Chinese Military in Tibet- finding news?
Posted by: Neocon in China, military, tags: china gateway, faith, firewall, gateway pundit, michelle malkin, pelosi, sierra, Tibet, tibetan activists, tibetan struggle, weekly standardA bit more news leaking out of the region now, but the Chinese are stepping up their efforts to keep things quiet. Here are some updates:
The Weekly Standard - The Real China
Gateway Pundit: Chinese Parade Handcuffed Tibetan Activists Down Lhasa Streets
Michelle Malkin » Circumventing the Great Firewall of China
Sierra Faith » China Bleeds Tibet
The Weekly Standard - Pelosi to wade into Tibetan Struggle
Tibet Protests Spread to Other Provinces - AP
Or, if you’re interested in more Chinese Military news, check out this:
China’s H-8 stealth bomber may be more advanced than the American B-2A and capable of delivering a 350-kiloton nuclear warhead to the continental United States, or it could be a mock-up of the A-12 “Flying Dorito.”
Those are just two of the rumors accompanying a video trumpeting some recent triumphs of Chinese aviation.
Although it’s “top secret,” Chinese quasi-official Web sites brag that the Xian H-8 is a stealth carbon fiber, “special nanotechnology”-coated strategic heavy bomber.
What we know for sure is that it has a range of 11,000 kilometers, without refueling, but it could refuel if it wanted to–possibly. In any case, it has extralarge fuel tanks. It has a crew of two and travels at Mach 1.2, or maybe 1.4. It carries an 18-ton bomb payload and/or 12 new stealth cruise missiles with a range of 3,000 kilometers. And three nuclear missiles, at least.
I don’t like that news any more than I did that the Chinese were expanding their quiet diesel submarine fleet. Who else wants to start playing Cold War with our defense budget again? Raise your hand.
