CHINA

[RR van Wyk]

Het ek al genoem dat China veral hulle millitere aandag fokus op "cyberwars"?(Internet-hacking,ens.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/oops...r-against-u-s/

[RR van Wyk]

Weet nie hoe naby aan die waarheid hierdie berig is nie, maar ek tweifel sterk of Ameria se weermag werklik sover agteruitgegaan het..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...ow/9967931.cms

WASHINGTON: China's military buildup is giving American Army officers sleepless nights, as bolstered by stealth fighters, submarines and an ever stronger navy, China believes it can achieve military parity with the US, a top Senator has said, while expressing concern over the US' shrinking defence capabilities.

Congressman Buck McKeon, Chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, said the financial crisis has given China all the more reason to believe it can overtake America, but the US will have to play smart to preserve peace with the merging Asian power.

"China keeps our admirals up at night. And for good reason," said McKeon in his speech at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington-based think-tank.

"Any historian worth his salt knows that massive military build-ups and chest-thumping speeches about national destiny is a dangerous combination," he said, referring to a recent Pentagon report on Chinese military buildup.

"The Pentagon report outlined a country that is emboldened with new found military might and drunk with economic power. The Chinese are convinced that they have been given an opening with our current financial crisis," he said.

He said for the first time in history, Beijing believes it can achieve military parity with the United States.

"They are building stealth fighters and submarines. Their navy has grown larger than our own. They are sending warships into territorial waters of our allies," the Congressman said.

"They hack our government computers daily and intimidate our friends in the Pacific rim. I want peace. I pray for peace. But we need to get smart about preserving that peace," he added.

The Congressman said at the same time, America's military had only shrunk.

"Consider the state of the Armed Forces after the end of the Cold War. Our military shrank at a staggering rate. Today, that contraction is accelerating. Admiral Greenert, our incoming Chief of Naval Operations, recently testified that he needed around 400 ships to meet the Navy's broad set of missions," he said.

He said while in 1992, the US had a nearly 550 ship fleet, today it is projected to drop to 250.

He said the number of Army combat brigades since the COld War had gone down from 76 to 45, fighter squadrons from 82 to 39 while the bomber fleet is so old that some Air Force pilots are flying "the exact same aircraft as their grandfathers".

[Die Filadelfieer]

Vir mense wat so graag "pray for peace" het hulle darem die laaste tyd vreeslik oorloë begin..........

[Johnny]

Amerika het biljoene spandeer aan oorloe met Irak, Afganistan, Libie, Kuweit terwyl lade soos China en Rusland wapens ontwikkel en gebou het met die geld in die stilligheid.

Jane's Defense & Security News



Final frontier - China's emerging military-space architecture

13 Sep 2011

China's drive to improve its space architecture is gathering pace, with its total of 70 satellites in orbit as of mid-2011. This puts it behind only the United States and Russia, with 440 and 100 respectively.

With Russia's focus on space architecture having declined since the end of the Cold War, China's space and rocket sector could now be the world's second largest, poised to challenge the US. China has become increasingly open about its commitment to pursuing a dual-use military-civilian architecture, which will require it to manage potential concerns in Washington about future challenges to current US dominance in this sector.

China's space capability has advanced rapidly in the past decade, with China beginning manned space flights, as well as making early steps towards a permanent manned presence in low Earth orbit and then to the Moon.
http://www.janes.com/products/janes/...?ID=1065930318

[Johnny]

***1. THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA***

PERSONNEL
Total Population: 1,330,044,544 [2008]
Population Available: 729,323,673 [2008]
Fit for Military Service: 609,273,077 [2008]
Reaching Military Age Annually: 20,470,412 [2008]
Active Military Personnel: 2,255,000 [2008]
Active Military Reserve: 800,000 [2008]
Active Paramilitary Units: 3,969,000 [2008]

