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To: phoenix_004

I'm not gonna sweat it too much. Aside from the US and Great Britain, nobody has been able to float a true carrier since WW2. The Brits retired theirs in the 70's, and the Russian and French carriers are wrecks.


6 posted on 06/16/2005 6:20:06 AM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore) (I don't hate anybody, except the French....)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

You,re right.
And carrier operations are no snap.


8 posted on 06/16/2005 6:34:06 AM PDT by ProudVet77 (NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
Actually, Brazil and India have been effectively operating carriers for quite a number of years. China has navalized versions of the SU-27 and is rumored to be training pilots on an airstrip of the size of a flight deck. However, it will take them until 2015 to learn carrier ops as it's not as easy as it sounds.
10 posted on 06/16/2005 6:54:31 AM PDT by aegiscg47
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