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Keep in mind that the goals of the PLAN our different from ours. This is their “USS Langley”. It was along time before we went from that, to a viable carrier force.

Yep. Possessing a carrier and successfully employing a carrier are two completely different things. The Chinese Navy cannot project force, very far. The threat is against Japan.

6 posted on 09/30/2013 3:24:34 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC

Yep. Possessing a carrier and successfully employing a carrier are two completely different things. The Chinese Navy cannot project force, very far. The threat is against Japan.

Against a first-tier nation like Japan, the Chinese carrier is a target. The carrier is not for Japan, which Chinese planes can reach from mainland bases, especially with tanker support.

For a China that is increasingly investing in Africa, a carrier is an excellent way to do some "gunboat diplomacy" against any African nation that makes a move to nationalize Chinese assets.

15 posted on 09/30/2013 5:59:01 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)

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