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To: Lekker 1
Our greatest enemies don't have (significant) navies.

Yet. China is going full-speed ahead with development of a greatly-expanded navy.

Plus, the Navy is still our only way to get large numbers of troops and supplies to a war zone.

42 posted on 03/31/2005 1:08:37 PM PST by Modernman ("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
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To: Modernman

Agreed. Gotta keep our eyes squarely on China.


44 posted on 03/31/2005 1:09:30 PM PST by Lekker 1 ("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
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To: Modernman
Yet. China is going full-speed ahead with development of a greatly-expanded navy.

And they're cutting their ground forces to pay for it.

Problem is, those ground forces have a significant domestic security (read: "busting dissident heads") mission. And that requires numbers.

China could well find itself in an embarrassing position of fighting a war at sea to a draw...

...and collapsing into civil war at home...

45 posted on 03/31/2005 1:10:42 PM PST by Poohbah (I'm in the WPPFF)
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