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China-Japan-Koreas
East Asian waters to be US aircraft carrier-free for a time
2014-12-07
TOKYO -- Defense policymakers in Japan and the U.S. are privately voicing concern about the total absence of U.S. aircraft carriers from East Asian waters for four months next year.
So the Japanese should build one. Or three. Or follow Hagel's advice and put in enough long-time shore-based weapons to make the waters around them theirs for a thousand miles...
Posted by:Shinenter Thrasing1575

#7  I'd call one City of Nanking just so the message was clear. I realize the ChiComs are looking to settle some old scores, but I fear traditional mainland conceit might be getting the better of them.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-12-07 19:18  

#6  Soryu (Blue Dragon) already taken as class name for new Submarines.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-12-07 17:59  

#5  Fixing a typo: Kaga.
Posted by: JFM   2014-12-07 15:13  

#4  One. OR there. Or six. And call them Akagi, Kafa, Hyryu, Soryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku.
Posted by: JFM   2014-12-07 15:11  

#3  It would cost more to refuel USS Enterprise (and do other non-discretionary repairs) than to build a new aircraft carrier, or so I am told. It was not designed to ever be refueled.
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-12-07 13:50  

#2  There's a reason the Japanese are so interested in the F35. Its sort of right behind acquiring nukes in making Japan's neighbors nervous.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-07 10:20  

#1  If the Chinese can retrofit a Russian ACC, why not sell the Enterprise to Japan?
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-12-07 00:36  

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