The official Obama Administration response is stifling a big yawn. Here's another head-scratcher for you. We have invited Chinese naval units to participate in the RIMPAC naval exercise off Hawaii for the first time. This is a huge naval exercise to allow U.S. Pacific allies to practice combined operations with our Navy. Why might we be running such exercises? Here are some hints.

 What country:

  • "...has deployed along its southern coast its DF-21D, a two-stage solid-fuel missile that can be guided by satellite signals. The missile is dubbed the "carrier killer" because it can be configured to explode in midair, raining down sharp metal on a deck crowded with planes, ordinance, fuel and sailors. Its apparent intent is to drive U.S. forces out of East Asia."
  • Harassed " ...in international waters of unarmed U.S. Navy reconnaissance vessels for more than a decade."
  • Forced down a U.S. EP-3 reconnaissance plane over international airspace in 2001 and held plane and crew for several days. 
  • Had one of its attack subs surface in the middle of a U.S. carrier battle group in 2006 during fleet exercise.
  • Is at odds with most of its neighbors over the South China Sea all the way down to Malaysia and Singapore.
Who could it be? Why China of course! I guess we want them to do it even better in the future. What could possibly go wrong?!

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