Posted on 12/04/2013 9:52:50 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Sounds like something Venezuela or Zimbabwe would do.
I think Venezuela has more admirals than ships
Well, if they do buy it and try to operate it on their own, the comedy sure to ensue might be priceless............
does Angola have the ability to support this ship? dock it? maintain it?
the USS Forrestal just sold for a penny... they could have saved some serious cash
Torpedo magnet!
Gee, just get the entire Angola navy on board and then sink them with one torpedo.
lol
Straw Man?
Yea, I filled out the paperwork to buy one last week but I couldn’t pass the background check either.
Tiny Mouse Makes a Big Splash
It seems their biggest ship to date is approximately one-half the size of one of the US Navy’s Perry class FFGs. WTF? A carrier needs sea room to operate effectively - form a protective bubble around itself, maneuver to launch/recover aircraft, etc. They are not coastal beasts. Yet the Angolans don’t seem to have anything that could go out “blue water” with it. Let alone any kind of ASW or AAW capable ships that could defend a carrier. In short it would rapidly become a very expensive sitting duck, and then shortly thereafter a nice man-made reef for divers.
African Bling. Of course they’d have to hire tons of Europeans or Ukranians and such to operate it and if things broke. Gas turbine engines I suppose.
It’s so cute!!
These things probably require massive shore support too. Can you imagine how big a job it will be to clean the barnacles off the bottom?
My first thought as well.
I got a Chinese jet at Harbor Freight last week but I can’t figure out how to fly it.
That dashboard has a lot of switches and dials, and the instructions are in Chinese.
The clowns could sell tickets.
The only thing that would be even funnier would be for Nigeria to buy a carrier to protect their oil wealth. They bought a bunch of RV-7s for training airplanes and couldn’t even keep them running as I recall. Nigeria specializes in junk. In Nigeria they have a knack for building brand new stuff, buildings and houses that look ancient and dilapidated when they are finished.
Last week it was announced that Angola was refusing registration of some muhamedan groups and closing illegal mosques. Perhaps they are fearful of ground attacks by irate Muslims and feel the aircraft are safer at sea? Perhaps war with Congo or Zaire?
Very odd indeed.
Angola ....it was reported...has decided to get rid of all its mosques......good reason to beef up the military. If this report is true I’d like to buy some Angolan imports....what do they import?
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