China Thread

[PKT_VOL]

Allvin: USAF Sticking to 100 B-21s as It Considers Something New

USAF may not buy more than 100 B-21s as something better may be developed by the time those aircraft are built, CSAF Gen. David Allvin said.

www.airandspaceforces.com

Since manned NGAD is looking less likely, disappointing, Some banter about the B21 being an arsenal plane..carry the new AIM-260 or AIM-174. Double the number of B-21 and you have a super long range with long loiter, and VLO force without need for 250M fighters and new tankers.

Sounds like an innovative approach.

@85SugarVol

The B-21 is the last and most sophisticated platform to have the human option in cockpit or to be missile-based. NGAD definitely won't be manned, probably not missile-based (directed energy instead), and it will be certainly be a network of assets vs one singular platform.

Due to the nature of a potential battle in the Pacific, the B-21 could easily take on the role of an air superiority platform. At the very least, it can be the stealthy version of 4th-generation fighters who are merely missile carriers for the tip of the spear (F-22/35).

 

[85SugarVol]

Did you notice the part where they 'never entered US airspace'?

They did not enter US airspace. Apparently not all of the Interceptor pilots were in DEI training that day.

The Russians enter the identification zone often - but this was the first time the Chinese have. Which I believe was the point of the tweet.

 

[EasternVol]

They did not enter US airspace. Apparently not all of the Interceptor pilots were in DEI training that day.

The Russians enter the identification zone often - but this was the first time the Chinese have. Which I believe was the point of the tweet.

That's what I said, except for the snark about DEI. I responded to someone saying "Fir the first time Chinese aircraft entered the Alaskan airspace." Alaskan airspace is US airspace unless we sold it back to the Czar.

 

[85SugarVol]

That's what I said, except for the snark about DEI. I responded to someone saying "Fir the first time Chinese aircraft entered the Alaskan airspace." Alaskan airspace is US airspace unless we sold it back to the Czar.

Ah, I see what you’re responding to now. Yes, that’s an incorrect statement. They did not enter Alaskan airspace.

I was referencing the first tweet and the identification zone.

 

[Orangeburst]

Ah, I see what you’re responding to now. Yes, that’s an incorrect statement. They did not enter Alaskan airspace.

I was referencing the first tweet and the identification zone.

Rube.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening - Asia Times

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has done what no American president ever could. He got Japan to get serious about defense after decades of pathological

asiatimes.com

Interesting

 

[rekinhavoc]

https://dcjournal.com/microsoft-and-china-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-u-s-national-security/

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Feds Are Still Sending ‘mad scientist’ Millions To China — And Keeping It From Congress​

Washington should have learned an important lesson after COVID-19: Stop sending our tax dollars to China for risky, secretive research.

Yet, the feds keep funneling untold millions to China and other adversarial countries, hiding the details about the suspicious projects being funded, and admitting they cannot offer a full accounting of the cash.

For example, according to a recent report from the Department of Defense Inspector General, the Pentagon potentially paid up to $6.5 million to a Chinese biotech company for perilous research on deadly diseases.

And all we know about the project is that it involves lethal pathogens, including Ebola and COVID-19.

Feds are still sending ‘mad scientist’ millions to China — and keeping it from Congress

Washington keeps funneling untold millions to China for risky research, hiding the details about suspicious projects and admitting they cannot offer a full accounting of the cash.

nypost.com

 

[rekinhavoc]

Chinese Coast Guard Rams Two Philippine Ships in the South China Sea

hotair.com

 

[EasternVol]

PRC keeps giving PI love taps

Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane

MANILA: The Philippines accused China on Saturday (Aug 24) of recently firing flares at one of its aircraft as it patrolled over the South China Sea. Beijing claims most of the strategic waterway and has been involved in tense maritime confrontations with Manila in recent months, sparking fears...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

[just bob]

Chinese Coast Guard Rams Two Philippine Ships in the South China Sea

hotair.com

F China.

 

[rekinhavoc]

No U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed in the Pacific - Naval News

The U.S. Navy is facing a shortfall of deployed carriers in the Pacific as the buildup in the Middle East continues. The lack of carriers has left a critical gap in the West Pacific. The departure of USS Abraham Lincoln coincides with the change in homeport of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) from...

www.navalnews.com

Why not just call China and say go for it? Taiwan sorry we have an election going on.

 

[rekinhavoc]

China’s president pledges $50 billion to fund African development

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday more than

americanmilitarynews.com

Uptick in African based extremism incoming .....book it.

 

[EasternVol]

China’s president pledges $50 billion to fund African development

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday more than

americanmilitarynews.com

Uptick in African based extremism incoming .....book it.

What kind of extremism?

 

[rekinhavoc]

What kind of extremism?

Africa has harbored terrorist training camps for years.

 

[TVOLS]

 

[Matt2496]

One of these “exercises” will end up being the real thing.

 

[Orangeburst]

Five Chinese graduates of UMich were caught spying on US military base, FBI finds

The students were charged with ‘[f]alse statements, conspiracy, [and] [d]estruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations.’

www.campusreform.org

kick all Chinese students out..

 

[Sgt_Nick_Fury]

Must Watch Interview, lots of good points, but discussion on China is a brutal reality check.

 

[EasternVol]

Must Watch Interview, lots of good points, but discussion on China is a brutal reality check.

It's two and a half hours. What are the highlights and the time mark for the good part?

 

[Sgt_Nick_Fury]

It's two and a half hours. What are the highlights and the time mark for the good part?

It's worth two and half hours. I am not going to go back and book mark it for you though. Someone else can if they wish. I frequently listen to such interviews while working on other things.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

It's worth two and half hours. I am not going to go back and book mark it for you though. Someone else can if they wish. I frequently listen to such interviews while working on other things.

Shawn Ryan's interviews are always very good.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Shawn Ryan's interviews are always very good.

Yes they are. Some are cool just because they are Special Forces folks etc with great stories to tell. The far more important ones are from folks like CIA analyst/contractor "Superbad" who let America know that to this very day, the US government hands the Taliban $40 to $80 million dollars a WEEK. Thats just money. Not some figure derived from the over 1 billion dollars in weaponry, vehicles, and even pallets of US cash that we left behind in Bidens emergency tailtucking evacuation. Absolute insanity and it needs to stop day1 of Trump presidency if not before.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Five Chinese graduates of UMich were caught spying on US military base, FBI finds

The students were charged with ‘[f]alse statements, conspiracy, [and] [d]estruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations.’

www.campusreform.org

kick all Chinese students out..

Absolutely. We have no responsibility to educate students/people from other nations. Especially nations whose interests run counter to ours...that have been stealing us blind for generations...whose generals openly call for war with the US in the press. Supreme commander magnificent Communist Xi also reportedly has told their Navy to be prepared for war with us by 2026 IIRC. We should definitely expel all of their students and deport any Chinese national in any way connected to the DOD, scientific research, or that we have any type of reasonable suspicion they are involved in espionage. Screw China.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Bring on the tariffs. Kicking AAPL and other American companies out of China will be far more effective than kicking students out of here.