[MNJohnnie]

Numbers don't matter nearly as much in modern war as the did even 20 years ago. Pretty tough for the Chinese to fight a 21st Century Navy with a 1970s caliber technology.

But what the heck, if this is what it takes to get the politicals in DC to fund the Navy..

"Ah! The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! Quick Build up the Navy!!!!!! HELP Save US! Help US Nancy P! Save us from the "Yellow Peril"!!!!"

[spikeytx86]

I am not afraid they (the Chinese) will out number our fleet, what I am saying is, with massive naval commitments in the European and middle eastern theater, maintaining a significant number of vessels for combat (like say with N.K., and Iran), plus the fact at any given time a decent number are incapable of deploying for things like routine maintenance leaves our navy in a tight squeeze if a crisis in the straights were to develop. I really don't see it as hysterics as some here are saying, it is just reality that with the amount of commitments we currently have and will no doubt develop in the future, we will need a much larger navy to sustain those commitments.