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Yeah, all they have is one aircraft carrier. Lets ignore all the ICBM's they have and a constantly improving space program. I feel so much safer knowing slick is keeping an eye on things.callmeslick wrote:http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hagel ... ier-n73626
the SOLE aircraft carrier? Like, they only have ONE FREAKING AIRCRAFT CARRIER? And, this is the nation that terrifies you on a regular basis?
Yeesh! You scare easy.
You don't need an aircraft carrier when you've got nukes you can launch from a submarine. Anyway, the carrier will be used to further bully smaller countries.callmeslick wrote:http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hagel ... ier-n73626
the SOLE aircraft carrier? Like, they only have ONE FREAKING AIRCRAFT CARRIER? And, this is the nation that terrifies you on a regular basis?
Yeesh! You scare easy.
This is in the wake of the massive protests and attacks against Chinese factories and citizens by Vietnamese angry that China has blatantly violated Vietnamese waters with an oil rig and 62(or more) Chinese military and civilian ships surrounding it.Troops, tanks, trucks, artillery, and armored personnel carriers of China’s military were seen heading to the Vietnamese border on May 16 and 17, according to photographs taken by by residents near the border.
Chinese netizens have been posting photographs of the large movement of the People’s Liberation Army, many of them showing Chinese troops in full combat gear heading to the local train station in Chongzuo, along with military vehicles.
One netizen said the Chinese military was taking the train from the Chongzuo station to Pingxiang City, which shares a 60-mile border with Vietnam. The netizen said that the Huu Nghi Border Gate to Vietnam is also now closed.
One of the photos, taken from inside a passenger train, shows the Chinese military preparing artillery for transport on a train track. Others show Chinese troops and military vehicles traveling along dirt roads.
Another photograph shows troops walking under the red-colored entrance to the Longzhou International Building Materials Market, on Provincial Road in the city of Chongzuo.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -Asia.htmlChina is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market.
The move comes as tensions mount in the South China Sea, and the West prepares possible oil sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Analysts believe China is quietly building up buffers against a possible spike in oil prices or disruptions in supply.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest monthly report that China imported 6.81m barrels a day in April, an all-time high. This is raising eyebrows since China’s economy has been slowing for months, with slump conditions in the steel industry and a sharp downturn in new construction.
The agency estimates that 1.4m b/d was funnelled into China’s fast-expanding network of storage facilities, deeming it “an unprecedented build”. Shipments were heavily concentrated at Chinese ports nearest the new reserve basins at Tianjin and Huangdao. “We think this is a big deal,” said one official.
...The Chinese media has been calling for action to “teach Vietnam a lesson”, echoing the language of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping before he launched an attack on Vietnam in the disastrous war of 1979...
And you need to get your head out of the ostrich hole it is in. TB brings up a possible war scenario and you jump on his case. Why?Ferno wrote:jesus christ thunderbunny, you need to get out of that fuckin bomb shelter you're in.
woodchip wrote:And you need to get your head out of the ostrich hole it is in. TB brings up a possible war scenario and you jump on his case. Why?Ferno wrote:jesus christ thunderbunny, you need to get out of that fuckin bomb shelter you're in.