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India opens huge new naval base
BBC ^ | May 31, 2005

Posted on 05/31/2005 8:13:05 AM PDT by phoenix_004

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1 posted on 05/31/2005 8:13:06 AM PDT by phoenix_004
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"...ship lifting system" ?


2 posted on 05/31/2005 8:25:05 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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I'm guessing that is a Euro or Indian term for "Drydock"


3 posted on 05/31/2005 8:27:01 AM PDT by rlmorel
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Dry docks?


4 posted on 05/31/2005 8:27:25 AM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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As a former citizen of India, I'm wondering if they were finalyl able to get running water to my grandfather's village....


5 posted on 05/31/2005 8:31:44 AM PDT by JerseyRepub (I voted for John Kerry before I voted against him!)
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I know what you mean. Still I think this is a good thing for both countries. THe USA need to form a good strategic relationship with India. I do not see this as a threat at all to the USA if we can form a good alliance with them. It is one more hedge against China in that region.


6 posted on 05/31/2005 8:33:46 AM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"...ship lifting system" ?

It's a sytem that lifts ships

7 posted on 05/31/2005 8:33:53 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (here to help)
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"ship lifting system?"

It's a device which can lift an entire ship to shore so that repair works can be carried out on it.


8 posted on 05/31/2005 8:34:32 AM PDT by phoenix_004
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To: CasearianDaoist

The term dry dock is used in the UK, I think.


9 posted on 05/31/2005 8:38:01 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

And in the US


10 posted on 05/31/2005 8:41:40 AM PDT by SengirV
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To: JerseyRepub

Excellent take on the report.


11 posted on 05/31/2005 8:44:24 AM PDT by colonialhk (sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: JerseyRepub
As a former citizen of India, I'm wondering if they were finalyl able to get running water to my grandfather's village.

As a former citizen of India, I am amused how so many former citizens of India manage to find a way to look down on their former homeland by concentrating on the negatives instead of the positives.

12 posted on 05/31/2005 9:17:24 AM PDT by razoroccam (Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
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Large Naval Base.

Note*

*A picture of the ship lifting system didn't make it past the censors.

13 posted on 05/31/2005 9:22:44 AM PDT by FreedomFarmer (Socialism is not an ideology, it is a disease. Eliminate the vectors.)
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<< As a former citizen of India, I'm wondering if they were finalyl able to get running water to my grandfather's village .... >>

Nope.

But it is in the 19th 21st-century five-year plan and is tentitively scheduled for 2095.

<];^)~<


14 posted on 05/31/2005 9:48:51 AM PDT by Brian Allen (The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem -- Milton Friedman)
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That seems more like a picture of your wife rather than a pic. of the ship lifting system .


15 posted on 05/31/2005 9:48:51 AM PDT by phoenix_004
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To: JerseyRepub

Tell your idiot grandfather to get out of the village. He sounds like he suffers from the same diesease as the ethopians and sudanese who keep hoping their barren land will become lush and green...


16 posted on 05/31/2005 10:18:20 PM PDT by USMMA_83 (Tantra is my fetish ;))
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Tell your idiot grandfather to get out of the village. He sounds like he suffers from the same diesease as the ethopians and sudanese who keep hoping their barren land will become lush and green...


17 posted on 05/31/2005 10:19:22 PM PDT by USMMA_83 (Tantra is my fetish ;))
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It seems like a waste of money. What is an Indian navy going to do? Facilitate the invasion of Sri Lanka?


18 posted on 05/31/2005 10:21:09 PM PDT by Torie (Constrain rogue state courts; repeal your state constitution)
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LOL! =)

We have a word for such losers...

SHITs: self hating indian toadies...


19 posted on 05/31/2005 10:36:41 PM PDT by ekidsohbelaas
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Not really Sri Lanka, but make sure the Chinese don't blockade the arabina sea with their port-of-call in Pakistan...


20 posted on 05/31/2005 11:25:01 PM PDT by USMMA_83 (Tantra is my fetish ;))
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