[Marxism] China Targeted: Operation Summer Pulse 2004

[Jon Flanders <jonathan.flanders@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting discussion of this exercise in gunboat diplomacy
at:http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/forumpost.shtml?toppid=122358&page=1

see also the Chalmers  Johnson article

Sailing Toward a Storm in China: U.S. Maneuvers Could Spark a War

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0715-04.htm

Jon Flanders

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<Seven aircraft carriers to move within striking distance of China;
Taiwan forces slated to join in drill

The United States is planning a massive show of force in the Pacific
Ocean near China to register a point with Beijing.

In an exercise codenamed Operation Summer Pulse 04, it is expected to
arrange for an unprecedented seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs)
to rendezvous in waters a safe distance away from the Chinese coastline
- but still within striking distance - after mid-July.

This will be the first time in US naval history that it sends seven of
its 12 CSGs to just one region.....>


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