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Commission Sees China Gaining Ability To Confront U.S. Forces

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Monday, November 19th, 2007

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As China wields hundreds of land-based missiles and builds two ballistic missile submarines, it is gaining the ability to tackle U.S. forces in combat, an American commission reported to Congress. "The Commission concluded that China is developing its military in ways that enhance its capacity to confront America," posing a threat to U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission stated in a 300-page-plus report. "China is acquiring the ability to overwhelm the defenses of, and…

Congress

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Army

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