China's imperialism on full display
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LYONS: China's imperialism on full display
PLA weapons upgrades signal goal of Pacific hegemony
Another complicating element is the PRC leadership's recent decision to support a generational change in the Kim dictatorship. It was a tragic, missed opportunity to bring about regime change in North Korea. The PLA is also the likely source of a new S-300 class surface-to-air missile (SAM) now being built in North Korea and is fueling a similar SAM program in Iran. With China's continuous support to prop up the puppet regime in Pyongyang, it is simply ludicrous and a denial of reality to give any credit to China for any progress toward peace on the Korean Peninsula. The six-party talks have failed to produce any redirection in the North Korean threat. China's goal is clear - to destroy the U.S. alliance with Japan and South Korea.
Finally, incoming House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon should call for a review of our current Navy and Air Force programs and how they are structured to meet existing and future threats. This is essential because those past decision-makers who thought we could get by with less expensive alternatives have been proved decisively wrong.
Retired Navy Adm. James A. Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations.
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