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US considers sending carrier to Korea
Washington Post ^

Posted on 06/02/2010 1:14:44 PM PDT by jhpigott

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To: katiedidit1

Bet it won’t happen this time


61 posted on 06/02/2010 5:49:31 PM PDT by Rooivalk
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To: Pan_Yan
We told them, “Don't do it again,” one too many times. Even several carriers off NK’s coast would not rattle Kim Jong-il at this point. It might rattle China, though.
62 posted on 06/02/2010 5:52:10 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: fenderfeeder
The anti-ship variant of the CSS5 is dubbed the carrier killer and has a 1,500 km range...

Our Ageis cruisers have been practicing killing IRBMs for some time
63 posted on 06/02/2010 5:54:40 PM PDT by Rooivalk
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To: TigerLikesRooster

A big, scary gun in the hands of someone who has told the world he will never pull the trigger is not as scary.


64 posted on 06/02/2010 5:57:28 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: jhpigott
In the Journal Orbis there is a scenario where the GW is sunk by a sneak Chinese DF-15 while off the coast of China

(http://www.fpri.org/orbis/5401/kraska.navalwar2015.pdf)
65 posted on 06/02/2010 6:06:21 PM PDT by Rooivalk
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Hey,,,I don’t see any change,,,Yet,,,

Bizzy on the base...


66 posted on 06/02/2010 6:42:02 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: fenderfeeder

Remember this? and we have also shut our eyes to N.Korea. The handwriting is on the wall in BRIGHT red letters.

The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced |
By MATTHEW HICKLEY

Last updated at 00:13 10 November 2007

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492804/The-uninvited-guest-Chinese-sub-pops-middle-U-S-Navy-exercise-leaving-military-chiefs-red-faced.html


67 posted on 06/02/2010 7:43:42 PM PDT by katiedidit1
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To: fenderfeeder

Exactly my point. I know we have really good assets. But we are not the only dog on the block.


68 posted on 06/03/2010 5:41:49 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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