China's Scary Space Ambitions

China's Scary Space Ambitions, RICHARD D. FISHER, JR., WSJ, JANUARY 20, 2010

As China signals its intention to build space-combat capabilities, increase the size and survivability of its nuclear missile forces, and build new fifth-generation air combat systems, the Obama administration is signaling retreat on the same fronts.

Obama has already responded to the Chinese missile plans by making a tens of billions of dollars shift from shore hugging to missile defense destroyers.

Missile Threat Helped Drive DDG Cut
Zumwalt Class Could Not Down Chinese Weapons, CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS, Defense News, 4 August 2008

The threat posed by a super-secret new Chinese ballistic missile is among the factors driving the U.S. Navy's decision to "truncate" the planned seven-ship DDG 1000 Zumwalt class of advanced destroyers and build more DDG 51-class ships.

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Known as MH (mine hunter)-60S

LCS-2 Independence commissioning to include display of high-tech equipment, Kaija Wilkinson, Press-Register, January 12, 2010

A helicopter outfitted with a console that allows Independence to hunt mines and perform tasks such as search and rescue touched down this morning. Known as MH (mine hunter)-60S, the Knighthawk helicopter is the Navy's newest, entering service in February 2002.

It's more like "Maritime Helicopter" and very few Knighthawks are used for mine hunting.

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