ARMY
Total Land-Based Weapons: 31,300
Tanks: 8,200 [2004]
Armored Personnel Carriers: 5,000 [2004]
Towed Artillery: 14,000 [2004]
Self-Propelled Guns: 1,700 [2004]
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 2,400 [2004]
Mortars: 16,000 [2001]
Anti-Tank Guided Weapons: 6,500 [2004]
Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 7,700 [2004]

AIR FORCE
Total Aircraft: 6,900 [2004]
Helicopters: 491 [2004]
Serviceable Airports: 467 [2007]

NAVY
Total Navy Ships: 760
Merchant Marine Strength: 1,822 [2008]
Major Ports and Harbors: 8
Aircraft Carriers: 1 [2010]
Destroyers: 21 [2004]
Submarines: 68 [2004]
Frigates: 42 [2004]
Patrol & Coastal Craft: 368 [2004]
Mine Warfare Craft: 39 [2004]
Amphibious Craft: 121 [2004]

NUCLEAR WEAPON FORCES
ICBM-SLBM-IRBM: [unknown, but believed to be over 1,200 as of 2010]

LOGISTICAL
Labor Force: 800,700,000 [2007]
Roadways: 1,930,544 km
Railways: 75,438 km

FINANCES (USD)
Defense Budget: $59,000,000,000 [2008]
Foreign Exch. & Gold: $1,534,000,000,000 [2007]
Purchasing Power: $7,099,000,000,000 [2007]



***2. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA***

PERSONNEL
Total Population: 303,824,640 [2008]
Population Available: 144,354,117 [2008]
Fit for Military Service: 118,600,541 [2008]
Reaching Military Age Annually: 4,266,128 [2008]
Active Military Personnel: 1,385,122 [2008]
Active Military Reserve: 1,458,500 [2008]
Active Paramilitary Units: 453,000 [2008]

ARMY
Total Land-Based Weapons: 29,920
Tanks: 8020
Towed Artillery: 5,178 [2001]

AIR FORCE
Total Aircraft: 5,573 [2003]
Helicopters: 4,593 [2003]
Serviceable Airports: 14,947 [2007]

NAVY
Total Navy Ships: 1,559
Merchant Marine Strength: 422 [2008]
Major Ports and Harbors: 10
Aircraft Carriers: 11 [2008]
Destroyers: 50 [2008]
Submarines: 75 [2008]
Frigates: 92 [2008]
Patrol & Coastal Craft: 100 [2008]
Mine Warfare Craft: 28 [2008]
Amphibious Craft: 38 [2008]

NUCLEAR WEAPON FORCES
ICBM-SLBM-IRBM: 8,050 [being reduced to 1,150 under Start 2 Treaty]

LOGISTICAL
Labor Force: 153,100,000 [2007]
Roadways: 6,465,799 km
Railways: 226,612 km

FINANCES (USD)
Defense Budget: $515,400,000,000 [2009]
Foreign Exch. & Gold: $70,570,000,000 [2007]
Purchasing Power: -*$12,800,000,000,000 [2007][/b]
(U.S DEBT CURRENTLY $12, 800, 000, 000,000

http://www.exposeddeception.com/index.php?topic=224.0

[RR van Wyk]

Interresante artikel oor die populasie demografie van China:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articl...50.html?page=3

Op die huidige oomblik is hulle seker die produktiefste land in die wêreld. Maar as gevolg van die een kind beleid wat hulle daar al vir jare het, en die feit dat seuns verkies word bo meisies, is die populasieaanwas ontsettend laag. Dit gaan basies tot gevolg hê dat jy sit met miljoenne pensioenarisse en 'n handjievol werkersklas mense om die kostes te dra.

[Ta-An]

Iets baie interressant wat ek opmerk.
Die Rand /Dollar is belagrik op die oomblik... kyk wat het met die $ gebeur in a week, en oor 3 maande,,,, MAAR, kyk wat met die $ teenoor die Yen gebeur......

[RR van Wyk]

Hierdie artikel is baie beslis die lees werd:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar....html?ITO=1490

Alhoewel dit baie tens raak basies reg oor die wêreld, daar "rumours of war" oral uitbreek en al erger word, is China beslis 'n land om dop te hou.