China adjusts property values along the western U.S. coast?

[webmaster]

So, more rhetoric from Chinese new agencies? It seems eerily similar to growing up in the Cold War, and the pictures I recalled of areas the soviets could strike that would be shown on news broadcasts. Nothing terribly "new" here or any major changes in power projection, but curious if any of this will even be picked up outside of back page news articles or even enter the consciousness of the public at large.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/inside-china-nuclear-submarines-capable-of-widespr/

As usual, another good read at CDR Salamander: http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2013/11/keeping-eye-on-long-game-part-xlviii.html

 

[Flash]

......So, more rhetoric from Chinese new agencies? It seems eerily similar to growing up in the Cold War, and the pictures I recalled of areas the soviets could strike that would be shown on news broadcasts. Nothing terribly "new" here or any major changes in power projection, but curious if any of this will even be picked up outside of back page news articles or even enter the consciousness of the public at large.......

Rhetoric? Sure, but as you point out it is just a pseudo-official acknowledgment of what has been the reality for quite some time for the PRC hitting us. I don't think the Chinese nuclear threat is in our nation's collective consciousness at large like the one from the USSR because it isn't highlighted by anyone, either us or the Chinese. The Chinese are still very secretive about their nuke capabilities and military in general so their true capabilities are not widely known even among people on the 'outside' who study that sort of thing for a living.

As for Salamander, I am not sure what he means by "if we keep networking all our military computer systems together for "efficiency" and let more and more security holes open for Chinese spies ... maybe we would [lose] that second strike capability - then we have a different game altogether." Seems like he has watched Terminator a few too many times......

 

[Napper]

As for Salamander, I am not sure what he means by "if we keep networking all our military computer systems together...

Maybe something along these lines...
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB124027491029837401

 

[Renegade One]

I dunno…can the U.S. be claimed to "adjusting property values" on every square inch of the inhabited planet because we have the capability to unleash hell there? I don't think so…

This is so much ho-hum...

 

[Hozer]

yet another good reason for living in the South?

 

[Flash]

Maybe something along these lines...
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB124027491029837401

That has nothing to do with our 'second strike' nuke capability which is what I think he is talking about. If he is referring to general cyber-espionage it is a bit of stretch to include that in a post focusing on nukes.

 

[voodooqueen]

Rhetoric? Sure, but as you point out it is just a pseudo-official acknowledgment of what has been the reality for quite some time for the PRC hitting us. I don't think the Chinese nuclear threat is in our nation's collective consciousness at large like the one from the USSR because it isn't highlighted by anyone, either us or the Chinese. The Chinese are still very secretive about their nuke capabilities and military in general so their true capabilities are not widely known even among people on the 'outside' who study that sort of thing for a living.

As for Salamander, I am not sure what he means by "if we keep networking all our military computer systems together for "efficiency" and let more and more security holes open for Chinese spies ... maybe we would [lose] that second strike capability - then we have a different game altogether." Seems like he has watched Terminator a few too many times......

Hopefully, people on the inside are keeping watch on Chinese capabilities... &

 

[MIDNJAC]

Pardon the ignorance, but what is the place with a dot on the northern CA coast well north of the bay area, and what is it's importance? Looks to be coincident with Ft Bragg, CA......which is thousands of miles away from the Army base.....