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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:31 AM Original message |
China's first aircraft carrier 'starts sea trials' |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Our future overlords are preparing well. nt |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I for one, welcome our Chinese overlords. Hopefully they will bring chicken with black bean sauce. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Meh. That class of vessel doesn't have the capabilities of US carriers. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah it's mainly for training their fleet in carrier ops |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. True. The thing is, if they ever really want to be a serious threat to our carrier fleet... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. They're working on a couple of diesel carriers. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. There was a small time navy launching dreadnoughts |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. They bought it for only $20 million |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. It is also probably part of their empty builds economic plans to keep |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. If they build carriers the way they build cars.... |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Bentonville has sea trials. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Seriously they should name it the SS Sam Walton's Kids |
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