Posted on 03/23/2009 7:37:19 AM PDT by pobeda1945
BEIJING, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - China's defense minister has reaffirmed the country's plans to build its own aircraft carrier, the Sina news agency reported on Monday.
It quoted Liang Guanglie as saying that "among the big world powers only China does not have an aircraft carrier, so it cannot be without an aircraft carrier forever."
China's Ministry of National Defense spokesman said in December last year that aircraft carriers were "a reflection of a nation's comprehensive power" and were needed to meet the demands of a country's navy.
Experts have suggested construction could be officially announced in April, when the Chinese Navy marks its 60th anniversary.
According to the Wall Street Journal, China's first aircraft carrier will enter service by 2020.
Plans to build its own aircraft carrier,funded by America loans,products ....
“Confirms plans”? HA! They’ve had a full-scale copy of the USS Nimitz land-locked since 2006:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/16/flying_aircraft_carrier/
I don’t know why they are bothering to build their own. Takes too much time, very steep learning curve.
Instead, why not buy ours as a condition of continuing to buy our treasury notes? I’m sure 0bama would be willing to sell three or four carriers, complete with air and battle groups.
Don’t laugh. It could happen. And if it does, our days as a global military power are over.
My thoughts exactly, I see it happening, seriously.
That’s creepy. Maybe they could dig a channel to take that out to sea?
Doh!
That is actually quite interesting. Thanks for the information.
“The “ship” itself is of traditional steel-frame building construction, and is a generic aircraft carrier about 7/8 scale to a Nimitz. Inside are military displays, exhibition halls, meeting rooms, games, and other attractions, and on the ‘flight deck’ there are Chinese military aircraft, such as helicopters, fighters, and attack planes.”
Will it have “Made in China” on the bottom so we can tell who owns it when it sinks?
Will the flight deck be built sideways?
Maybe, it is there to practice boardings or some other war game senarios?
Who's laughing? Bubba Clinton and W. Bush have been the two greatest champions for trade with China, hence boosting the communist giant's economy and world dominance for almost two decades. China has had no better friend than America for twenty years, why would Obama be any different?
What TF?
To say nothing of the other two non-landlocked Russian carriers they have too.
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