To: esryle
The Xia is equipped with 12 missile hatches, but has not conducted an operational deterrence patrol since it was launched in April 1981 A lemon.
2 posted on
02/16/2006 8:22:41 PM PST by
demlosers
(Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
To: demlosers
3 posted on
02/16/2006 8:27:59 PM PST by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: demlosers
A lemon. No kidding. Maybe the French can borrow it for their carrier battle group the next time the Charles de Gaulle leaves port.
-ccm
4 posted on
02/16/2006 8:54:34 PM PST by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: demlosers
I predict the Xia will end up communing with China's Great Naval Aviator Wong Wei, who decided to match wits with a U.S. Navy E3 on April 1st 2001, and found himself holding the wrong end of the prop.
"Wong Wei sleeps with the fishes, so too will the Xia"
5 posted on
02/16/2006 11:05:39 PM PST by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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