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To: Non-Sequitur
"You do not advertise your capabilities to your opponent."

There are reasons why you might: to introduce the element of uncertainty for one. Planners must now weigh more heavily the possibility of losing a carrier to a Chinese sub against taking a hard line on the independence of Taiwan.

72 posted on 11/09/2007 6:58:10 PM PST by PUGACHEV
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To: PUGACHEV
There are reasons why you might: to introduce the element of uncertainty for one.

None that make sense. This didn't introduce uncertainty, it was an eye opener. The U.S. is taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. If this was deliberate then the Chinese just gave away their capabilities.

79 posted on 11/09/2007 7:16:00 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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