US Nuclear Triad

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Karen Parrish, Stratcom Chief Discusses U.S. Nuclear Triad. US Department of Defense, Oct 19, 2011.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65721

Quote:

"The US nuclear triad includes 450 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic missiles deliverable by 76 Air Force B-52s and 20 B-2s, and 18 Navy Ohio-class submarines carrying ballistic or cruise missiles.

"The Air Force plans to replace the B-52 fleet with a long-range strike platform or family of systems, which Air Force leaders have said would center on a new long-range, penetrating bomber, a global strike system, a long-range standoff weapon, and an enabler system. * * * What aircraft or missiles the Air Force will ultimately select and fund for future long-range strike missions still is under discussion, he [Air Force Gen C Robert “Bob” Kehler who leads U.S. Strategic Command] added.


---------------------------Separately
(1) David Axe, China’s Overhyped Sub Threat. The Diplomat, Oct 20, 2011.
http://the-diplomat.com/2011/10/ ... d-submarine-threat/

Quote:

"Russia is unlikely to resume supporting such a high rate of Chinese submarine acquisition [of Kilos], as Beijing is a potential strategic rival to Moscow – and since the Russian Navy’s own sub force is steadily declining to long-term levels of just a dozen each nuclear attack, nuclear ballistic-missile and diesel-attack boats. ‘There are powerful incentives for Russia to keep China just below its future submarine capabilities,’ [Richard] Fisher noted.

"PLAN’s subs are optimized for attacking surface targets such as US aircraft carriers. Lacking the most sophisticated sensors and weapons, they’re far less useful for hunting US submarines. ‘China has very limited (Anti-Submarine Warfare) capabilities and US submarines are the most difficult ASW target in the world,’ [MIT analyst Own] Cote [Jr] wrote. ‘Thus, China would have difficulty preventing US submarines from operating in its shallow coastal waters,’ Cote continued.

(2) China, US See Guam as Militarily Central. Pacific Daily News (Guam), Oct 21, 2011 (available now)
http://www.guampdn.com/article/2 ... -militarily-central
("In recent years, China has routinely dispatched submarines near Guam to show the U.S. Navy it cannot regard the island as a sanctuary, according to numerous accounts in the U.S. and foreign press, as well as defense journals")

My comment: I do not know if the quotation is true or not.

(3) 俄媒评六中全会：中国权贵阶层聚会. VOA Chinese, Oct 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... hina-132232863.html

(4) 亚太是美国海军部署最优先地区. VOA Chinese, Oct 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... NAVY-132235833.html
(即便美国国防预算面临删减)

Note: 美国海军作战部部长乔纳森.格林纳特上将  Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations (replacing Gary Roughead on Sept 23, 2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations
(typically the highest ranking officer on active-duty in the U.S. Navy unless the Chairman and/or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are naval officers; an administrative position based in the Pentagon)

(5) In chronological order.
(a) 马英九:和平协议须公投 不能类比西藏协议. VOA Chinese, Oct 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ndum-132229198.html

Quote:

"蔡英文10月19日在记者会上表示，西藏和中国签署和平协议，却带来数十年的政治和武力压迫，中国不是民主国家，是否和中国签署协议，不应忽略其中风险。

"对此，马英九反驳说：'很遗憾的是，民进党提出西藏与中国大陆在1951年所签的‘中共中央政府与西藏地方政府关于和平解放西藏的办法协议’，我觉得这样的比喻实在是不伦不类，把台湾比作西藏，真的是不知所云。'

"马英九接着表示，那个协议“是中共以‘中央政府’对‘地方政府’的态度所签的协议，而且使用‘解放’二字，怎能做为我们与中国大陆签署和平协议之比较呢？我认为这是一种严重自我矮化的行为”。

(b) Loa Iok-sin, Tibetan Diplomat Disputes Ma’s Peace Deal Claims. Taipei Times, Oct 21, 2011 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ... 11/10/21/2003516303
(Tibetan delegation signed 17-point peace agreement at Beijing in 1951 without authorization or the official seal from Lhasa)

(6) 美是否应抛弃台湾？学者激辩. VOA Chinese, Oct 19, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... Ties-132195133.html

(7) 姜瑜：中国管互联网符合国际惯例. BBC Chinese, Oct 20, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... hina_internet.shtml