posted on Nov, 11 2010 @ 06:46 PM
1993:
The Loral catalog of weapons for sale included the ARMY MLRS
missile, the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the Chaparral air defense
missile. In addition, the Loral catalog offered the very latest
in electronics
1999:
The Chinese military took quick notice of the U.S. carriers, and in 1999 the communist army Office of the Central Military Command wrote a report on
future nuclear combat with the United States.
"China is not only a big country, but also possesses a nuclear arsenal that has long since been incorporated into the state warfare system and played
a real role in our national defense," states the Chinese military commission report.
"During last crisis across the Taiwan Straits, the U.S. tried to blackmail us with their aircraft carrier(s), but when their spy satellites confirmed
that our four nuclear submarines which used to be stationed at Lushun Harbor had disappeared, those politicians addicted to the Taiwan card could not
imagine how worried their military commanders were," notes the Chinese army report.
2002:
Chinese general told threat against U.S.
unacceptable
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The White House told a visiting Chinese general yesterday that
comments he made in 1995 suggesting China would use nuclear
weapons against Los Angeles were unacceptable.
2007:
The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced
By MATTHEW HICKLEY
2010:
mysterious missile launch off the southern California coast