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China Has Militarized Seafarers Says US Navy Report
gCaptain ^
| May 20, 2022
| John Konrad
Posted on 05/20/2022 4:23:35 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Over the many years of reporting maritime news, the idea that China could militarize its commercial maritime fleet has been dismissed by most of the shipping community, but a new report published by the US Naval War College shows that this is not only a possibility but has already been accomplished. This report comes weeks after a CSIS report detailed how China militarized its commercial shipyards.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: annphillips; china; civmar; commandantphillips; johnkonrad; logistics; marad; maritimeservice; markbuzby; usmerchantmarine
Can US Ships Even Get To China In A Fight? And that’s if the US Navy can even get to the fight. In March US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin issued an order to close the massive Red Hill ship bunker fuel tanks in Hawaii after they leaked, poisoning the local water supply. In doing these sources tell us he did not discuss the problem or develop working solutions, with the help of US Maritime Administration or US Merchant Marine Captains. Had he done that US Merchant Marine experts say refueling US Navy ships in a conflict is nearly impossible. Impossible considering the age and status of the United State’s Military Sealift Command tanker fleet, which are the ships responsible for at-sea refueling of both ships and aircraft. Shipbuilding experts find it very unlikely that Austin will be able to find the funding or the shipyards need to build a fleet of merchant tankers with “equally advanced and resilient fueling capability.”
You had better watch out China!
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To: artichokegrower
“With charity toward none, and monkey pox for all.”
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posted on
05/20/2022 4:27:43 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: artichokegrower
Taiwan needs to be prepared to sink 16,000 ships and boats.
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posted on
05/20/2022 4:30:01 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: artichokegrower
Ok. Well then, don’t build another Carrier. Then one could build all the tankers one pleases. If one were competent.
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posted on
05/20/2022 4:34:26 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: artichokegrower
Imagine 1000s of shipping tankers EACH with shipping container missiles? Imagine a scenario where we have a “supply chain crisis” where 1000s of these ships with thousands of missiles are sitting idle, totally surrounding the USA? Imagine if these shipping containers are transported all over each and every corner of the US ready to launch at any time?
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
05/20/2022 4:58:41 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:03:16 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Come back, President Trump.)
To: artichokegrower
Deeper in the article, we find the usual short-sighted dissing by the established military branches of important assets like the Merchant Marine, which was in the thick of the fighting during World War II.
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:07:09 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: artichokegrower
This is the type of training that has not been provided to US Merchant Mariners since the US Maritime Administration closed down the Global Maritime and Transportation School in 2012. Under Obama. This plan to downsize and degrade US power has been underway for a long time.
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:07:45 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: Alas Babylon!
Those “mines” look like torpedoes to me.
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:18:55 PM PDT
by
jonrick46
(Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.))
To: artichokegrower
Its just mindboggling how idiotic people are
Of course their shipping is
They are a SOCIALIST country!!!!!!
Good gravy people.
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:40:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: jonrick46
The original torpedos we’re mines.
“Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead”
Admiral David Farragut
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
To: RedMonqey
Our RUR-5 ASROCa were able to launch torpedoes as well as depth charges. The depth charges were actually tactical nukes. China is going to have real trouble if they think they can get by the U.S. Navy with what we have now.
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posted on
05/20/2022 5:59:41 PM PDT
by
jonrick46
(Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.))
To: Alas Babylon!
“We need to make thousands of them.”
Yes, we do.
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posted on
05/20/2022 6:17:51 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: kiryandil
“Deeper in the article, we find the usual short-sighted dissing by the established military branches of important assets like the Merchant Marine, which was in the thick of the fighting during World War II.”
Most don’t realize it but in WWII the US Merchant Marine sustained more casualties per capita than any other branch of service.
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posted on
05/20/2022 6:19:24 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: ought-six
Most don’t realize it but in WWII the US Merchant Marine sustained more casualties per capita than any other branch of service.PQ 17.
I have the book Bloody Winter, by John Waters Jr.
Back in '97, we freepers actually helped get M. Larry Lawrence dug up out of Arlington and shipped back to California over a case of stolen valor involving the Merchant Marine during WW II.
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posted on
05/20/2022 6:43:27 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Captainpaintball
Imagine all the people....
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
05/20/2022 7:07:17 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: jonrick46
But they’re feverishly working on their building program while we’re putting urinals in women’s bathrooms.
This won’t end well.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:18:11 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
To: Secret Agent Man
Elaine Chao’s daddy to Mitch McC is not much of a national security leap.
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posted on
05/21/2022 4:47:25 AM PDT
by
rx
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