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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!")
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To: demlosers

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580181/posts Commercial photos show Chinese nuke buildup

3 posted on 02/16/2006 8:27:59 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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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)
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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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