BBC Chinese, Apr 7, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/04/110407_us_asia_pacific.shtml
("美、澳之间有望就澳大利亚在未来向美军提供换防基地达成协议")
Note: I do not know what 换防基地 means. A brief research shows the BBC Chinese report (there is no English version) is translated from an Associated Press report.
Matthew Pennington, US commander says forces may rotate through Australia to boost presence in Asia-Pacific. AP, Apr 6, 2011.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/us-commander-says-forces-may-rotate-through-australia-to-boost-presence-in-asia-pacific-119337374.html
Quote:
"He [Adm. Robert Willard, chief of U.S. Pacific Command] said he has toured areas in northern Australia, and discussions between the two governments "will likely lead to fruitful opportunities for us to provide for rotational forces in and out of Australia in the future."
"The Pacific Command, based in Hawaii, has 330,000 personnel, including long-standing military bases in Japan and South Korea that support 80,000 troops.
Note:
(a) That is 光華六號飛彈快艇 (built by 台灣國際造船股份有限公司 CSBC，簡稱為台船)
(b) Kuang Liu (class) 光六 (short for 光華六號計畫案)
(c) Hai Ou (class) 海鷗 (級)
(3) Andy Nativi, Antiship Missiles Threaten Status Quo. Aviation Week, Apr 7, 2011.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=dti&id=news/dti/2011/04/01/DT_04_01_2011_p41-295371.xml&headline=Antiship%20Missiles%20Threaten%20Status%20Quo
Quote:
"The DF-21D is actually of less concern—at least for now—than a salvo of Russian-made Club cruise missiles. A massed attack of antiship missiles would give a defender tens of seconds to react when detected on radar, compared with 12 min. for a ballistic missile. This is due to their low sea-skimming attack profile—as little as 2 meters (6.5 ft.) above the waves—and supersonic or high subsonic speed")
"Novator’s Club family includes specialized missiles launched from torpedo tubes and vertical launch systems, making it a popular international weapon.
"China’s Cheta missiles are not advanced (the People’s Liberation Army Navy relies to a large extent on Russian missiles). The older C-601/611 missiles of Styx heritage are obsolete. But the newer C-801/802A missiles are 800-kg weapons, turbojet-powered, with 190-kg warheads, 100-nm. range, and loaded with INS and active radar guidance. The C-602 cruise missile is 1,350 kg, carries a 300-kg warhead and has a range of 160 nm. The C-705 cruise missile is 325 kg, has a 130-kg warhead and 80-nm. range. None of these weapons compares with the best that Russian and Western companies are developing or deploy, but they are cheap and can be sold to countries that have no access to anything better.
Note:
(a) This report is about cruise missiel, not the potential BALLISTIC missile of China, for reasons stated in quotation 1.
(b) Kongsberg Gruppen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongsberg_Gruppen
("The Kongsberg Group"; Norway's major defence contractor; located in Town of Kongsberg)
(c) CHETA is said to be 中国第三航空宇宙研究院 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Research Institute.
(d) Styx (disambiguation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_(disambiguation)
(In Greek mythology the Styx is the river that forms the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represents the river; SS-N-2 Styx, NATO reporting name for the Soviet P-15 Termit missile)
Translated as 冥河 导弹 in China.
(e) The report states "Taiwan has the Mach 2 HF-3, which has a range of 300 km."