As We Prepare For War With China

[Chobham]

That's precisely why wars start. The ruling elite need to focus and unite the people around a common enemy.

And that is why the entire "long game" mantra is out the window. The CCP is scrambling for its own survival now.

 

[DeluxAuto]

And that is why the entire "long game" mantra is out the window. The CCP is scrambling for its own survival now.

Good to see that you also believe Reichguide is a histrionic moron and we are definitely not preparing for war with China.

 

[dkovic77]

US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China​

By Brad Lendon, CNN
Updated 8:08 PM EST, Thu December 21, 2023

Northern Mariana Islands, March 31, 1945, when it was the busiest airport in the world.


The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, told Nikkei Asia in an interview published this week that North Airfield on the island of Tinian will become an “extensive” facility once work has been completed to reclaim it from the jungle that has grown over the base since the last US Army Air Force units abandoned it in 1946.

“If you pay attention in the next few months, you will see significant progress, especially at Tinian North,” Wilsbach said. The Air Force is also adding facilities at Tinian International Airport in the center of the island.

Pacific Air Forces confirmed Wilsbach’s comments to CNN but said there was no official release on the subject.

More here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/asia...tinian-island-airfield-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Tinian Airfield Re-Awakens from a 70-Year Slumber in the Jungle​

By John Mills Dec. 27, 2023 12:00 pm

At the height of World War II in 1945, Tinian Airfield was the busiest airfield in the world as hundreds of B-29s gathered here for the final bombing campaign of Japan. Tinian had been seized from the Japanese in a bloody campaign in late summer of 1944 and now roared with the sounds of thousands of Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones, one of the biggest aircraft piston engines ever made. One time in Cleveland in the 1990s I stepped out of our car and immediately recognized the sound as one of the few remaining B-29s flew overhead. It was exhilarating to hear this roar of American power overhead.

Now Tinian is coming back to life as one of the new dispersal airfields to deter China. Pacific Air Forces Commander, General Ken Wilsbach is overseeing the re-birth of this giant facility. Tinian and several more airfields and bases are coming back to life in the Western Pacific. Disperse and harden is the key to building the infrastructure to deter China from moving on Taiwan and beyond. Tinian is American soil and part of the U.S. Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Harden and disperse – the key tenets to building deterrence in the Western Pacific​

The Tinian complex was a no brainer when reviewing the infrastructure of the Second Island Chain. The second island chain starts in Palau, then moves to Ulithi Atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia, the gathering point for the largest Naval force in history, the combined American and British fleets that gathered here in 1944 and 1945, next is Guam, a U.S. Territory and then Tinian and Saipan, the two major islands of the U.S. Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Second Island Chain will be the pivotal location for assembling and projecting force to deter China from moving on Taiwan or the Philippines.

Palau is already the location of major infrastructure improvement with the establishment of an “Over the Horizon” radar complex that will allow a deep look into China. Saipan is receiving improvements as well as Guam. Guam is undergoing significant improvements, but is a large aggregation of basing activities, but possibly a dangerous over-concentration. Dispersing the basing infrastructure greatly complicates the targeting problem set of the Chinese missileers, ready to rain DF-17 and DF-26 missiles onto the concentrated aircraft parking aprons of Anderson Air Force Base on Guam.

More here: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/tinian-airfield-re-awakens-70-year-slumber-jungle/

I suspect that Like Anderson Air Force base on Guam we will see heavy bombers stationed here as well as a few fleet air service squadrons.

You finally have a legit news source but then feel dirty like you are betraying you benefactor so you throw them in too?

 

[Chobham]

Good to see that you also believe Reichguide is a histrionic moron and we are definitely not preparing for war with China.

We definitely are.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

We definitely are.

So you guys are building up ships? Adding in planes? Building up the ranks? Training speciality combat groups? Come on,you all are saying the US is preparing, but where's the tangible evidence?

 

[DeluxAuto]

We definitely are.

Yet we are also depleting our military.
There's no end to your confusion.

 

[colddiesel]

America should be preparing for a war with China, also Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and probably a few others that I have not thought of. Preparation is the key when it comes to preventing wars. Preparation is what all militaries do. However, starting a war is a totally different and a political matter. My judgement is that neither the USA nor China wants a war over Taiwan.

America's biggest war preparation is not military at all. It is the $50 Billion which has been invested in the building of a new 'superchip' manufacturing plant in some otherwise god forsaken place in the South West (Arizona or Colorado??) The fun with that will be when the USA has to import at least 1000 Taiwanese technicians to run the plant because of no local skills. Anti - Immigrant politicians will get their knickers in a twist.

 

[Chobham]

America should be preparing for a war with China, also Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and probably a few others that I have not thought of. Preparation is the key when it comes to preventing wars. Preparation is what all militaries do. However, starting a war is a totally different and a political matter. My judgement is that neither the USA nor China wants a war over Taiwan.

America's biggest war preparation is not military at all. It is the $50 Billion which has been invested in the building of a new 'superchip' manufacturing plant in some otherwise god forsaken place in the South West (Arizona or Colorado??) The fun with that will be when the USA has to import at least 1000 Taiwanese technicians to run the plant because of no local skills. Anti - Immigrant politicians will get their knickers in a twist.

