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2008-07-26 China-Japan-Koreas

China's East Sea Fleet now has a shortage of submarine docks.

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Posted by 3dc 2008-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 And if it gets into a shooting war, San Diego is going to have a surplus of aircraft carrier docks.

Posted by gromky 2008-07-26 01:21|| 2008-07-26 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh yeah, and Xiangshan is right near where I live. The HQ of the entire East Sea Fleet is about 20 minutes away. :)

Posted by gromky 2008-07-26 01:23|| 2008-07-26 01:23|| Front Page Top

#3 hmmm that's certainly within the blast radius

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-07-26 07:14|| 2008-07-26 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Question: all our attack submarines are listed as having Mark 48 torpedoes. However, against Chinese submarines, wouldn't it be better to use Mark 54-LHT torpedoes?

What's the scoop?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-26 10:19|| 2008-07-26 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Antisubmarine warfare doesn't get anyone promotions.

Posted by gromky 2008-07-26 10:58|| 2008-07-26 10:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Anonymoose,

The Mark 54 is an air-dropped weapon, not a submarine-launched weapon.

Posted by Waldemar Omusomp5079 2008-07-26 11:22|| 2008-07-26 11:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Antisubmarine warfare doesn't get anyone promotions.

Welcome to the current Navy. It's almost like the Air Force. Give 'em a couple of years.

Posted by Pappy 2008-07-26 11:57|| 2008-07-26 11:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Waldemar: I suppose my question is for US submarine vs enemy submarine in more littoral areas, isn't the MK48 less functional?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-26 14:15|| 2008-07-26 14:15|| Front Page Top

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