Chinese officials attend "Valiant Shield"

[Tex_Hill]

China pleased after watching U.S. wargames

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

My first reaction after reading this AP article was pure shock that our leaders would allow a potential enemy to observe our forces. But now I wonder just how much does China already know about our tactics? So I guess I'm looking for the communities thoughts on this article.


Thanks,

Tex

 

[Brett327]

^^ Easy there Tiger. It's not as though their going to break out the Secret and TS pubs so the Chinese can browse through them. This is all part of the delicate dance of international relations.

Brett

 

[MIDNJAC]

trust me, this is a two sided game....

 

[JIMC5499]

My first reaction after reading this article was pure shock that our leaders would allow a potential enemy to observe our forces. But now I wonder just how much does China already know about our tactics? So I guess I'm looking for the communities thoughts on this article.


Thanks,

Tex

My bet is that the Chinese were shown exactly what we wanted them to see and no more.

 

[Cobra Commander]

This week's maneuvers were part of U.S. efforts to reinvigorate exchanges between the two militaries, which have had little interaction since a U.S. spy plane collided with a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001.

Don't they mean a Chinese jet fighter collided with a US patrol aircraft?

 

[NavyLonghorn]

Don't they mean a Chinese jet fighter collided with a US patrol aircraft?

Patrol Aircraft Makes Wide Turns.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Patrol Aircraft Makes Wide Turns.

hahah.....someone needs to pull up that sign

 

[Chubby]

 

[CommodoreMid]

I just got back from the Reagan where I was for summer cruise and I got to see Valiant Shield and all that. I did think it was funny for Focsle Follies one of the squadrons did Top Five Reasons Valiant Shield is stupid. One of them was "Nothing says OPSEC like inviting communist spies to your war games."

 

[MarineAir]

Just wondering, isn't it naive to think that China doesn't know our tactics already? I mean, don't they have their own spy satellites and intel people who it is safe to assume, have been observing our previous war games albeit in secret? Just as we observe theirs with our intel assets? We don't really conduct war games in secret last time I checked, so I see this visit as more of a diplomatic and political move to strengthen military relations between our two countries. Maybe I'm the naive one?

 

[TurnandBurn55]

I think this gets back to my tagline....