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China intent on aircraft carrier goal
washington times ^
| May 28, 2007
| By Richard Halloran
Posted on 05/28/2007 1:33:37 PM PDT by Flavius
ONOLULU -- The new commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific and Asia says he found Chinese military leaders intensely interested in acquiring aircraft carriers during a recent visit to that country. Adm. Timothy J. Keating added in an interview that he had warned the Chinese about the huge challenges involved in building and manning an aircraft carrier. "I suggested let's not be naive about the complexity of those ships, and they are not cheap," he said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blues; china
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soon to boat around your neighborhood
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:33:39 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
Test flights have been promising......
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:41:03 PM PDT
by
Rameumptom
(Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
To: Flavius
If the Chinese military declares openly interest in aircraft carrier, this is an old Oriental trick. All ways pay attention to what they don’t say versus what they do say. Pay attention to the Chinese submarine developments more than aircraft carriers. Today US surveillance can detect anything on the surface except when under jungle cover or underwater.
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:41:26 PM PDT
by
Fee
( R)
To: Flavius
Nothing surprising here, since they bought the Kiev and the Melbourne to study already. They have the Su-27/J-11 to operate off it, and they have increased military spending to finally support such an endeavour.
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:45:33 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Fee
Submarines, DDGs, etc., aren’t necessarily excluded by the drive toward a carrier fleet.
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:46:43 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Gondring
well i just thought they will
just copy all those systems cheapen them up
then let em rip by thousands
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:48:03 PM PDT
by
Flavius
("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
To: Fee
You are astute. Vely astute.
Number 1 son say submalines be useful for locating sunken callier. That is why we must have one ship flom column A and 2 flom column B.
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:48:32 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Crazies to my left. Wimps to my right. BTW, Muslims ain't "Immigrants." They's Colonists.)
To: Flavius
The ChiComs bought a Russian aircraft carrier, the Varyag, and are refitting it.
To: FormerACLUmember
i see your varyag and raise you a Chinese children's resort
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:54:15 PM PDT
by
Flavius
("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
To: magslinger
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posted on
05/28/2007 1:58:51 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: Flavius
I wouldn’t trust the ChiComms any farther than I could Throw one of their DF-31 ICBM’s.
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posted on
05/28/2007 2:37:59 PM PDT
by
austinmark
("May the Flea's of a Thousand Camels Nest in ALLAH's Pubic Hair" !!!)
To: Fee
Pay attention to the Chinese submarine developments more than aircraft carriers.
Much like the old Soviet Union, there is a surprising amount of open debate in military journals that are publicly avaliable.
The reality is the carrier thing is controversial within the PLAN and there are obviously arguing factions.
To: Jeff Head
Your input is required.
Thanks buddy!
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posted on
05/28/2007 2:49:16 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Free The Texas 3 - Ramos, Compean and Hernandez)
To: Kenny Bunk
I wouldn’t joke too loudly. The Japanese were laughed at in 1938, but built a great fleet that came within inches of defeating us. The Chinese are equally inventive, adaptive, and resolved to overtake us in carriers. I believe that they will within the next decade. I hope that our military can rise up to the challenges.
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posted on
05/28/2007 2:52:07 PM PDT
by
richardtavor
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
To: Flavius
It’s our money they are doing this with.
We need to buy our trinkets from another, less hostile country.
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posted on
05/28/2007 2:54:20 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: Kenny Bunk; Fee
I wonder.
Are we keeping close tabs on Chinese submarines?
If we are, do
they know?
And if we are, and they know, do we know that they know, that we are?
I wonder.
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posted on
05/28/2007 2:59:47 PM PDT
by
dogbrain
(memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
To: Flavius
"Adm. Timothy J. Keating added in an interview that he had warned the Chinese about the huge challenges involved in building and manning an aircraft carrier."
Why doesn't ghe just dummy up and let the Chinese go ahead and build as many as they wish?Using the Soviet carrier they bought as a model, well, they will spend a lot of money to no viable purpose.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:12:26 PM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Eaker; Flavius
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:37:55 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Flavius
“Arr hands to the fright deck.”
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:29:39 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Flavius
Real Aircraft Carriers have four steam catapults, and a FLAT deck...
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posted on
05/28/2007 6:05:51 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts...)
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