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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH
Geographically speaking I feel now a much more strategic link to the man made islands the Chinese are building beyond just "power projection" in the South China Sea region. They can't realistically have a "bastion" setup to the North because of Russia nor to the East because they'd be sandwiched between Taiwan, Japan and S. Korea. So unless they invade Taiwan they can only go South in the area of those contested "islands" that are all going to have airfields on them and surface combatants that can operate from them along with their attack submarines. You would have all the pieces in place to support and protect a "bastion" for your SSBN subs to operate within.
Regards,
Pat
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Aside from the vile Islamist a...holes, a good many already in our own nations, with others being let in by the so called 'refugees' and actually largely economic Migrant route, the biggest longer term threat to the West is from China, Communist Dictator Government but successful open economy. China is working very hard on her Navy, including Carriers, and her marines, etc.
China has the money, the man power, and the economic base to be a very serious threat in not a long time.
Japan and Australia are both taking that threat fairly seriously already, even as the Australian mining economy depends a great deal on China. Who ever said anything was simple?