All the toys, but can China fight?

By John Garnaut, Beijing
April 27 2013 - 3:00am
President Xi Jinping inspects China's growing naval force. Photo: ChinaMil
President Xi Jinping inspects China's growing naval force. Photo: ChinaMil

Every morning at 6am, more than two dozen of the world's leading submarine watchers, aviation experts, government specialists, imagery analysts, cryptanalysts and linguists gather at the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. Their job is to probe the overnight intelligence reports to guide the activities and strategies of the six aircraft carrier groups, 180 ships and 1500 aircraft that constantly patrol the Pacific and Indian oceans.

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