Tuesday, July 17, 2012

China Has Grandiose Ambitions For Their Next Aircraft Carrier


How Will China Use Her New Aircraft Carrier? -- Blog Critics

According to Chinese sources, China is building a new aircraft carrier which will be a marvel of war technology. This is not the first time that Chinese military hardware innovation has surprised military analysts with its formidable technical excellence. Notwithstanding that, the new marine war machine is much more significant, and scary, than any Chinese previous achievement except production of the nuclear bomb. As this carrier’s technical capability and political implications of its deployment are interrelated, I would like to briefly review them both.

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My Comment: The Chinese certainly have grandiose dreams when it comes to having aircraft carriers .... even having (one day) an aircraft carrier group in the Mediterranean. But we should not discount them so readily .... the Chinese have a long history of looking ahead and developing plans for the next 5, 10, 20 years .... and they have a nasty habit of delivering these goals.

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