To: sukhoi-30mki
It also gives them a supersonic long range bomber.
2 posted on
01/10/2013 12:36:14 AM PST by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: Army Air Corps
7 posted on
01/10/2013 1:08:30 AM PST by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: sukhoi-30mki
China obviously has the money to buy/steal any weapons system they desire. The questions remain do they have the skills to use them and what is their real intent?
The US is and will be in military decline due to fiscal and ideological crisis. The bigger questions may be these:
Can America continue to afford to build and deploy carriers and their associated battle groups?
Are carriers on the verge of becoming tactically obsolete due to the evolution and proliferation of military technology?
10 posted on
01/10/2013 7:27:20 AM PST by
buckalfa
(Tilting at Windmills)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Tom Clancy described the Backfire way back in the 1980s in Red Storm Rising.
14 posted on
01/10/2013 7:43:16 AM PST by
stboz
To: sukhoi-30mki
15 posted on
01/10/2013 7:52:35 AM PST by
Little Ray
(Waiting for the return of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
They are just big targets. The day of the carrier has come and gone.
19 posted on
01/10/2013 9:44:27 AM PST by
bmwcyle
(We have gone over the cliff and we are about to hit the bottom)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Is anyone going to point out that these things are about as stealthy as the Hindenburg? Long, long before they get anywhere near a carrier group they will be lit up on AEGIS like a Christmas tree.
20 posted on
01/10/2013 10:45:54 AM PST by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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