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09-17-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sutekidane View Post
Shaking the Heavens and Splitting the Earth
Chinese Air Force Employment Concepts in the 21st Century
by Roger Cliff, John F. Fei, Jeff Hagen, Elizabeth Hague, Eric Heginbotham, John Stillion
Shaking the Heavens and Splitting the Earth: Chinese Air Force Employment Concepts in the 21st Century | RAND
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand...RAND_MG915.pdf
Several months ago, 3 American Ohio-class ballistic submarines all surfaced in areas not far from China on the same day. These three submarines were all fully armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, and the load carried by a single of these submarines would be sufficient to cripple China's industrial capacity for years. America possesses more than 3 of these subs.

China has just begun trials of it's first full-size aircraft carrier. America possesses several large carriers, the least of which is several times more capable than the Chinese ship. At least one American carrier group is kept in close proximity to China at all times.

China's standing Army is the world's largest, yet it is geographically isolated, and is mainly a threat to other parts of Asia. An attack against China's Army would be based upon it's logistics and food supplies rather than against the soldiers themselves. A large Army consumes vast amounts of supplies, and will collapse quickly should those supplies be interrupted.
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