July 18, 2004: China and U.S. War Scenarios - Charles Smith
Podcast: The Art Bell ArchivePublished On: Wed Sep 03 2025
Description: Art Bell welcomes Charles Smith, one of America's leading experts on cyber technology and its implications for war and terrorism. Smith details how American companies like Hughes Corporation facilitated the transfer of radiation-hardened computer chip technology to China, dramatically improving the accuracy of Chinese ballistic missiles now aimed at U.S. cities.The conversation centers on detailed war scenarios between the United States and China over Taiwan. Smith explains Chinese military doctrine, including their willingness to absorb massive casualties and their threat to vaporize Los Angeles if the U.S. interferes with a Taiwan invasion. He describes the Summer Pulse 04 carrier battle group exercises designed to counter Chinese assumptions about American military response times.Smith argues that the most effective deterrent against China is not mutual assured destruction but targeted strikes against the Chinese leadership and command structure. He explains how the totalitarian nature of the Chinese military, with its tight political control over nuclear warheads and lack of independent decision-making, makes a decapitation strategy particularly effective against Beijing's war planners.
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