Saturday, October 3, 2009

China Sets Its Sights On US Navy, Admiral Warns

Navy cadets march in formation past Tiananmen Square. Photo: Reuters

From Brisbane Times:

AS China celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a parade of military hardware, a senior US commander expressed concern that it was shaping to challenge the US militarily.

The commander of the Seventh Fleet, Vice-Admiral John Bird, said in Sydney yesterday that China's naval capability "has grown much faster than any of our predictions''.

Of China's new capabilities, "many are intended to counter a navy such as the US Navy," with weapons systems "targeted to our carriers and larger ships."

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My Comment: Of course they have their sights on the U.S. Navy .... I know that I would.

3 comments:

  1. Is it just me or does that photo look like its been photoshopped?

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  2. I saw the video ... and they all (also) looked the same to me.

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  3. I take it back .... it definitely looks like it was photoshopped.

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