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India wants USS Trenton rechristened Jalashva
The Indian Express ^
| 02/11/06
| Shiv Aroor
Posted on 11/04/2006 4:27:17 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
11/04/2006 4:44:37 AM PST
by
gridlock
(The GOP will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I'm curious as to why they like second hand ships.
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posted on
11/04/2006 4:46:52 AM PST
by
csvset
(Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil & inhumane)
To: sukhoi-30mki
rechristened
Ahh they actually give Jesus the glory aka Christen.
To: csvset
Because you don't have to build them.
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posted on
11/04/2006 4:50:23 AM PST
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese, that why I don't sing.)
To: csvset
Cheaper, and available now, I would guess.
I'm curious as to why they like second hand ships.
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posted on
11/04/2006 4:52:17 AM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: MARKUSPRIME
rechristened
Ahh they actually give Jesus the glory aka Christen.
I noticed that too. It's like saying "Let's re-muslim the ship as "The Lord Gotama Buddha".
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posted on
11/04/2006 4:55:08 AM PST
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: csvset
Host of reasons-gives you the leeway to train on an old inexpensive platform while you develop the desired spectrum of capabilities for a real amphibious capability.The Trenton would be mean't for just that purpose covering both operational as well as training requirements.Many nations do that when developing their submarine capabilities.Buy an used boat & keep it around for around 5-10 years before your real hardware arrives.
The Russian carrier mentioned here hardly saw meaningful deployment with the Soviet fleet,so when upgraded,you could call it around 75% new.
To: starbase; MARKUSPRIME
It's like saying "Let's re-muslim the ship Or the Hindi term he probably used was translated into English as "rechristened"
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:17:39 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
To: SauronOfMordor; starbase
All US Navy ships have christening [naming] ceremonies, where the ship is named by the Sponsor, and subsequent commissioning ceremonies, where the ship is accepted for service.
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:26:39 AM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: Ready4Freddy
"Cheaper, and available now, I would guess."
Also superior in quality and reliability than anything they could build or buy elsewhere.
We forget sonmetimes I think that "Yankee-Built" is still the best that money can buy in military hardware, anyway.
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:48:02 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: csvset
I think a little bit more on the cynical side; we know how they were built, what they contain and how well they operate. In the event our so-called latest "Allies" turn on us (it's happened before and will again), we know better how to destroy these vessels. Am I bad or what?
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:51:56 AM PST
by
john drake
(Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
To: csvset
Because a good Patel knows a bargain when they see one. ;-)
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:53:15 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(I have such a raging clue!)
To: csvset
I'm curious as to why they like second hand ships. Price
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:55:50 AM PST
by
A. Pole
(Russian proverb: "All are not cooks that walk with long knives")
To: john drake; csvset
In addition, when we sell a ship to another country, we "dumb it down" a bit so it doesn't have the full capabilities of a US-flag ship. They can duke it out with each other, but we know that we will have an edge even if we take them on with the same class vessel.
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posted on
11/04/2006 5:57:15 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(A living insult to islam since 1959)
To: A. Pole; Clemenza
Reports are that we sold the Trenton to India for $50 million, not bad for a ship commissioned in 1971, I think.
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posted on
11/04/2006 6:04:21 AM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: csvset
The low cost of initial investment.
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posted on
11/04/2006 6:05:45 AM PST
by
exnavy
(God bless America)
To: csvset
We put a lot of miles on our ships, but we take very good care of them.
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posted on
11/04/2006 6:06:30 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: Doohickey
Isn't it bad luck to rename a ship?
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posted on
11/04/2006 6:16:22 AM PST
by
disraeligears
(How was the CREAM Madison Square Garden Concert?)
To: Ready4Freddy
Not bad at all, when you consider the alternative of breaking it down (in India, most likely--LOL) and selling it for scrap.
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posted on
11/04/2006 6:20:08 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
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