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China Preparing to Target U.S. Aircraft Carriers
“Mutually Assured Destruction” guiding hypersonic missile policy in Washington & Beijing
China’s new hypersonic missile vehicle is primarily designed to target U.S. aircraft carriers, military expert Chen Hu told the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) in yet another admission of Beijing’s increasingly hostile geopolitical posturing.
The WU-14, a hypersonic glide vehicle which can penetrate missile defense systems by traveling at up to ten times the speed of sound, underwent its first test flight earlier this month.
Despite assurances by China’s defense ministry that the new vehicle was not aimed at any particular country, Chinese military expert Chen Hu told state media that the system, “can surely be used against US carriers in any region around the globe” and that it was “designed to strike large military targets including US aircraft carriers.”
Noting that the development of the vehicle was necessary in order to maintain the balance of power in East Asia, Chen said that its purpose is to prevent the United States from using its hypersonic weapons against China, adding that the Cold War-era doctrine of “mutually assured destruction” is guiding policy both in Washington and Beijing.
Last year, China reportedly sunk a mock U.S. aircraft carrier utilizing the DF-21D anti-ship missile, dubbed the “carrier killer,” during a wargame which took place in the Gobi Desert.
Bellicose rhetoric directed at the United States by China has intensified in recent months in light of heightened tensions over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
Last month, Beijing bragged that its first aircraft carrier combat task force, led by the inaugural Liaoning warship, matched anything the United States had to offer.
A lengthy editorial which appeared in Chinese state media last month explained how the Chinese military’s current reformation process was part of a move by President Xi Jinping to prepare the People’s Liberation Army for war in response to US aggression in the Asia Pacific, developments which have prompted “major changes” in China’s national security situation.
Beijing has also pontificated about China’s ability to attack US military bases in the Western Pacific, as well as releasing a map showing the locations of major U.S. cities and how they would be impacted by a nuclear strike launched from the PLA’s strategic submarine force.
11 Comments on "China Preparing to Target U.S. Aircraft Carriers"
Makati1 on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 1:22 am
Not news to me. They have been targeting them for several years and improving their system to taking them out if they need to. The Navy knows they cannot get withing 1,000 miles on China without endangering their obsolete carriers. About like tanks in today’s warfare. Obsolete steel coffins.
Infowars is a propaganda outlet, and likes to sensationalize the ‘news’ to get readers. That’s how he got wealthy. But, he also puts out some things we need to know. The problem is sifting through the tares for the few grains of wheat.
Either way, the Empire is getting desperate to get a world war going before they have their financial collapse. The next hot spot is Korea in February.
rollin on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 2:51 am
I keep telling those guys not to leave the plans out on the table during lunch breaks. They never learn.
DC on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 2:53 am
LoL! Anyone possessing effective defences against US aggression is automatically ‘aggressive’. Fact is, amerikans shiney barely functional hi-tech weapons systems are world class-against people that cant shoot back. Against people that can, they are not so impressive. Which is why amerika goes to great lengths, not to ensure its own weapons actually work, but that no one else posses anything like effective deterrents.
Stilgar Wilcox on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 7:42 am
“China’s new hypersonic missile vehicle is primarily designed to target U.S. aircraft carriers, military expert Chen Hu told the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) in yet another admission of Beijing’s increasingly hostile geopolitical posturing.”
Just a few years ago I was very impressed that China had remained for the most part neutral on the world stage in spite of becoming a superpower. So much for that sentiment. Welcome to the new China, ready to stretch out and kick some butt.
If people thought the US was aggressive, wait until they get a load of China. It’s going to feel very strange when it reaches the point when China starts telling the US right from wrong and where to get off.
SteveO on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 2:41 pm
The Chinese don’t need to “knock out” our aircraft carriers. If they want to destroy the United States, all the have to do is keep the container ships in port for a month and dump a few hundred billion in T-bills. The economy in the US would collapse overnight and the resulting chaos would leave the cities in the US burned out and looted.
Preston Sturges on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 5:50 pm
Actually, if China got aggressive, a few phone calls would get made and china would be cut off from the rest of the world. The rest of the world would be happy to take back those manufacturing jobs. It would be an inconvenience for the rest of the world, but it would mark a return to almost full employment. Meanwhile, China is about as self sufficient as an industrial poultry farm, so there would be cannibalism within 90 days, like under Mao.
The sad thing about these stupid articles and the people that take them seriously is that it all benefits the defense contractors and neocons in both countries. It’s all big business, and painting each other as enemies is just marketing for the latest toys. But some simpletons are actually so stupid as to take this at face value.
SteveO on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 8:35 pm
Preston wrote: “The rest of the world would be happy to take back those manufacturing jobs.”
Quite true, but it has taken approximately 20 years for the manufacturing base of the rest world to migrate to China. The shelves at Walmart and the Apple store and all the clothing stores will have been empty for months, if not years, before the rest of the world can rebuild their factories.
ted on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 9:20 pm
SteveO what do you think would happen to China if they dumped T-Bills? We are all in the sinking boat together….
PrestonSturges on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 11:11 pm
>>>>Quite true, but it has taken approximately 20 years for the manufacturing base of the rest world to migrate to China.
That’s true, but the bulk of that migration happened during the second Bush administration. And the American jobs that NAFTA sent to Mexico then went to China, which is why Mexican walk to America looking for work.
rollin on Tue, 21st Jan 2014 11:31 pm
The development of this new “cold war” will stoke the industrial-military complex with money. Sure some people will do well, but most will not and all may pay the price with this constant sabre rattling.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/us-russia-missiles-idUSBRE9BG0SH20131217
I think the US needs to stop pussy-footing around and start to take a long hard look at who it trades with and why. The Chinese and the Russians want to expand their influence. The Chinese into the Pacific and the Russians into northern Europe and then Europe as a whole. Both countries feel threatened by the west and will do what they need to secure their positions.
SteveO on Wed, 22nd Jan 2014 1:32 pm
“We are all in the sinking boat together….”
I look it as the US and Chinese economies are like two drunks holding each other up. If either one falls, they both fall.
Really, the whole militaristic posturing is just that, posturing so that the MIC (both US and China) can keep sucking wealth from the rest of the economy.
Immediately prior to WWI, there were many people who believed that the war wouldn’t start because there was too much money being made doing business as usual. All it took was a relatively few people, acting in what they thought was their best interest, to blow the whole thing up. What scares me, is that idea that something like that could happen again, and it could start over a couple of rocks in the ocean that have oil under them.