How much does that quieter technology cost? And what’s the address of the Clinton foundation?
Fortunately for them, word is the US Navy’s new P-8 can’t do ASW.
“why are the Chinese lagging behind in nuclear submarines when they seem to be advancing in leaps and bounds in almost every other field?”
Trick question, because Clinton could only serve two terms as president.
It doesn’t matter how noisy they are if they strike first.
You can have the plans to a state of the art piece of US tech, but that doesn’t mean you can reliably reverse engineer and duplicate it on a large scale. Ship yards, contractors, manufacturers all need to be brought up to the technology.
I hope the U.S.Navy is Not underestimating the capabilities of the Chinese Navy.With all of the Intelligence agents they have running around in this country who knows what information they have gleaned from the navy and all of its numerous contractors.
Submarine warfare is an area we can’t afford to be on the losing side.
quick, send chelsea to westinghouse, and keep this off of email and crackberry
:-( :-( :-(
What if the noise is a head-fake by the inscrutable Chinese?
They don’t need to be that quiet. They can overwhelm their adversaries with volume.
I should hope the US Navy is not complaining?
Just hope that the American sub is not under the command of a muzzie.
We must IMMEDIATELY send a task force of these mighty vessels – now the standard warship in Obama's “New Navy” – into the Med to deal with those pesky Ruskies.
Armed with a single M2 .50 caliber Browning, this much feared naval vessel carries up to 30 rounds of full cardboard jacketed paper bag piercing ammunition. It is the first in an entirely new naval architecture class -- technically, “clitoral” (not to be confused with “littoral”) -- being pushed on the Pentagon by the defense minded wussies in the Obama Administration as a cost-saving measure. If you look closely, you can see the heavy-duty seat restraint which prevents the helmsman/gunner shown here – Seaman 4th Class Kenneth “Kamakazi” Kowalski – from leaping from the vessel prior to engaging the enemy. The 12 V trolling motor – which lacks a reverse function -- propels this sophisticated craft forward at a top speed of 4 knots. Reverse travel – at approximately 35 knots -- is achieved by firing the Browning.
The no-bid contract to build 300 of these fearsome warships was awarded to the Obama-Soros-Emanuel Shipbuilding and Stormdoor Manufacturing Company (formerly General Dynamics) and will be administered by trusted Obama associate, Chicago Mayor and former Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel who commented that, at $12 million each, they are a bargain. Constructed exclusively at the company’s facility in Kenya with major sub-component production (rivets and miscellaneous fasteners) at the company’s Harlem and Skokie plants. Delivery and sea trials of 100 of these began in 2013 with the remaining 200 to follow as soon as the subcontractors’ funds are safely in the contractor's numbered Swiss account.