Pete
08-05-2010, 16:08
Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100805/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_carrier_killer
This is interesting.....
".......Setting the stage for a possible conflict, Beijing has grown increasingly vocal in its demands for the U.S. to stay away from the wide swaths of ocean — covering much of the Yellow, East and South China seas — where it claims exclusivity........."
I wonder just how big it is and how much support it takes to fire it. 10 times the speed of sound?
Anyway, they've been working on anti ship weapons for a while now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100805/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_carrier_killer
This is interesting.....
".......Setting the stage for a possible conflict, Beijing has grown increasingly vocal in its demands for the U.S. to stay away from the wide swaths of ocean — covering much of the Yellow, East and South China seas — where it claims exclusivity........."
I wonder just how big it is and how much support it takes to fire it. 10 times the speed of sound?
Anyway, they've been working on anti ship weapons for a while now.