[al baby]

And it will be at least a decade to. Get those savages able to even get close to the way our men work Carrie air operations

[BwanaNdege]

My guess is a bunch of Turkey’s....

Ottoman types.

[KarlInOhio]

It's Turkey.

I hate when the excerpt cuts off the punchline.

[ETL]

"Over in Russia, they're drawing up plans to build the world's biggest aircraft carrier, a 100,000-ton beast that can carry 100 combat aircraft. China's building one, two, or maybe even four aircraft carriers."
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170287,00.html

[null and void]

Afghanistan?

[ClearCase_guy]

The world is arming up. It's almost like there's some sort of perceived power vacuum and everyone is trying to either fill in the gap or take advantage of the gap.

Odd, isn't it?

[Mike Darancette]

High altitude loitering drones will render aircraft carriers useless.

[PAR35]

I guessed Bolivia or Switzerland. At least Turkey has water to defend.

[SamAdams76]

Building a carrier is one thing. Staffing and maintaining a carrier group for effective combat operations is quite another.

Only the U.S. and Great Britain have the decades of naval experience necessary to carry out the latter.

Not that we should be complacent but wanted to point that out.

[VanDeKoik]

I was kinda hoping it was Andorra.

[JRandomFreeper]

Nope. I don't read click-bait.

/johnny

[GeronL]

Thailand has a tiny carrier that they cannot afford to sail except for the King on vacation...

[ThomasThomas]

Thailand!

Somebody had to say it!

[Joe 6-pack]

There’s a WKRP/Les Nessman, “Turkeys can fly,” joke behind this article...

[Beowulf9]

Matel?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

You'll Never Guess Who's Building an Aircraft Carrier Now (Seriously... Try)

Switzerland?

[ExCTCitizen]

Ok... I thought the country was going to be a land locked 3rd world country like Zimbabwe.

[McGruff]

Baltimore rioters?

[rbg81]

Gee....I thought build A/C Carriers was stupid and outdated. Apparently not.

[Vendome]

So?

Let em support the ship in pure F.O.B. terms.

Then man the thing with competent men.

Then competent airmen.

Keep the machines running.

Aircraft flying.

Dodge bullets and missiles

Then support them with blue water capabilities

Don’t forget whatever their version of AWACS would be.

Now, get the logistics for resupply fine tuned...

Who cares what they build...