China Is Loving America’s Stealth Jet Freakout
As the U.S. defense chief leaves for Beijing this weekend, some in China are busting a gut over how panicked American commentators appear over new Chinese stealth planes and anti-ship missiles....
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Can Talks Stop U.S.-China Arms Race?
No one freak out, but it’s easy to see an arms race developing between the U.S. and China. Pentagon chief Robert Gates’ visit this week intends to squash that kind of race to the bottom before it gets...
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U.S. Navy Chief Isn’t Sweating China’s Sea Power
As Chinese Premier Hu Jintao prepares for today’s state dinner at the White House in his honor, the headlines are filled with questions about his control over China’s rapidly modernizing military. So...
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Hey China: U.S. is Prepping New Ship-Killing Missiles, Too
Yeah, yeah, so the Chinese are working hard on a potentially deadly ballistic missile, designed to kill ships. That missile has long prompted a lot of debate about whether surface ships are ultimately...
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Navy Chief Dreams of Laser Warships, Ocean-Spanning Robots
NEWPORT, Rhode Island — Adm. Gary Roughead will leave the Navy in September. Until then, he’s got one big, overriding mission: Make the seas safe for American lasers and robots. As the top U.S. naval...
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Pentagon Isn’t Sweating China’s New Weapons of Doom
You'd think the Pentagon would be chewing its nails down after China unveiled its first stealth jet and took its first-ever aircraft carrier out for a stroll. Instead, the Defense Department's Asia...
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Where Have All The China Hawks Gone?
Shortly before President Obama left two weeks ago for a major trip cementing the U.S. military as a bulwark against China in the western Pacific, the New York Times published an op-ed that would have...
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Bed, Breakfast And Bombing Runs: China Turns Soviet Aircraft Carrier Into Hotel
This is the Kiev, currently anchored in the Chinese port of Tianjin. Once she was the flagship of the mighty Soviet navy’s Pacific fleet. Now she’s available for business retreats, intimate getaways or...
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China Spends Even More on Its Military While Pentagon Yawns
At a time when the U.S. is cutting its defense budget by 2.5 percent, China’s far less advanced military is getting flooded with cash. Beijing announced that it will boost its annual defense budget to...
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How to Kill China’s ‘Carrier-Killer’ Missile: Jam, Spoof and Shoot
China has developed a missile that would turn an aircraft carrier into a two-billion-dollar hulk of twisted metal, flame, and dead sailors. Publicly, the U.S. Navy downplays its importance. Privately,...
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