china, japan and other nations in the area, are you ready for war with china?

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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will the latest demonstrations of military force in the south china sea result in a war with china?

and will the non-chinese nations expect us to be the major contributors on their side?
 
China sent fighter jets into its newly declared air defense zone Thursday on what state media called the country’s first air patrol since it declared control of the airspace.


The announcement came hours after Japan and South Korea sent their own military planes into the airspace over the East China Sea, testing China’s resolve.


The announcement of the flights came after American B-52 bombers flew through the same zone in defiance of China.




http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/world/asia/japan-south-korea-fly-military-planes-in-zone-set-by-china.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0
 
Big Money said:
China sent fighter jets into its newly declared air defense zone Thursday on what state media called the country’s first air patrol since it declared control of the airspace.


The announcement came hours after Japan and South Korea sent their own military planes into the airspace over the East China Sea, testing China’s resolve.


The announcement of the flights came after American B-52 bombers flew through the same zone in defiance of China.




http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/world/asia/japan-south-korea-fly-military-planes-in-zone-set-by-china.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0
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so which nation will fire the first armed shot?

ps the b-52s were not armed...
 
Don Quixote said:
to give the chinese a poke in the eye with a sharp stick by reminding china of our air power like the b-1 and b-2 not to mention our submarine launched missiles or an aircraft carrier group

oh well
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I agree Don, that there is a fair amount of political/military posturing going on. Where it will lead or if war is on the horizon I'm not knowing. I know the direction of my prayers though.
 
Don Quixote said:
to give the chinese a poke in the eye
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To intentionally provoke them and then roll over if they respond?

Will he send more unarmed bombers now that the Chinese are flying combat air patrols in the area?

What was the name of the Nobel Prize he got a few years back? I forget.

Oh, well.
 
Don Quixote said:
will the latest demonstrations of military force in the south china sea result in a war with china?

and will the non-chinese nations expect us to be the major contributors on their side?
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So the Dear Leader you voted for might provoke war with China? I didn't know Obama was a war monger.
 
The Dude said:
China's not bothering with anyone but kicking Japan's ass right now!
Obama is trying to cover Japan's flank
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I guess you obviously missed all of the recent Chinese saber-rattling with the Philippines?

Unmentioned in this conversation is the Republic of China (Taiwan), which I have (and had since Obama's election) the gravest doubts will survive and Obama presidency.

I've toured Okinawa and Taiwan extensively. They're both heavily fortified, but in a compact manner. Like Pearl Harbor, an enormous first strike could knock them out in a dramatic fashion. The same would apply to the DMZ defenses in Korea.

After which the PLA's huge superiority in manpower could easily occupy Taiwan and the Japanese and Philippine archipelagos.
 
Taft2016 said:
I guess you obviously missed all of the recent Chinese saber-rattling with the Philippines?

Unmentioned in this conversation is the Republic of China (Taiwan), which I have (and had since Obama's election) the gravest doubts will survive and Obama presidency.

I've toured Okinawa and Taiwan extensively. They're both heavily fortified, but in a compact manner. Like Pearl Harbor, an enormous first strike could knock them out in a dramatic fashion. The same would apply to the DMZ defenses in Korea.

After which the PLA's huge superiority in manpower could easily occupy Taiwan and the Japanese and Philippine archipelagos.
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while the pla is huge, their transportation and logistics are not very good over water and with today's air/sea/land/subsurface missiles they would be sitting ducks.

also, cluster/anti-personnel bombs and dare i say it, tactical nukes would offset any large army.

i think that what we have here is a lot of saber rattling...except that china needs the resources, but would a conventional war be worth the cost?...or fulfill the need for young male population reduction

wars are getting more and more expensive, oth we have provided china with about one trillion in us currency

oh well
 
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