Posted on 12/26/2019 6:18:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
And they’ll have to seek a pier.
Supposedly the PLA has a naval base in Cambodia, Djibouti, and Myanmar. They have access to the Indian Ocean. Of course access does not equate to the ability to project power.
You don’t have to sink them. Just render them useless fir war-fighting. Gets you to the same place.
I’m not convinced of that. It SEEMS that way sometimes what with all the missiles and so forth coming out. It is much harder to sink warships than people think.
In 2005 the U.S. navy tried to sink an old aircraft carrier. It was pummeled with bombs, missiles, and torpedoes from the air and sea. It withstood these attacks for FOUR WEEKS and remained afloat the ENTIRE time.
The only way it could be sunk was when diver demolition teams finished it off with wired explosives throughout the ship. About the only way to sin one would be to nuke it and that would result in the disappearance of the nation to do so.
Very interesting. It’s good to see the story published.
Tactical nukes? We don’t need no steenking tactical nukes. A few torpedoes and F-16s would finish them off and be back at the carrier group on time for lunch.
Can’t I have even one little itsy bitsy tactical nuke far out at sea?
Its Christmas, for heavens sakes ! ( LOL)
Try to imagine if that aircraft carrier was loaded with ordnance (bombs, missiles, shells), fueled aircraft and stores of aviation gasoline. Then subject it to a few incoming missiles, and drones some as small as seagulls, not to new exotic satellite based weaponry. It would sink along with most of its crew.
Hmmm...... no carriers
Therefor, no navy
With various languages in each country and the 3 main countries, this could become what my Marine Friends call a C****** F***!
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