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| 2019-10-18 |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #14 "I'd guess a decade or more of service before a military gets the kind of knowledge" Is there anything about our operations they don't know already? All they need is practice. |
| Posted by: james 2019-10-18 22:58 |
| #13 The PRC does have the advantage that they are steadily building all of the support ships to fill a Carrier Battle Group. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-18 17:16 |
| #12 China has a long way to go before their carriers are much of a threat in a war. They'll get the hang of it. And it will come as a nasty surprise when they do. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-10-18 13:39 |
| #11 I'd guess a decade or more of service before a military gets the kind of knowledge necessary for any kind of real operations. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-18 12:21 |
| #10 Seconded as well, the Chinese sure know how to goose step when they march! |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-18 11:22 |
| #9 Seconded. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-10-18 11:07 |
| #8 #7 - Early Snark O' The Day nominee |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-18 09:46 |
| #7 Why can't we have some Chinese marching music with that imagery ? The NBA won't release the copyright Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-18 09:11 |
| #6 Why can't we have some Chinese marching music with that imagery ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-18 09:05 |
| #5 This'll be one of those carriers with that funny looking jump ramp at one end? That's so cute. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-10-18 09:03 |
| #4 Yea, but all the big boys have deathstars, Darth, so we must get one to. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-18 09:03 |
| #3 Unless they have a good carrier operation tradition to go along with it, they are giant targets. What makes the US, UK and French carriers so deadly is the very heavy tempo of operations they can maintain for a long time. Days and even weeks of constant air sorties and strikes. Other nations that have carriers can't keep up the tempo and don't have the operational knowledge to do a heavy tempo safely. Not to mention the damage control training, special hardening of vital areas, etc. China has a long way to go before their carriers are much of a threat in a war. Strike, maybe. War, no. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-10-18 09:00 |
| #2 Aircraft carriers allow you to project power around the world in the form of fighter jets. Only a few nations have the ability: the USA, British, French, Chinese, Russians, Indians, and to a much lesser extent Italians and Spanish. Portable air superiority is quite useful and not to be despised. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-10-18 00:56 |
| #1 Nothing but a gigantic target for subs. Repeating Germany's mistake with the Kriegsmarine. Large capital ships are a complete waste. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-18 00:33 |