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| Kitty Hawk to multinational group? |
| 2009-07-16 |
| China's secret construction of six aircraft-carriers is now out in the open and its aggressive expansion is scaring its neighbours. The only country that can theoretically contain it is the US, but under Obama and waning domestic support in the US for solitary military campaigns, especially against a powerful enemy, support is quickly fading so they cannot be expected to intervene. The Austral-Asian region, therefore, needs to strengthen up in groups like IONS. It needs to leave behind its history, its differences and come up with creative solutions. One such suggestion is that the Quadrilateral (Quad) Initiative countries (Australia, Japan, India and the US) should band together and operate the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk that the US decommissioned in January 2009. If China's growth is really peaceful as it claims, then it should feel no threat because getting four diverse countries to agree on a particular course of action will be inherently difficult. Great pic of the KH in Sydney Harbour at link. One could give it to India for $1 plus the cost of re-commissioning. Australia can't afford it and Japan can't own a carrier. See the interview that follows the paragraphs at the link -- very interesting. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 Hell of an idea. And practical too. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-07-16 11:54 |
| #6 Just paint it pink and rename it the Hello Kitty Would be a perfect match for their semensip recruiting video. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-07-16 10:03 |
| #5 Japan can't own a carrier. Riiight. Only destroyers. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-07-16 08:46 |
| #4 Japan can't own a carrier. Just paint it pink and rename it the Hello Kitty (groan). No one could ever accuse it of being a weapon of military aggression and keep a straight face. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-16 08:07 |
| #3 This is a good idea in concept, but one little phrase makes it reeeeeally difficult in practice..."eight 1200-PSI boilers". The US Navy purged the 1200-PSI plant from the entire surface fleet almost a generation ago, for damn good reason. During my own naval service in the mid 1970's, my ship was often referred to as "Building 7" for its incapacitating propulsion-system casualties. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-07-16 01:11 |
| #2 HMMMM, HMMMM, so IOW OWG-NWO STARFLEET COMMAND'S FIRST "STARSHIP" twas actually a sea-going, former USN Aircraft Carrier, AND NOT THE USS ENTERPRISE??? That sound you're hearing are the loud cries of "HERESY, HERESY, WE SAY!" from Milyuhns and Zilyuhns and Rilyuhns of "STAR TREK" Series' Fans. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-16 00:23 |
| #1 We should probably let Israel use Kitty Hawk for a year or two first. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-07-16 00:19 |
