Hi Yankee! No worry about Chinese boats going to Syria. They happy pleasure boats carrying Poonjab doggy yum yum treats for Syria doggy pets.
I don’t disagree with you, it is DEBKA after all, but Syria offers a BIG opportunity for the Chines Military right now.
What better place for the Chinese to practice and learn Combat Carrier Operations than Syria right now?
Take small steps, launch and recover strikes, get flying and combat time for the pilots.
They get a chance to make the mistakes in an almost controlled environment, that we had to learn the hard way in a full-scale World War.
‘m not sure exactly what I said that you disagree with.
fact: China has exactly one carrier. It’s big.
fact: It has never done a medcruise before since the Soviet era.
fact: It either had to go through the Suez canal, or the Straits of Gibraltar. (who missed a large carrier passing through those two chokepoints? Not one solid observation?)
That takes me to my conclusion that its a little odd that Debka and only Debka is reporting this. This really shouldn’t be a big mystery to confirm.
Either a Chinese one of a kind carrier is there, or it isn’t.
Oh wait, reading is fundamental. You said you DON’T disagree.
Ill be amazed if the Chinese slipped a carrier there with nobody noticing!
Without the US Navy to keep them contained, the Chinese are well on their way to having a blue-water naval force. Unlike Russia, they have year-round warm water home ports and a growing industrial might to support the expansion of their naval capabilities.
The Sixth Fleet is just cruising back and forth, their hands effectively tied. The Current Occupant now squatting in the White, er, “Rainbow” Hut did not invent dithering, but he has raised it to an art form.
Hi Yankee! No worry about Chinese boats going to Syria. They happy pleasure boats carrying Poonjab doggy yum yum treats for Syria doggy pets.