Probably last week - there's an aircraft carrier on station for airstrikes in Afghanistan. But carriers are very useful, its just not the one ship, its also the 2 cruisers, about 5 to 8 destroyers, and the same number of frigates. There's typically 2 or 3 hunter-killer nuclear subs escorting the battle group. There's there's all the support ships and their escorts. Its a very powerful force that has more firepower than many nations. Every time one of the carrier groups from the 7th fleet go out into the yellow sea the chinese has fits.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > When is the last time an aircraft carrier was used in combat? > > Perhaps the Chinese bought it for PR value, which seems to be what our > carriers are for these days as well. Saber rattling and all that. > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Its a rusted Kirov class hulk. Some Chinese speculator originally >> bought it from the Russians as a floating casino. The PLA navy thought >> it would be a good idea to buy it. I think that in a couple of years >> the guy who came up with that solution will be tending cabbages in >> some re-education farm. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356390 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
