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Chinese launch first locally designed and built aircraft carrier.

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This gives China three aircraft carriers and the first that is probably roughly equivalent to U.S. supercarriers.

While this might seem to pale next to the 11 U.S. carriers, the U.S. Navy has to cover ocean in not only the Western Pacific but the Atlantic & Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea..
 
Dayton3 said:

This gives China three aircraft carriers and the first that is probably roughly equivalent to U.S. supercarriers.

While this might seem to pale next to the 11 U.S. carriers, the U.S. Navy has to cover ocean in not only the Western Pacific but the Atlantic & Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea..
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If it's built as well as my Samsung washing machine it will sink in a month or less.
 
Equipped with the latest weaponry and aircraft-launch technology, the Type 003 ship’s capabilities are thought to rival those of Western carriers
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I am extremely skeptical of this claim.
 
Gateman_Wen said:
That's LG. Samsung is a chinese company with international presence and manufacturing in a wide selection of countries.
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Meanwhile, democrats around here have been yapping about slashing the military size and funding and why do we need all the aircraft carrier fleets that we have.
 
BirdinHand said:
Meanwhile, democrats around here have been yapping about slashing the military size and funding and why do we need all the aircraft carrier fleets that we have.
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I am sure one of our aircraft carriers is worth four of theirs. There is no valid concern here.
 
BirdinHand said:
Meanwhile, democrats around here have been yapping about slashing the military size and funding and why do we need all the aircraft carrier fleets that we have.
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We can probably slash our budget by a third and not effect our military capabilities at all, just by re-prioritizing which areas are getting funding.
 
tacomancer said:
I am sure one of our aircraft carriers is worth four of theirs. There is no valid concern here.
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Plus we have more than the rest of the world combined...nevermind that many of those other carriers are controlled by our direct allies. It isn't just China and the US. It's China (and maybe Russia) and like basically every major military power and the US.

Remember, even countries that aren't really allies with the US don't like China, like India. The idea that China could militarily threaten us is absurd.
 
Nomad4Ever said:
We can probably slash our budget by a third and not effect our military capabilities at all, just by re-prioritizing which areas are getting funding.
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I wouldn't go quite to 1/3. Perhaps 1/5 or 1/4. There is room...but the decisions would need to be very strategic and planned.
 
BirdinHand said:
I wouldn't go quite to 1/3. Perhaps 1/5 or 1/4. There is room...but the decisions would need to be very strategic and planned.
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BirdinHand said:
Meanwhile, democrats around here have been yapping about slashing the military size and funding and why do we need all the aircraft carrier fleets that we have.
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You were saying?
 
BirdinHand said:
I'm glad you're so confident.
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We have 70 years experience with aircraft operations aboard an aircraft carrier. China does not. One report I read several months ago said that during an exercise with one of their carriers they were only able to launch 1 aircraft every 15 minutes. Carriers are just big floating targets if they can’t adequately utilize the aircraft they have onboard.
 
BirdinHand said:
I'm glad you're so confident.
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We really don't have anything to worry about (at least when it comes to aircraft carriers).
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Every single one of these countries (except for Russia) would side with the US in a conflict against China. That's like 40 aircraft carriers to 6. Honestly all that matters are the US, British, French, Japanese, and Korean ones. The other countries are kinda irrelevant here.
 
Dayton3 said:
How so?
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There is absolutely no reason to believe the Chinese aircraft carrier is as operationally effective as existing US carriers, never mind the latest USS Ford class carrier that would be the most equivalent to the Chinese one in the sense that they are both the most advanced each country has and are still being tested.
 
Nomad4Ever said:
There is absolutely no reason to believe the Chinese aircraft carrier is as operationally effective as existing US carriers, never mind the latest USS Ford class carrier that would be the most equivalent to the Chinese one in the sense that they are both the most advanced each country has and are still being tested.
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Not as effective? Sure. Perhaps only half as effective as a U.S. carrier. Maybe.

But so ineffective that ONE U.S carrier would be as effective as FOUR of these Chinese carriers? No way. No way.
 
Has anyone given any thought as to where the chinese might park these boats?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04...n-security-pact-says-chinese-foreig/101000530
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced the agreement in Beijing on Tuesday evening, saying it would involve China cooperating with Honiara on maintaining social order, protecting people's safety, aid, combating natural disasters and helping safeguard national security.

Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs Minister Jeremiah Manele confirmed the signing of the pact to the ABC in a text message.
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