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US urged to bolster missile, space defenses against China: paper
SPACE WAR
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A draft report recommends that the United States build new missile, sea-based and space-based defenses to deal with China’s growing nuclear and conventional forces, a newspaper said Wednesday.
The draft by a State Department advisory board said China aims to build forces that are not just capable of retaking Taiwan but also of projecting power beyond east Asia, The Washington Times reported.
China’s “major objective is to counter US presence and US military capabilities in East Asia through the acquisition of offensive capacities in critical functional areas that systematically exploit US vulnerabilities,” it quoted the report as saying.
China is developing capabilities for “asymmetric warfare,” such as space and computer weapons, that could help it defeat stronger US armed forces, according to a copy of the draft the daily said it had obtained.
The report warned of gaps in US missile defenses, dependence on space for communications, reliance on aircraft carriers to project power to China’s shores, and “fragile electronics and the Internet,” the newspaper said.
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The draft recommends that the United States obtain new offensive space and cyber warfare capabilities and missile defenses as well as “more robust sea- and space-based capabilities” to deter any crisis over Taiwan, the daily said.
The ISAB report said China was headed for expansion after centuries as a regional power.
“In China’s view, Taiwan is the key to breakout: If China is to become a global power, the first step must include control of this island,” the report was quoted as saying.
Once it controls the island of Taiwan, China would then be able to control the neighboring seas and to project power eastward, according to the report.
The draft by the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) is significant, it added, because US government and private-sector analyses have until now not seen China as a US security challenge.
The Washington Times said the report has not been officially released, but could be released in a few weeks.
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October 1st, 2008 at 10:50 am
Military spending in 2008 ($ Billions, and percent of world total)
http://www.globalissues.org/
1. United States 711 48.28%
2. China 121.9 8.28%
3. Russia 70 4.75%
4. United Kingdom 55.4 3.76%
5. France 54 3.67%
6. Japan 41.1 2.79%
7. Germany 37.8 2.57%
8. Italy 30.6 2.08%
9. Saudi Arabia 29.5 2.00%
10. South Korea 24.6 1.67%
11. India 22.4 1.52%
12. Australia 17.2 1.17%
13. Brazil 16.2 1.10%
14. Canada 15 1.02%
15. Spain 14.4 0.98%
16. Turkey 11.6 0.79%
17. Israel 11 0.75%
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Notes:
The figure for the United States is the budget request for Fiscal Year 2009 and includes $170 billion for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as funding for the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons activities.
All other figures are projections based on 2006, the last year for which accurate data is available.
If you are viewing this table on another site, please see http://www.globalissues.org/ar…..y-spending for further details.
US military spending accounts for 48 percent, or almost half, of the world’s total military spending
US military spending is more than the next 46 highest spending countries in the world combined
US military spending is 5.8 times more than China, 10.2 times more than Russia, and 98.6 times more than Iran.
US military spending is almost 55 times the spending on the six “rogue” states (Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) whose spending amounts to around $13 billion, maximum. (Tabulated data does not include four of the six, as the data only lists nations that have spent over 1 billion in the year, so their budget is assumed to be $1 billion each)
US spending is more than the combined spending of the next 45 countries.
The United States and its strongest allies (the NATO countries, Japan, South Korea and Australia) spend $1.1 trillion on their militaries combined, representing 72 percent of the world’s total.
The six potential “enemies,” Russia, and China together account for about $205 billion or 29% of the US military budget.
Ps. Between 2001 and 2007, the US military spending more than doubled – from less than 350 to over 700 billion dollars…
October 1st, 2008 at 11:24 am
Whutzup with this stupid moving tv ad right in the middle of youre articles? It makes it hard to read with shit flashing around in youre periferial vision, low blow Alex.I would consider you to be more of an advertiser than an activist. and to all who will talk shit cuz of my coment , fuck you!
October 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Great plan start a war with the country that is loaning you most of the money! Too bad all China has to do is STOP LOANING THE US MONEY and it will be more destructive without ever firing a single bullet. The Chinese aren’t so stupid as to fund their own enemies’ military spending.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw5dP5gy2Vs
“They want a fascist planet with the superwealthy ruling it all
Since we’re too independent, America must be led to fall
When our credit’s been exhausted to subdue the Middle East,
They’ll install our debtor nation in the body of The Beast
Traitor…Dare call it treason”
–Cornbread Mafia
October 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
morgnstrn YOU ARE A JERK !!!
Keep on the topic or take your stupid comments elsewhere
That being said
How stupid are we to outsource all our jobs to China and other countries
We in effect are helping them build their military
Buy AMERICAN and stop buying from Walmart (ALL CHINA CRAP)
If you can not find American go without or make do
Use good old Yankee Inginuity
October 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
“And to all who will talk shit cuz of my coment , fuck you!” nuf said
October 1st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
do the guys who write this stuff live on another planet.
tell me this why would china who holds trillions of u.s. dollars and currently gives america money to finance their deficits,sit back and keep giving money to an empire that means it harm?
all of asia is supplying money to america,people your leaders are insane!!
they are the most corrupt war-mongering bunch of militants.
your country is going broke,you have no universal health system.
and these crazies are scouring the planet looking for more and more enemies to justify their stupendous appetite for money to spend on weapons.
this is like a bad movie.
you have 130 bases around the globe already!
and they want to spend more!!
wake up people !
this 700 billion they want from the tax payers..tell them to collect it from the richest 2 % who made over 700 billion since that fucking retard bush got into power.
October 1st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Armageddon is coming quick, git your house in order !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCF0FBdcicE
October 1st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Alex is like a brother , even though we haven’t met. I work hard at my job and when I come home, I like to download the latest interview and check in with the site, but in all honesty all these moving adds are distracting and I find them offensive.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 am
They want a fascist planet with the superwealthy ruling it all
Since we’re too independent, America must be led to fall
When our credit’s been exhausted to subdue the Middle East,
They’ll install our debtor nation in the body of The Beast
Traitor…Dare call it treason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw5dP5gy2Vs
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 am
Now that it has become obvious that the Chinese are finally coming to their senses and refuse to further finance the American deficit, they are suddenly placed on the dangerous enemy list.
This is clearly how a psychopath reacts. He pretends friendship as long as he believes to be able to benefit at someone else’s expense and still has some need for you. Once you loose your usefulness, he will not hesitate to stick a dagger in your back. I do hope that the Chinese have learned how very unwise it is to help finance the absurd U.S. military-budget, since all this military hardware is not meant for the museum but is intended to be used. Most probably against a country who is rapidly replacing the U.S. a world-power and who has a large financial claim on them. You better watch your back China.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
susana says at 1:29 am:
“And get Bush, Cheny, Rumsfield and Rice and put them in a Chinese space ship and send them to outer space with no return ticket.
That might be the way to heal the anti american feelings on the planet knowing these four sickos are all alone in the emptiness.”
Please keep your garbage in your own yard. We, the council of lords of the galactic federation, do not want these pimples on the ass of humanity in space. It’s quite peaceful and silent here and we like to keep it that way. Adolf Bush was not thrown out of the heavens down onto the earth for nothing. Just bury them somewhere out of sight and please don’t pollute the oceans with those bastards.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
The Leppord and the Serpent,.
the next georga….
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Taiwan
what would bring two nations togeather then a Common enemy,
and what two nations have the better capabilities to bitchslap the US into a 3rd world
country Uh corperation..then russian and china