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Published: 12/29/10

Chinese 'Carrier Killer' Missile Challenges US Regional Power

By  Joseph Schuman - AOL News
Chinese 'Carrier Killer' Missile Challenges US Regional Power

Major advances in China's military prowess -- specifically with powerful anti-ship missiles known as aircraft "carrier killers" -- could threaten the U.S. Navy's ability to maintain strategic dominance in the western Pacific and safeguard the independence of Taiwan. Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, told the daily Japanese newspaper Asahi that China's anti-ship ballistic missiles have achieved "initial operational capability" -- meaning they have apparently been tested enough to be used. Max Smith / Wikipedia China is developing an anti-ship ballistic ...

Published: 03/1/10

China, Iran Creating 'No-Go' Zones to Thwart U.S. Military Power

By  David Wood - Politics Daily
China, Iran Creating 'No-Go' Zones to Thwart U.S. Military Power

During the Cold War, the Pentagon built the greatest naval and air forces the world had ever seen, endowing the United States with the superpower ability to land huge military forces anywhere in the world, at any time, whether invited in or not. So it was that Washington, using its armada of aircraft carriers, cruise missile-launching submarines, fast cargo ships, long-range bombers, airlifters, and air refueling fighters, could eject the Iraqis from Kuwait (1991), bomb Serbia (1999), kick over the Taliban regime in Afghanistan (2001), and knock off Saddam and his cronies (2003). Everybody ...

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