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1 posted on 08/13/2011 9:16:56 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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China to start landing drills on aircraft carrier

Wouldn't it be a better test of capability to start landing aircraft instead?

2 posted on 08/13/2011 9:20:35 AM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these "boncentration bamps")
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News Flash! China loosing pilots and planes in droves as they try to learn carrier landings!

LOL!!!

3 posted on 08/13/2011 9:23:01 AM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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I hope we have some assets nearby to take videos.


4 posted on 08/13/2011 9:32:30 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

aircraft approaching the ship, landing and then quickly taking off again

Guess the taking off again they haven’t learned stopping.Should be fun to watch lol!


7 posted on 08/13/2011 10:01:37 AM PDT by bikerman (Where Has My America Gone?)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

So how’s that “free trade” thing working out America?

Will we start to pay attention when our dollars have paid for a second carrier?

A fifth?

A fiftieth?...


12 posted on 08/13/2011 10:20:33 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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Enjoy the military superiority while we have it. With our failing economy and the Chinese expanding economy, we are headed for a day when our carriers will be mothballed and the Chinese carriers will be drilling off our coasts.


14 posted on 08/13/2011 10:27:28 AM PDT by CharlyFord (t)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Surprising that they would be using a frontline a/c for this training, whereas the USN uses a more training a/c such as the British Hawk for this training.


23 posted on 08/13/2011 10:50:22 AM PDT by Always Independent
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Dear China; you’re supposed to have all this confucian wisdom, well, start using it. Leave Taiwan alone. They don’t want to be part of your country and they’re our friends. If you feel the need to kick someone around, might I suggest North Korea? OK, maybe they’re your friends. How about Vietnam? There’s some friends for you. 55,000 Americans killed trying to help them and now all they can say is “Ooops. We were stupid”? Enter the phrase “ungrateful bastards” on any search engine and the first thing that pops up is a map of Vietnam. Shoot, I’ll bet we could make a fortune if you go after Vietnam. I’ll charter cruise ships and we’ll fill them full of American Vietnam Vets at $5,000 a pop and cruise up and down the coast of Vietnam and watch while you shell and bomb them. “Who wants another Ho Chi Minh Highball? Hey! There goes another bridge! I win the pot!” We’d make a fortune.


24 posted on 08/13/2011 10:59:35 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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26 posted on 08/13/2011 11:22:10 AM PDT by Vroomfondel
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“Beijing ...has sought to play down the vessel's capability, saying it will mainly be used for training and “research”.

Right...and before that it was going to be a floating “casino.” Maybe instead it will get accidentally sunk and then the ChiComs can “research” just how well an aircraft carrier works as an artificial reef.

28 posted on 08/13/2011 11:30:27 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (There are only two classes of people left in the U.S. - Producers and Parasites.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I worked in Naval Aviation for 7 years and anyone know that landing on a strip painted up like a carrier deck or sims is one thing, but landing on a moving carrier is another thing and even for a veteran pilot landing on a carrier is nothing more than a controlled crash and how much night experience do this Chicom pilots have landing at night?


32 posted on 08/13/2011 12:01:35 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Posting on FR since 1998 and 100% teleprompter free post as well.)
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