My comment: These two paragraphs are continuous. The second paragraph uses
many quotation marks, suggesting this paragraph quotes 平可夫 extensively,
rather than VOA reporting (indeed, if this paragraph is not 平可夫's remarks
, this would not be VOA "reporting" but editorializing).
* 美国海军作战部长 拉夫黑德 Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations (1951- )
(2) China will be losing its mind in picking a fight with US.
(a) Chosun Ilbo reports China might drop a DF-21D on USS George Washington.
Next to it is another report:
李恒洙, 美军：航母若遭中国攻击将动用核武应对. Chosun Ilbo, Aug. 14, 2010.
http://chn.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/14/20100814000009.html
(b) This (US rattling nuclear sabre) despite China a day before repeating
the pledge of no first use.
Senior PLA commander spells out defensive nature of China's nuclear arsenal.
Xinhua, Aug. 13, 2010.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/13/c_13444222.htm
(c) Militarily, China is no match to US. In particular, DF-21D, even if it
can hit a MOBILE target considering its high entry speed, is overshadowed by
peerless missile defense of United States.
(i) Loren B. Thompson, China's New "Carrier-Killing" Missile Is Overrated.
Defpro.com, Aug. 9, 2010 (blog).
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/17439/
(China won't be able to find the carrier fleet)
* flattop(n): "something with a flat or flattened upper surface: as a :
aircraft carrier b : a modified crew cut" www.m-w.com
(ii) J.E. Dyer, Ding Dong, Dong-Feng! Hot Air, Aug. 8, 2010 (blog).
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/08/ding-dong-dong-feng/
("The DF-21D isn’t a weapon we have no defenses against")
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: BBC Chinese, Aug. 14, 2010.
: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/08/100814_chinaus.shtml
: Note: The report cites 崔有植, 中国暗示试射“航母杀手”反舰弹道导弹. 朝鲜日
: 报中文网, Aug. 14, 2010.
: http://chn.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/1
: (以下引言省略...)