[blam]

China's first aircraft carrier, which was renovated from an old aircraft carrier that China bought from Ukraine in 1998, is seen docked at Dalian Port, in Dalian, Liaoning province September 22, 2012.

[gaijin]

Y not sell USS Ranger to Taiwan, then sell them F-35’s..?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Building an aircraft carrier and knowing how to use it are two entirely different things.

[doc1019]

Question: Are we still building nuclear subs or are we relying on our aging fleet?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[Oztrich Boy]

[robowombat]

This is not meant as snark of wise mouthing but a legitimate inquiry to Freepers who have real experience in surface ops or who have seriously studied potential naval conflict scenarios. One constantly encounters remarks as to the lack of viability of the large deck aircraft carrier pitted against emerging precision strike and submarine technologies. The reasoning is , on the surface, convincing. The battleship reached the peak of its evolution in WW2 just as it was being relegated to a supporting role in surface operations by carrier and land based aviation So the aircraft carrier , it is argued, is becoming obsolete even as its capabilities reach unprecedented levels of lethality. What then do those who know far more than I say about the future role of the carrier and why if it is a waning weapon system are the Chinese expending a lot of resources to build an ever more capable and larger carrier air arm?

[righttackle44]

Rats. I had read their first aircraft carrier was going to have a catamaran structure. I was wanting to see them try counter-flooding if it was bombed or torpedoed.

[Poison Pill]

Oh yeah, well we’re gonna have female SEALs soon. We’re gonna call’em Strikeforce Midol! So there!

[blueunicorn6]

Hope they put a better buffet on it then the buffet on the first one. No soft ice cream. And lobster night was a bust. I know lobster. Lobsters don’t have beaks. The only towel animal the maid could make was a sponge. Just wadded up the towel and threw it on the bed. She came around on the last day looking for a tip. I gave her a tip.

“Learn how to make a bird out of a towel!”

She evidently had learned how to make a bird out of her middle finger.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

In the most recent year, America ran a 342 billion dollar trade deficit with China.

A new all-time record.

China now has the second-largest military budget, on earth. And it is growing. Rapidly.

Bring American businesses back. To America.

[sunrise_sunset]

The US is already being pushed out of China’s near waters but no one wants to admit because it would lead to crisis.

Remember, China is not interested in roving the world, they just want to control their area.

[Veggie Todd]

Chinese Officials Just Confirmed They're Building A Second Aircraft Carrier

Will it be available for sale at Walmart like all their other plastic crap?

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping!

[bus man]

If their carriers are as functional and reliable as their consumer-electronics products are, our biggest worry is that they might make it beyond the 30-day return window before sinking under their own weight.

But just in case they actually do work, I would like to see Japan build a few carriers of their own — and modify their concept of “defense” to include protecting the sea lanes over which their commercial ships pass.

[Jeff Head]

We’ve had these “reports” NUMEROUS times over the last three years.

They have all proved false to date.

If the source info is coming from WANTCHINATIMES on Taiwan on similar souces...it is not a credible source.

I have no doubts that the Chinese are ultimately going to build several carrier battle groups...maybe as many as five. There is just no current credible information yet that they have started their second one.