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| Surreal News Du Jour: Spain, Turkey To Jointly Build An Aircraft Carrier |
| 2014-02-13 |
| ..the snark is pretty good.. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #10 Actually Pappy, the Forrestal was recently hauled off for scrap, after the USN paid a penny to the salvage company to take it away. pretty sad thing, it could have had a second life as John McCain's Senatorial Library, complete with replica Skyhawks. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-02-13 23:03 |
| #9 It's evidently a short-legged LPH. Nothing to sneeze at tho. But yikes, that's a lot of money. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-02-13 17:36 |
| #8 Don't we have some in wet storage we could sell them? Oh yeah, it was just hauled off for scrap! The term used is "mothballs" but yes, yer correct. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-13 12:35 |
| #7 Is this Med Union stuff? Who woke up with the idea? Can't wait to see the video: 'Ere, hold my Sangria. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-02-13 11:56 |
| #6 They should name it after the last ruler they shared: Justinian. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-02-13 11:49 |
| #5 Don't we have some in wet storage we could sell them? Oh yeah, it was just hauled off for scrap! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-02-13 11:30 |
| #4 If it functions along the lines of the recent Spanish submarine debacle, all I say is I hope somebody video's this. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-02-13 07:12 |
| #3 will take 5 years and about $1B to build (not counting bribes and similar fees) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-02-13 05:31 |
| #2 See also GROONG > TURKEY'S PROPOSED AIRCRAFT CARRIER COULD ALTER THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. * WAFF > TURKEY TO CONTROL THE MANAGEMENT OF [post-UKRAINE] CRIMEAN PENINSULA | [Hurriyet News] IFF UKRAINE FRAGMENTS [breaks up], TURKEY HAS RIGHT TO CRIMEA. versus * GROONG > TURKOLOGIST: KURDISH AUTONOMY [State] IN SYRIA, TURKEY IS PAYING THE PRICE FOR PM ERDOGAN'S [Geopol = "Great Power"] ADVENTURISM. D *** NG IT, TURKEY = IRAN + PAKISTAN [Saudis? Egypt?] AREN' THE ONLY ONE(S) WHOM ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ISLAMIC SUPERPOWERS [Nuclear]!? * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > FROM "EUROPE'S BRIC" [+ 'Next Superpower"], TURKEY BECOMING ANOTHER "SICK MAN OF THE MIDDLE EAST" [again = "Sick Man of Europe"?] | TURKISH FINANCIAL CRISIS ADDS TO REGION'S CHAOS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-02-13 01:37 |
| #1 In the Third Millennium, we have reached a point where it is no longer possible to distinguish between news of the day and the latest from The Onion. I am not sure what this portends for humanity, but I suspect we are boned. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-02-13 00:32 |