[nutmeg]

The Chinese Navy continues to increas their buildup, both qunatitatively and qualittatively at an astounding rate.

In the last several years they have grown their navy with new, capable, modern diesigns by over 142% while the US NAvy has shrunk by 13% in that same time period.

Don't miss this stunning thread (including amazing photos) put together by FReeper Jeff Head. (Thanks, Jeff!)

A short excerpt above posted by Jeff, but there's lots more interesting (and pretty scary) stuff posted on the entire thread...

[Jeff Head]

Thanks, nutmeg, for the ping to so many.

The more who know about this and understand its implictions, the better.

The world is not safe, and the days of nation against nation...or whole alliances against whole alliances are not necessarily over. We have to stay vigilant and stay strong and not buy into the so-called “peace dividend” when such powerful enemies are arming themselves to the teeth.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!