Two major plants are under construction. TSMC is building a huge plant in Chandler AZ. and Intel is building one just as big in Columbus, OH. Further the Intel plant, also in Chandler, is undergoing a major expansion. Almost all of the equipment used to run the Fab facilities is US manufactured so little imported labor will be needed there. The Foundry equipment is out of the Netherlands. Samsung is also expanding their facilities N. of Austin and TI theirs near Dallas. China is being cut out of the IC manufacturing loop.

 

[LLCox]

A couple of small islands much closer to the mainland than to Taiwan are left under the rule of Taiwan administration, which perfectly accounts for this point:It is not we are not able to do it, but that we do not intend to do it.

Those small islands are giant bunkers.

Happy New Year

 

[ll74]

Two major plants are under construction. TSMC is building a huge plant in Chandler AZ. and Intel is building one just as big in Columbus, OH. Further the Intel plant, also in Chandler, is undergoing a major expansion. Almost all of the equipment used to run the Fab facilities is US manufactured so little imported labor will be needed there. The Foundry equipment is out of the Netherlands. Samsung is also expanding their facilities N. of Austin and TI theirs near Dallas. China is being cut out of the IC manufacturing loop.

Thanks Biden!

 

[DeluxAuto]

Two major plants are under construction. TSMC is building a huge plant in Chandler AZ. and Intel is building one just as big in Columbus, OH. Further the Intel plant, also in Chandler, is undergoing a major expansion. Almost all of the equipment used to run the Fab facilities is US manufactured so little imported labor will be needed there. The Foundry equipment is out of the Netherlands. Samsung is also expanding their facilities N. of Austin and TI theirs near Dallas. China is being cut out of the IC manufacturing loop.

Thanks Biden!

 

[Chobham]

Thanks Biden!

Biden doesn't get credit for shit. If you want to thank someone, thank Xi and his Wuhan Flu.

 

[ll74]

Biden doesn't get credit for shit. If you want to thank someone, thank Xi and his Wuhan Flu.

Lol....except for the legislation that he championed and signed into law that led to the chip factories being built.......you're right.....totally

 

[ll74]

Congress passes CHIPS Act, paving way for microchip plant in Ohio​

COLUMBIA, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine applauded Congress for passing the bipartisan CHIPS for America Act, a long-awaited $280 billion legislative package focused on boosting semiconductor production in the U.S. that paves the way for Intel’s planned chip manufacturing plant in Licking County

 

[Chobham]

Congress passes CHIPS Act, paving way for microchip plant in Ohio​

Morons never learn. Intel, through a proxy company, began buying up the land for that plant in the summer of 2021.

So in Aug. of 2022 congress and the administration hand Intel a ton of taxpayers money to build a plant that they were going to build anyway. And the dimwits are falling for it.

 

[One_ping_only]

These poor, poor teenagers and preteens haaaaa what on Earth will they do once Tik Tok is gone and they no longer are able to swipe up to entertain themselves for hours??

Maybe they can pick up a book and fucking read for once on their lives ?!?!

 

[ll74]

Morons never learn. Intel, through a proxy company, began buying up the land for that plant in the summer of 2021.

So in Aug. of 2022 congress and the administration hand Intel a ton of taxpayers money to build a plant that they were going to build anyway. And the dimwits are falling for it.

Of course.

2021....you mean when Biden won office and promised the CHIPs act?

What weird timing. Its almost as if they knew Biden would deliver.

Oh, but I'm sure they would've built without the chips act, which is why they didn't start building until after it was passed.

 

[ll74]

What's this? The scale of the project would be scaled back without the chips act? But...but.....Biden didn't do anything!!

And he said Intel has always told state officials that the scope of the project depended on the CHIPS Act funding.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/01/ohi...-on-20-billion-chip-plant-about-leverage.html

 

[Bray123]

Biden doesn't get credit for shit. If you want to thank someone, thank Xi and his Wuhan Flu.

It's all unintended consequences. But just as shaving has eliminated pubic lice, the only benefit of Covid was the elimination of intestinal worms amongst the poorly educated.

 

[Chobham]

Of course.

2021....you mean when Biden won office and promised the CHIPs act?

What weird timing. Its almost as if they knew Biden would deliver.

Oh, but I'm sure they would've built without the chips act, which is why they didn't start building until after it was passed.

Well double dumb fuck, the plans for the plant, the formation and funding of the proxy corp. and the board decision to move forward all go back to the Trump admin. but you don't see me being a partisan fuck wit trying to give him the credit, do you?

You're an ignorant little political fuck wit and always will be.

 

[ll74]

Well double dumb fuck, the plans for the plant, the formation and funding of the proxy corp. and the board decision to move forward all go back to the Trump admin. but you don't see me being a partisan fuck wit trying to give him the credit, do you?

You're an ignorant little political fuck wit and always will be.

