Well, what is Kitty Hawk's next destination? Niigata? Going up and down Japanese E. Coast until Chia Head dismantle whatever is on the launch pad now?
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; OahuBreeze; yonif; risk; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; ...
To: TigerLikesRooster
Ready on the right?
Ready on the left?
All ready on the firing line!
3 posted on
07/01/2006 3:05:10 AM PDT by
G.Mason
(And what is intelligence if not the craft of outthinking our adversaries?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Re #1
Going up and down Japanese E. N.W. Coast
To: TigerLikesRooster
What a bit of ignorant fluff.... it will not be guarding the U.S. vessel
If I am wrong I hope that someone more expert (not that I know that much) will correct me, but I would expect the Japanese Destroyer to be in a position to guard the most valuable ship in the battlegroup, from external atttacks.
5 posted on
07/01/2006 3:35:11 AM PDT by
Fraxinus
To: TigerLikesRooster
It is good that Japanese ships happen to be traveling to the same places as our aircraft carriers. If the enemy launches against one of our carriers, the Japanese vessels can then separately return fire against the enemy in order to defend themselves. ...see? ...no "collective" defense happening there. ;-)
6 posted on
07/01/2006 3:43:40 AM PDT by
familyop
(Essayons)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I rememer one of your Carrier Group Commanders saying "When we turn up in your garden pond it tends to get your attention".....outstanding!
7 posted on
07/01/2006 4:09:11 AM PDT by
Brit1
( Not by Strength by Guile.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
8 posted on
07/01/2006 5:03:30 AM PDT by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
We interrupt this thread for an important announcement:
Chaps my hide that the Kitty Hawk is still on active duty, and my Ranger is sitting in moth-balls. The Kitty hawk is a good ship; the Ranger was better though, and proved it time and again.
Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
10 posted on
07/01/2006 5:45:47 AM PDT by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
According to officials familiar with military affairs, an aircraft carrier is exposed to "the highest risk when it enters or leaves a port" because it cannot move quickly and its aircraft cannot be used.
Why can't a carrier's planes be used in port?
To: TigerLikesRooster
Otaru? That's a nice place to visit, though it has been a few years since I was there.
Otaru is famous for its glassware.
Seafood is great in Otaru (as it is generally throughout Hokkaido):
You can also buy fresh crabs (in season only, I imagine) to be shipped anywhere in Japan.
But my guess is that it is Otaru's proximity to the site of North Korea's missile-perhaps-to-be-launched that is bringing the Kitty Hawk north, not the delights of July in Hokkaido.
To: TigerLikesRooster
The Kitty Hawk still around? She was old when I was in 30 years ago...
To: TigerLikesRooster
Don't read too much into this. The Yokosuka battle group goes into Otaru every couple years for a goodwill port visit.
I went there in 97 and we were warned that there would be protestors. About 500 showed up, but you couldn't see them behind the 40,000 that showed up to see and tour the ship.
Sapporo is a 45 min train ride from the port and summer there is awesome. Great weather, outdoor beer gardens, very nice.
22 posted on
07/01/2006 12:07:06 PM PDT by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
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