Chinese Nuclear Submarines Prompt 'New Cold War' Warning


	Chinese Nuclear Submarines Prompt 'New Cold War' Warning

merrie

5-3-2008 3:09 AM

289 views

tags:

nuclear submarines, 094 jin-class, nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, cyber warfare, laser energy, anti-satellite missiles

merrie says:

”The main source of friction is Taiwan and you cannot rule out a nationalistic military faction coming to power to taking a punt to have a quick go.”

Chinese defence expenditure is estimated by the Pentagon to be $50 billion (£25 billion) but analysts believe large chunks of the budget are “squirreled away” and it could be as high as $200 billion making it the second largest in the world after America.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from May 3, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#e5e5e5;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7f8bbefd-c721-4bcb-917e-d0e8476a56dc/9381CA54-180B-4739-91A8-9B8951331A47/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/D083426E-A7BA-4026-832A-73F300C7FFB7" alt="Map: Sanya naval base, China" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html"><P>
Satellite photographs passed to The Daily Telegraph this week showed that the 
  secret base at Sanya on Hainan island will house up to 20 of the latest 094 
  Jin-class nuclear ballistic submarines that could be capable of firing 
  anti-satellite missiles and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html"><P>
In the last 20 years China had gone from a coastal force to a navy capable of 
  “exerting its influence far afield,” a senior Royal Navy officer said.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html"><P>
It entails asymmetric conflict in which China would use cyber warfare and 
  laser energy to wipe out communications. Anti-satellite missiles, 
  potentially launched from submarines, would ensure that America was “blind” 
  over the Far East. The Chinese have already proven that they have these 
  capabilities as well as using espionage to remove military technology from 
  the US.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html">China wishes to power project 
  well into the Pacific and challenge the dominance of the US Pacific Command.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1920917/Chinese-nuclear-submarines-prompt-%27new-Cold-War%27-warning.html"><P>
He also said that the Sanya base gave China reach into the Indian Ocean.
</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9381CA54-180B-4739-91A8-9B8951331A47/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>