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[OrangeEmpire]

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WASHINGTON — China's recent success at destroying a satellite in low-Earth orbit is a threat to the interests of all space-faring nations and posed dangers to human space flight, the Pentagon said Friday.
In its annual report on Chinese military developments, the Pentagon also said the People's Liberation Army is building a greater capacity to launch pre-emptive strikes. It cited as examples China's acquisition of long-endurance submarines, unmanned combat aircraft and additional precision-guided air-to-ground missiles.
Attempting to capture the essence of China's strategy, the report quoted former supreme leader Deng Xiaoping's guidance, known as the 24-character maxim, which says in part, "hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile."
"It suggests both a short-term desire to downplay China's capabilities and avoid confrontation, and a long-term strategy to build up China's power to maximize options for the future," the Pentagon report said.
Peter Rodman, who until early this year was the Pentagon's top Asia policy official, said in an interview Friday that there is reason for concern that China's long-range aim is to "revise the existing balance of power in the world, but they are patient and they are just doing this quietly; they think long term."

Thoughts?

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Can you say "Wal-Mart"???

 

[bigtime]

Looks like we need to stay ahead of china in the arms race because if they catch us in capability whos to say what would happen they already out number us on the ground we need to stay far more technically advanced then they are we have to put more into our military because it sounds to me like we are staring down another Cold War

 

[MG1968]

meanwhile, Congress is pursuing pseudo scandals involving US Attorneys and passing amnesty programs for illegal aliens.

glad to know the politicians are paying attention to the real problems we face