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X-Band and THAAD as Good as Anti-China Trilateral Defense Agreement? ( Source- The Diplomat, Author- Clint Richards)

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United States sea based X band radar Source- The Diplomat Author- Clint Richards Over the past week China has criticized the U.S. for deploying new missile defense radar and for considering the deployment of advanced missile defense systems in Northeast Asia. While both of these deployments can ostensibly be considered necessary in light of continued ballistic missile testing and the threat of yet another nuclear test from North Korea, their applicability toward Beijing is obvious. While China can do little to directly prevent their deployment, the moves highlight China’s growing military presence in the East China Sea, and the increasing friction encountered by U.S. and Japanese forces in the region. China reacted last week for the first time to Washington’s proposed deployment of its Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missiles to South Korea. The chief envoy to the six-party talks for China, Xu Bu, said the U.S. attempts to “strengthen its military presence
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CHINA’S MOST DANGEROUS MISSILE (SO FAR) ( Copy Right @ The War on the rocks, Author- Robert Haddick)

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Chinese J-11 ( Image credits- Wikimedia commons/ United States DOD) Buried on page 40 of the Pentagon’s latest annual report on China’s military power is a brief mention of the YJ-12, a recent addition to China’s portfolio of anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM). The report notes that, “The new missile provides an increased threat to naval assets, due to its long range and supersonic speeds.” True, but in an understated way. In fact, the YJ-12 is the most dangerous anti-ship missile China has produced thus far, posing an even greater risk to the U.S. Navy’s surface forces in the Western Pacific than the much-discussed DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile. The arrival of the YJ-12 is one more indication of how the U.S. Navy is falling further behind in the missile competition against China, exposing flaws in operating concepts that U.S. and allied commanders and policymakers have relied on for years. According to a 2011 study that appeared in Naval War College Review, the YJ-12 ASCM h
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Asia's Greatest Fear: A U.S.-China War ( Copy Right @ The National Interest, Author-Robert Farley)

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F-15 Strike Eagle( Image courtesy-Wikimedia commons) How does the unthinkable happen? As we wind our way to the 100th anniversary of the events that culminated in  ‪#‎ World‬  #War I, the question of unexpected wars looms large. What series of events could lead to war in East Asia, and how would that war play out? The United States and  ‪#‎ China‬  are inextricably locked in the  ‪#‎ Pacific‬  Rim’s system of international trade. Some argue that this makes war impossible, but then while some believed World War I inevitable, but others similarly thought it impossible. In this article I concentrate less on the operational and tactical details of a ‪#‎ US‬ -#China #war, and more on the strategic objectives of the major combatants before, during, and after the conflict. A war between the United States and #China would transform some aspects of the geopolitics of  ‪#‎ East‬   ‪#‎ Asia‬ , but would also leave many crucial factors unchanged. Tragically, a conflict between China
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