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2011-08-10 China-Japan-Koreas

China's first aircraft carrier on maiden sea trials

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Posted by tu3031 2011-08-10 11:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Great! I'm sure our subs are delighted to at last have a worthy target.

Posted by gromky 2011-08-10 12:47|| 2011-08-10 12:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Gromky, can you e-mail me? Not rantburg related.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2011-08-10 15:27|| 2011-08-10 15:27|| Front Page Top

#3 If its like the crap I have to buy, the batteries will leak, the welds will delaminate, and the hull will rust within a year.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-10 17:10|| 2011-08-10 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 One does wonder if the Chinese make their own stuff any better than they make ours, swksvolFF.

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-10 18:42|| 2011-08-10 18:42|| Front Page Top

#5 the batteries will leak,...

Not to mention the sonar noise from constantly exploding capacitors.

Posted by SteveS 2011-08-10 18:59|| 2011-08-10 18:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Might those Caps be rated at 10 Farads or greater?

Thought so.

Build this monster if you must, and then weld it to the pier where it belongs.

Posted by Elminesh Black1962 2011-08-10 21:45|| 2011-08-10 21:45|| Front Page Top

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