Chinese no threat to US says general
From Stars & Stripes comes a report of Chinese Chief of the General Staff Gen. Chen Bingde who ralks out both sides of his face as he reassures folks at the Pentagon that China doesn’t have the capability to threaten the US.
Chen’s visit is the latest event to carry out a commitment by President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao to build more stable and regular military meetings and ensure that each side is better informed of the other’s activities and intentions, particularly after a rocky 2010.
However, from Dunya News, we discover that China is making preparations for an emergency shipment of 50 new JF-17 fighters to Pakistan;
According to media reports, China will give 50 JF-17 aircraft to Pakistan on emergency basis.
The two prime ministers agreed in principle to enhance volume of trade between the two countries and launching development projects in Pakistan.
What could be the emergency basis? Has India, Pakistan’s neighbor and largest threat, been conducting air strikes against Pakistan? Not that I’ve heard. The only foreign air force deploying against targets in Pakistan are the US and Britain.
So maybe China doesn’t have the capability to defeat the US, but they can sure make life hard for our pilots and operators conducting cross-border raids against Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Pakistain (yes, I spelled it that way on purpose). While we host their generals in the belly of our beast.
I picked up the link to the Dunya piece from Ace’s sidebar.
Category: Terror War
Best place to experiment with the JF-17 design, pilot training and weapons is Pakistan. Similarly, Israel squares us away on how our stuff operates in combat.
Are there any Aces serving in our air arms? Golden opportunity here to test the Raptor!
Not to mention the one aircraft carrier they recently bought and are refurbishing. Then there is the second carrier that they are building! Sounds like power projection to me.
Not a threat? Huh, wonder why the Army is having my son spend months learning to speak Chinese.
This is teh same bunch that breached Lawrence Livermore & Alamagordo?