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Chinese Sub Pops Up Amid US Navy Exercise

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the did-somebody-order-takeout dept.

One NATO figure said the effect was "as big a shock as the Russians launching Sputnik." American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast USS Kitty Hawk. By the time it surfaced, the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine had sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier. The incident caused consternation in the US Navy, which had no idea China's fast-growing submarine fleet had reached such a level of sophistication.

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  1. Re:Simple solution: by andy314159pi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    compared to their cold war predecessors.
    It looks like we might be heading into a new cold war of sorts.

    I hope no one mods me down for saying this, but I really feel like we should consider starting the draft again. We need to bolster our troop levels and try to do it in as egalitarian a way as possible.
  2. The Clinton Legacy by tsunamiiii · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ahhhh the Clinton Legacy does just fine even without Hillary. Thanks for selling us out to the Reds Bill!!

  3. Just get on with the war already... by sethstorm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    . I am guessing that China is a lot closer to a war with the west then is assumed in the west. The sooner that country is leveled, the sooner the debts can be nullified. Balance would be restored, and offshoring would have one less place to circumvent regulations.
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  4. Re:Simple solution: by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're insane. Have you read the history of "al qaeda" ? Do you even know what the word means ?

    America has been at war with muslims since it's creation and the war never ceased. It's just that they fought until they were so terribly weak that they stopped being worth mentioning. As you should know as an american, they never stopped attacking. s

  5. Re:Simple solution: by toddhisattva · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Al Quaeda are just the logical response Logical? Holy shit. There are people who think al Qaeda are logical.

    Predictable. Inevitable. Despicable.

    Not logical.

    What follows that word in your post is, predictably inevitably and despicably, complete bullshit.

    Would you want me to get "logical" in the good ol' Qaeda style on your sorry ass?