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"Asked about the People’s Liberation Army fighting capability, Colonel Liu referred to the PLA department that houses China’s strategic missile and nuclear arsenal. He raised a hypothetical scenario that he said would justify a nuclear attack, while clarifying that he was not calling upon China to take such measures."
Originally posted by bladerunner44It won't be China. to do so would collapse their entire economy which is based on selling the west cheap copies of stolen technology.
Originally posted by pstrron
reply to post by Agit8dChop
The technology that you are referring too and the capability of projection is not something they posses of their own. The tech is not theirs nor is there any infrastructure to support it. What they have is either stolen tech, bought or copied. You can thank Reagen for giving them the space tech after Challenger, Samsung, Intel, Sony and Apple in the electronics to name a few. Then they copy it but never at the same quality level.
China is opportunistic in nature, if they see an opportunity they jump on it. Society wise, they are simply a bicycle society with cars having no concept. There are those in the leadership area that are not of the same cut as the populace. Hu Jintao referred to the people as uneducated and uncivilized and they are doing nothing to alter that.
They are expanding their military and preparing for war but the outcome would still be the same. Go against Japan and the US, hope Aus doesn't join in and pray that Russia doesn't decide to then drive a stake through your heart ending their problem with China. At that point the Bear wins with little effort. The Bear is an opportunist too and has better tech. Both the Bear and Eagle will eat a lizard but the Bear would let the Eagle exhaust itself fighting the lizard first then simply come and steal the meal. In the end China can not win unless the US is out of the picture first.
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
but what you are claiming is constrained by all that YOU don't see, because none of us really know what any military truly has as far as technology is concerned.
Originally posted by CristobalColonic
Originally posted by bladerunner44It won't be China. to do so would collapse their entire economy which is based on selling the west cheap copies of stolen technology.
I think you might be underestimating what a communist regime will do to maintain power if they truly believe their position has become untenable.
On one hand you speak of the tenuous state of the Chinese economic 'bubble', thereby acknowledging the bent of their politburo to divert the peoples' attention to a more nationalist agenda. Yet, you dismiss the propensity for China to take any real action.
Don't forget how close we came to a nuclear armageddon with the 'Cuban missile crisis'. We also do not have any 'Kennedies' and 'Khrushchev' today, only token black guy Obamas and 'back! in the 80s!' Putins.
The NMD program is limited in scope and designed to counter a relatively small ICBM attack from a less sophisticated adversary. Unlike the earlier Strategic Defense Initiative program, it is not designed to be a robust shield against a large attack from a technically sophisticated adversary.