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Teh One Who Knocks
01-04-2019, 11:42 AM
By Bradford Betz | Fox News


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The deputy head of a Chinese military academy told an audience in Shenzhen last month that tensions in the South China Sea could be resolved by sinking a pair of U.S. aircraft carriers, reports said.

"What the United States fears the most is taking casualties," said Rear Admiral Lou Yuan, deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, news.com.au reported. He said sinking one carrier would kill 5,000 and sinking two would double that number.

Brad Glosserman, a China expert and professor at Tokyo’s Tama University, said Lou’s comments reflect a growing belief in China that the United States has lost its stomach for war, according to a report from military.com.

The Chinese believe that "Americans have gone soft … [they] no longer have an appetite for sacrifice and at the first sign of genuine trouble they will cut and run," Glosserman said.

In his speech, Loui said there were "five cornerstones of the United States" open to exploitation: their military, their money, their talent, their voting system -- and their fear of adversaries, according to the news.com.au report.

Muddy
01-04-2019, 11:47 AM
Yes.. great idea.. /s

Teh One Who Knocks
01-04-2019, 11:50 AM
Go ahead, try and sink one of our carriers and see what happens.

Hal-9000
01-04-2019, 04:52 PM
I heard this same claim around 1941 :-k

Griffin
01-04-2019, 05:59 PM
I heard this same claim around 1941 :-k

damn.... you are an old fuck. :-s

Hal-9000
01-04-2019, 07:13 PM
damn.... you are an old fuck. :-s

:(

Have you read that exchange between the commercial pilot and I think a German control tower? Pilot is getting some grief and says - Last time I flew over your city permission wasn't needed :lol: (talking bout WW2 bombing missions)

Hikari Kisugi
01-04-2019, 10:54 PM
Go ahead, try and sink one of our carriers and see what happens.

I sorta want to seer this happen.
An attempt.
I'd love to know just how good modern countermeasures are, and just how many missiles you've to hit a ship with to actually sink it, especially something the size of a carrier.

Hal-9000
01-05-2019, 06:44 PM
This part caught my eye - "five cornerstones of the United States open to exploitation: their military, their money, their talent, their voting system -- and their fear of adversaries".

Ok let's look at the potential targets :)

their military - Some of the proudest and most fierce fighters on the planet. Big nope here.
their money - How does one attack another country's money? Flood the market with cheap rice and hope America crumbles?
their talent - Insult the actors? Give bad reviews to the singers? We do enough of that on our own thanks :lol:
their voting system - Exploit it and do what...put the OTHER political party candidate in office? Only two choices and one will get in regardless.

and their fear of adversaries? - Usually things like large aircraft carriers the size of city blocks settle those disputes :tup: