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2023-03-20 Home Front: Politix

As China's Blue-Water Navy Continues Massive Expansion, US Navy Secretary Says Climate Is His 'Top Priority'

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Posted by Fred 2023-03-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top
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#1 And the Pronouns™, remember the weaponized Self-Identified Pronouns!

Posted by magpie 2023-03-20 02:20|| 2023-03-20 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Here's the thing - if we went to war with China, we'd probably break the PLAN by the time things were finished.

The trouble is that the USN would probably be broken too. Nowhere near enough shipbuilding facilities exist to repair everything that would be damaged, and it would take decades to do it at a cost that would end any new vessel procurement that wasn't already under construction. When it was all over - depending on how many ships were moved in from the Atlantic - we could realistically be looking at a half ocean fleet or less in each ocean.

But we know our fu@king pronouns, so there's that.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-03-20 06:53|| 2023-03-20 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 ..don't forget China's merchant fleet will be devastated and ports emptied of traffic for a foreseeable future. With the American Navy down, piracy, both private and government sponsored with a veil of deniability, will make a return with a vengeance.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-20 09:36|| 2023-03-20 09:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Given the past few years, navigation and conning might be better fits....

Posted by Mercutio 2023-03-20 10:01|| 2023-03-20 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The trouble is that the USN would probably be broken too.
Remember Pearl Harbor? I expect the first six (6) hours to be very, very ugly. Chinese "auxiliary tuna fishermen" launching homing torpedoes, container ships launching cruise missiles, and plenty of sabotage (physical and cyberspace) world wide. Then the US will get to fight back and the Real World™ isn't a Tom Clancy techno-thriller ...and no I don't see the "inscrutable Wogs" as ten-foot high supermen.

Posted by magpie 2023-03-20 10:19|| 2023-03-20 10:19|| Front Page Top

#6 After such a war (may it never happen) gerbilism will be well and truly dead and most survivors will not care about what is going on two counties over let alone across an ocean.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-20 10:25|| 2023-03-20 10:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Many, many ships. Far fewer mega-ports.
With the last decade of supply-chain issues, I can only imagine naval containment strategies have shifted to target load and offload distribution and refueling points.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-20 11:02|| 2023-03-20 11:02|| Front Page Top

#8 With all those ships destroyed we would be able to redirect the funding to things we Americans actually need.

Aircraft carriers so that we can bully other countries far from us aren't one of them.

Posted by Hupung Untervehr9838 2023-03-20 12:03|| 2023-03-20 12:03|| Front Page Top

#9 ..but great for disaster relief. Immediate on site airfield, recon, several multiple medical operating station, extensive communications, helo support for areas lacking ground access, generous supply of short term food relief, desalination plant producing incredible amount of potable water, and centralized communications arrays.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-20 12:31|| 2023-03-20 12:31|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't think our anonymous troll cares about anything other than making America weak

Posted by Frank G 2023-03-20 12:39|| 2023-03-20 12:39|| Front Page Top

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