China for the first time reveals aircraft carrier plan

[Still a Democrat]

Source: The Hindu

The Chinese government has for the first time officially revealed that it has launched a programme to build an aircraft carrier, an already widely-known project that has recently stirred debate over China’s naval intentions and capabilities.

A report released this year by the State Oceanic Administration said China’s progress had even been quicker than expected, with the first Chinese-made carrier set to be ready in 2014, a year ahead of the schedule.

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Read more: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article959162.ece

[COLGATE4]

1. The world power of the 21st Century - China.

[spin]

2. Maybe we could buy our next aircraft carrier from them ...

Hell we outsource everything else.

[Arctic Dave]

3. It would not surprise me if they did.

They could build the structure and we would just outfit the hardware. After all, all those union ship builders are destroying America.

[Pavulon]

4. China can fuck up drinking glasses and milk, I would prefer my vessels bath built..

just sayin' nothing wrong with union labor.

[Arctic Dave]

5. Are you not the one who post that China can make anything they want to order?

It all depends on the amount of money and skill you want used on it. Now you are saying they are a bunch of fuck ups?

[Pavulon]

6. umm no, I am the person who uses a coffee maker as an example

of something that china can perpetually fuck up. China makes walmart trash and plastic dog shit. If you want a reactor pressure vessel or a turbofan you do NOT buy that from china.

Can you buy a Chinese regulator for scuba? if you could, would you?

[Arctic Dave]

7. They seem to making a lot of our wind turbines.

I believe they are making nuke plants too.

[Pavulon]

10. But they are not working at those plants. Westinghouse and GE

do not source any parts from china, last i saw (been a while). I know for SURE no naval propulsion components are made there.

[Arctic Dave]

12. I'm reading they source a lot of the components but they don't have

intellectual rights on them.

They are knock offs of the French reactors.

[Pavulon]

13. Westinghouse sold them the AP1000 but not the design.

they had to put up lots of cash as Westinghouse knew they would commie clone it.

No us reactors are using chinese parts in the loop.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. The Bath Yard doesn't build Aircraft Carriers.

In fact, they never have.

All the Carriers in the US fleet these days are built in Newport News, VA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Newport_News

[Pavulon]

11. I am aware bath does not build aircraft carriers. "bath built"

was a compliment of a vessel.

[ChumbawambaFan]

20. You assume that was an unintentional 'fuck up'. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. They can build all the Aircraft Carriers they want.....

Understanding how to properly operate them, including safe and coordinated flight deck operations is a learned skill that has taken the US literally decades to perfect. And we do have it pretty much down pat.

We have been operating them for something like 70 years. That kind of experience isn't replicated just by simply building the boat and putting airplanes and a crew on it.

[Cirque du So-What]

14. There are only two types of combatant naval vessels

Submarines and targets. Aircraft carriers are an anachronism in today's ocean-going environment.

[uncle ray]

15. wouldn't it be easier to just repo a couple?

[Kaleva]

16. US navy countering with developement of the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile

[bemildred]

17. See, they are just as stupid as we are. nt

[harun]

18. Can we sell them ours, or do they technically already own them?

[bemildred]

22. Excellent idea, reduce the deficit. nt

[Turbineguy]

19. Thanks to the US,

they can afford it.

They should name it the "CPS Walton"

[rug]

21. Paid for by Walmart and the US Treasury.