Recently, this was published by retired Navy Admiral James A. Lyons Jr. and Gordon G. Chang (emphasis added):
This spring, China's navy accepted the Pentagon's
invitation to participate in the 2014 Rim of the Pacific — RIMPAC — naval
exercise to be held off Hawaii. This will be the first time China takes part in
the biennial event.
Our allies should signal their intent to withdraw
from the exercise if China participates. Failing that, the invitation should be
withdrawn. RIMPAC is for allies and friends, not nations planning to eventually
wage war on the United States. Russia sent ships in 2012, but while its senior
officers may occasionally utter unfriendly words, they are not actively
planning to fight the United States. Analyst Robert Sutter was surely correct
when he wrote in 2005 that "China
is the only large power in the world preparing to shoot Americans."
That assessment, unfortunately, remains true today.
Beijing is configuring its forces — especially its navy — to fight ours. For
instance, China has deployed along its southern coast its DF-21D, a two-stage
solid-fuel missile that can be guided by satellite signals. The missile is
dubbed the "carrier killer" because it can be configured to explode
in midair, raining down sharp metal on a deck crowded with planes, ordinance,
fuel and sailors. Its apparent intent is to drive U.S. forces out of East Asia.
A pattern of aggressive Chinese tactics also points
in that direction. Especially troubling is the harassment in international
waters of unarmed U.S. Navy reconnaissance vessels for more than a decade, most
notably the blocking of the Impeccable in the South China Sea in 2009. And
there was the 2001 downing of a Navy EP-3 and the surfacing of a Song-class
attack submarine in the middle of the Kitty Hawk strike group near Okinawa in
2006.
Since then, we have been hearing bold war talk in
the Chinese capital, from new leader Xi Jinping to senior officers and colonels
who say they relish combat — a "hand-to-hand fight with the U.S.," as
one of them put it in 2010.
Why
do China's officers want to go to war? There is an unfortunate confluence of
factors. First, there is a new Chinese confidence bordering on arrogance.
Beijing leaders, especially since 2008, have been riding high. They saw
economic turmoil around the world and thought the century was theirs to
dominate. The U.S. and the rest of the West, they believed, were in terminal
decline....To read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chang-chinese-navy-20130530,0,7560801.story
My opinion: Demitru Dudeman and Henry Gruver both saw China launch missiles from submarines at the USA coastlines in dreams many years ago. I trust these prophets.
Did I mention? The USA's population is 350 million, and China has a middle class of 350 million. "According to a white paper it issued in April, China is building a navy capable of operating in the ocean's deep water, and has 235,000 officers and sailors." (From the same Op Ed)
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