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"We are seeing China emerge as a growing international space power" while rapidly developing its armed forces to compel Taiwan to bend to its demands, he said.

While China's long-range power remains limited, Lawless said China was modernizing its nuclear force to be capable of strategic strikes beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

In addition, Lawless said China was using proceeds from its growing wealth and gains from trade with the United States to develop anti-satellite weapons, ground-based lasers and satellite communication jammers.

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Posted Thu 14 June 2007 03:49 AM Hide Post
Considering the other news story today regarding China,


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"We are seeing China emerge as a growing international space power" while rapidly developing its armed forces to compel Taiwan to bend to its demands, he said.

While China's long-range power remains limited, Lawless said China was modernizing its nuclear force to be capable of strategic strikes beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

In addition, Lawless said China was using proceeds from its growing wealth and gains from trade with the United States to develop anti-satellite weapons, ground-based lasers and satellite communication jammers.


These serious threats have been going on for a very long time. The cyber incursions into industrial networks is just as threatening as their attempts into military networks. This is the same as our bombing a ball bearing factory in Germany during WWII. Strike at the industrial base that supports and sustains a military force and combat capability is neutered.

China is not our friend.

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Originally posted by USMarine40:

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China is not our friend.

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You're 100% correct Sir, China is not our friend. They have never been and never will be.

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Originally posted by Weatherguesser:
" China is not our friend."

(Right. In your world, NO nation is our "friend".)

But seeing that someone from Nigeria can send out a hundred thousand spam emails, and then reap millions on their fraudulent (and rather ignorantly worded and repeatedly suspicious) messages, why is it ANY surprise that China (or any other country) is trying to reap the rewards of internet hacking?

Every industrial nation on the face of the Globe is trying to do the exact same things, or they are 3rd World spammers.

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The United States has some of the best hackers in the world. I these hackers want to be mischievous, the US government should hire them and they can really create a mess on China's computer systems.

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The Cyberspace Command has already begun to build its cadre of cyber warriors, drawing upon the nearly 45,000 Airmen already tasked with information technology-related duties in the service.

Air Force instructors will keep an eye out during initial training for potential cyber warriors to fill out the ranks, and Elder intends to establish a viable career path for his Airmen in hopes of keeping Cyberspace Command strong in the future.

"We're trying to get someone trained who can work on a production line who's an expert on doing their part, and over time you expand that," Elder said. "It's going to be really critical for us to be able to retain these people into continuing in the force."

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Originally posted by cleaneduphippy:

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The Cyberspace Command has already begun to build its cadre of cyber warriors, drawing upon the nearly 45,000 Airmen already tasked with information technology-related duties in the service.

Air Force instructors will keep an eye out during initial training for potential cyber warriors to fill out the ranks, and Elder intends to establish a viable career path for his Airmen in hopes of keeping Cyberspace Command strong in the future.

"We're trying to get someone trained who can work on a production line who's an expert on doing their part, and over time you expand that," Elder said. "It's going to be really critical for us to be able to retain these people into continuing in the force."

Glad to see the Air Force establishing a Cyberspace Command, and hopefully they can get and retain some best and brightest minds to be able to counter the cyber threat. If you can get to a country's various computer networks, you can shut the whole country down. The United States needs to make sure, that it stays well ahead of the Chinese in this regard.

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Pentagon Accuses China of Deception

China has 100% adopted Gen. Petraeus' three-front strategy of war-fighting, nation-building, and peace-making, and they are executing this strategy to perfection.

This being a military forum, everyone is mainly thinking about competing with China militarily. But China knows that once they beat America economically (thereby winning on the "nation-building" front), then Chinese military dominance will soon follow.

Why isn't America recognizing and responding to this three-front challenge? Because America's two major parties are paralyzed by their too-simple ideologies. China will easily beat any nation that is ruled by ideology ... because China has no ideology ... all of China's leaders are trained engineers, and they are investing hugely in engineering and science.

China's non-ideological strategy is familiar to students of history. It is the same non-ideological strategy that FDR, Marshall, and Truman deployed to defeat Japan and Germany in WWII.

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, ideologues on the left and right railed against FDR, Marshall, and Truman. To America's great good fortune, the voters paid little attention, while FDR, Marshall, and Truman focused on getting the job done --- the job of victory.