The Washington times this week reported: “A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned.”
Many in the US Defense Department have warned of communist China’s increasing military strength as evidenced in the US Department of Defense 2005 annual report to the Congress. It is no secret that the US is very concerned that the area which includes Korea, Taiwan and Japan could be invaded by and controlled by communist China. Something the US government does not want to see happen. It is also no secret that the US relies upon trade with China. A little known fact is that China holds over $1 Trillion in US debt (T-Bills, government bonds etc.). Also disconcerting is the number of cyber attacks and hacking attempts on the US Defense Department networks and computer system from communist China. The Washington Post reported this in August, 2005.
Many have said that communist China would not carry out an invasion because it depends upon US trade to feed it’s rapidly growing economy. But who is dependent upon who? Why does communist China have 800 missiles aimed at Taiwan? Taiwan is tiny. Wouldn’t one missile do the job? China has held a grudge against Japan over a horrific incident which took place in 1938 when Japan invaded China and killed over 300,000 Chinese. Note that Mao Ze-Dong killed over 1 million of his own people after 1949 when his communist rebels took control of China.I think the US government has a good reason to keep an eye on any military activity by communist China. I feel strongly that this incident involving the USS Kitty Hawk was simply communist China’s Navy testing the weakness of our Navy’s detection system. The USS Kitty Hawk is in that area of the East China Sea to protect American interests in the area should communist China launch an attack on Japan, South Korea or Taiwan.
What do you think? Your comments are always welcome.
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