Calling Walmart shoppers ...DUNCAN HUNTER:U.S. trade surplus financing PRC's military buildup
Still want those cheap shoes than make you feet sweat?A senior Republican House member said last week that U.S. trade dollars are helping underwrite China's aggressive military buildup.Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said in a statement that the cash provided by the U.S. trade surplus with China is being used to buy foreign weaponry and technology for use in ships, aircraft and missiles.
"China is buying Russian-made Sovremenny II guided missile destroyers fitted with anti-ship cruise missiles -- providing China with a capability to challenge American aircraft carriers; submarines, such as the Kilo-class diesel submarine; a battalion of S-300PMU-2 surface-to-air missile systems with an intercept range of 200 kilometers; AWACS aircraft with air-to-air refueling capability; and sophisticated communications equipment," he said.
A Sovremenny Class destroyer.
China is also building a new attack helicopter called the Z-10, its first domestically produced attack helicopter. And the Su-27SMK/Flanker is being built through a co-production agreement with Russia. It is a high-performance aircraft capable of effective warfare against America's top-line fighters.
You know, the ones that fall apart under training stress in mid air since they are so old, but Asst SecDef Gordon England won't allow even a 1 for 1 replacement?
Beijing also is building second-generation nuclear submarines, such as the JIN-class nuclear-powered ballistic submarine; the LUYANG II class destroyer with a vertical launch air defense system; the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile; and the road-mobile DF-31A intercontinental-range ballistic missile. China also continues to show interest in developing an indigenous aircraft carrier capability.
The U.S. trade deficit with China for 2007 was $256 billion, Hunter said.
- "russia Is Engaged In A Large-scale Buildup Of Strategic Nuclear Forces That Has Been Underway For A Decade”
Adm. Cecil Haney, the US Strategic Forces commander told the House Armed Services CommitteeBill Gertz:State Department cables sent to Washington earlier this year included dire warnings that Russia is vastly increasing its nuclear arsenal under policies...
- While Gaza Is Hammered And The Naacp Complains About Ole South Gowns In The Inaugural, Strategic Challenges Loom
During Reagan's presidency the US Navy numbered almost 600 ships, with 11 or more carrier task groups. Today we have less than half that. By 2015 China's submarine fleet ALONE will outnumber ours. Their navy will have 600 ships, and...
- Remember That Tor-m1, S300 Missile Defense Russia Sold Syria-iran?
Remember how at the time the Russkies said while the S-300 was a good missile defense, not to worry because their REAL defense was the S-400 which was good against US planes, ballistic missiles and low flying cruise missiles, and would be sold...
- The Challenges And Bad News From Rivals And Enemies Roll On
China sub secretly stalked U.S. fleet..UNDETECTED..and surfaces UNDETECTED in missile range of the same missile which whacked the Israeli SAAR fired in July In considering US actions against submarines of this technology level, when a US admiral was...
- No Sooner Said Than....that Pesky 'great Game' That Doesn't Exist Sticks It's Head Up Again And Again
Russia delivers second missile ship to China Russia has delivered a second advanced Sovremenny guided missile destroyer to China that will boost Chinese naval power and give Beijing greater capabilities to attack U.S. aircraft carriers. The destroyer...