Remember the ‘mystery missile’ fired just off the California coast earlier this month:
California’s ‘mystery missile’ has been described as: nothing, an optical illusion, a toy rocket, a misfired US missile, an airplane, a ‘black-ops’ Navy test, and who knows what else. Is it possible that the ‘mystery missile’ was launched by a Chinese submarine?
Three-Star Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney made a convincing case on FOX News’ Hannity that the ‘mystery missile’ was definitely not the contrail form an airplane. General McInerney, a 35-year Air Force veteran, is certain that the ‘mystery missile’ was in fact a missile:
One theory gaining credibility in military circles is that the missile was a JL-2 SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile), fired from a Chinese Type 094 Jin-class submarine.
This would hardly be the first time the Chinese have fired a waring shot too close to home. In 2007, the United States Navy deployed a battle fleet on exercises, led by the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, a 1,000ft supercarrier with a 4,500 person crew. Suffice it to say, the security around these things is tight. During the test maneuvers, a Chinese Song-class submarine surfaced after stalking the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, breaching all security, and getting within torpedo firing range, completely undetected.
As mentioned above, the ‘mystery missile’ was fired 35 miles away from the California coast. Skeptics of the China theory doubt a Chinese submarine could get that close to California undetected. However, the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk stalking was described as “as big a shock as the Russians launching Sputnik,” according to one NATO official. The Chinese have invested a great deal of money into modernizing their military. The United States has repeatedly been ‘shocked’ by Chinese military advancements.
Additionally, the Chinese quite regularly threaten the United States. In 1996, Gen. Xiong Guangkai, then the second highest ranking official in the Chinese military, mused about how easy it would be to “vaporize” Los Angeles with nuclear weapons.
Asian intelligence reports claim that the Chinese submarine that launched the ‘mystery missile’ cruised through the weakly deffended South Pacific, getting to 35 miles off the California coast, from where the missile was fired (click here to view the alleged route).
Why would China do this? There are a number of plausible reasons.
The First (and in my opinion most likely) reason China may have fired the ‘mystery missile’ was in anticipation of the G-20 meeting with President Obama. The Chinese have routinely fired warning shots at the United States when they disagreed with American policies. Perhaps the United States’ largest creditor is not crazy about the Federal Reserve’s concerted effort to destroy the value of the United States dollar.
In addition, President Obama intended to lecture the Chinese about manipulating the Renminbi in Seoul. The President’s concerns fell upon deaf ears. Firing a test missile off the California coast before the meeting could have been a signal to President Obama to tread lightly.
The Second potential reason is that China was demonstrating its military prowess. Launching a missile off the coast of the most populace state in the Union sends a very firm message. If the ‘mystery missile’ was fired by the Chinese, they let the President and the military know that the United States cannot stop a Chinese submarine, which can carry up to 12 JL-2 ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities; a serious shot across America’s bow.
The third and fourth possible motivations, from the China Defense Blog:
To Mr. Obama: “Don’t get too friendly with the Indians, they aren’t going to counterbalance us anytime soon. ”
To the United States Navy: “You want freedom of passage in our South China Sea EEZ for your military? Now we sail in yours. By the way, you better start spending money on anti-submarine defense of the US coastline again, hope you can afford it.”
If you doubt that China would something like this remember: they’re communists.
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