Lol, anything to not give credit to the guy who passed legislation that will increase domestic chip production by multitudes and directly take that business away from China

I remember when 45 promoted and championed that legislation ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯



No wonder you and ReochGad get along
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[colddiesel]

Two major plants are under construction. TSMC is building a huge plant in Chandler AZ. and Intel is building one just as big in Columbus, OH. Further the Intel plant, also in Chandler, is undergoing a major expansion. Almost all of the equipment used to run the Fab facilities is US manufactured so little imported labor will be needed there. The Foundry equipment is out of the Netherlands. Samsung is also expanding their facilities N. of Austin and TI theirs near Dallas. China is being cut out of the IC manufacturing loop.

TSMC are building the Arizona plant and have already asked for the fast tracking of 500 visas for Taiwanese operational staff - substantially to train Americans. The production start has been officially put off until 2025 because TSMC complains of interference by Unions, and the Unions complain about safety concerns for construction workers. The Feds are stuffing around with the visa applications, but it is hard to tell whether that is a legitimate claim by TSMC or not. It is disturbing that the largest ever investment by any foreign entity in the USA is engendering so much strife - and inevitable delays. My guess is that 2025 is a very very optimistic start date, and even then it is likely, given Federal support for a Unionised workforce that product sourced from Taiwan will still be cheaper.

Mebbe the project needs a heavyweight ass kicker to move things along. What's Kamala doing at the moment?

Joking aside, if the construction phase remains at a skirmish/stand off, in November 2024 this will be politically weaponized and strongly influence the Arizona voters.

As for China being cut out of the IC loop, Huwei are already using far more advanced chips than America thought they could make, and I am pretty certain that Beijing knows when even a mouse farts in that Taiwanese facility.

Be interesting to see what develops in the next 11 months at least- hard to speculate. I did not know about the Intel/Ohio plant, obviously I need to catch up

 

[Chobham]

TSMC are building the Arizona plant and have already asked for the fast tracking of 500 visas for Taiwanese operational staff - substantially to train Americans. The production start has been officially put off until 2025 because TSMC complains of interference by Unions, and the Unions complain about safety concerns for construction workers. The Feds are stuffing around with the visa applications, but it is hard to tell whether that is a legitimate claim by TSMC or not. It is disturbing that the largest ever investment by any foreign entity in the USA is engendering so much strife - and inevitable delays. My guess is that 2025 is a very very optimistic start date, and even then it is likely, given Federal support for a Unionised workforce that product sourced from Taiwan will still be cheaper.

Mebbe the project needs a heavyweight ass kicker to move things along. What's Kamala doing at the moment?

Joking aside, if the construction phase remains at a skirmish/stand off, in November 2024 this will be politically weaponized and strongly influence the Arizona voters.

As for China being cut out of the IC loop, Huwei are already using far more advanced chips than America thought they could make, and I am pretty certain that Beijing knows when even a mouse farts in that Taiwanese facility.

Be interesting to see what develops in the next 11 months at least- hard to speculate. I did not know about the Intel/Ohio plant, obviously I need to catch up

Huwei is producing some 7nm chips but the process is flawed. Meaning that the chips do work as advertised but anytime they want to change the die configuration the entire process has to be redone, it's not just a matter of loading new software.

The union and safety are issues in that the union tries to use 'safety' as a means to increase hours and manpower. As an anecdote at the Rio Rancho facility PNM (the power provider) was having to install a new substation for the plant. The local union safety guy comes running out yelling that they can't do it the way they're doing it due to safety concerns. PNM told them to shut the fuck up and if they tried to interfere again they were going to pack their shit up and Intel could damn well build their own power plant. The union decided that shutting the fuck up was the best path going forward because without power ALL of their workers were going to end up pounding the pavement.

There is no doubt that many skilled Taiwanese workers are going to be moving to AZ. The whole point of the plant is to build a facility that the CCP can't interfere with. A great many of their most skilled engineers will most likely by moving to AZ as well, the brain trust so to speak. If China were to decide to invade Taiwan all they'll get is a smoking hole in the ground, the TSMC plants over there will be totally destroyed.

 

[gxnn]

Dong Jun, from PLA's Navy, was appointed Minister of Defence of China recently. Some people estimate that China may quicken its pace to recover the island of Taiwan because a number of military high-ranking officers have been removed due to alledged betrayal and historically no officers from Navy was ever appointed Defence Minister.

 

[Sean Renaud]

America should be preparing for a war with China, also Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and probably a few others that I have not thought of. Preparation is the key when it comes to preventing wars. Preparation is what all militaries do. However, starting a war is a totally different and a political matter. My judgement is that neither the USA nor China wants a war over Taiwan.

America's biggest war preparation is not military at all. It is the $50 Billion which has been invested in the building of a new 'superchip' manufacturing plant in some otherwise god forsaken place in the South West (Arizona or Colorado??) The fun with that will be when the USA has to import at least 1000 Taiwanese technicians to run the plant because of no local skills. Anti - Immigrant politicians will get their knickers in a twist.

Building up is just as likely to cause a war than it is to prevent one.