Quite. When equipped right the amount of stuff that they are able to put on the ground is very awesome. Actually that's one of the requirements for the new LCS - landing control ships - basically a vtol and helicopter carrier that has a humanitarian mission added to the requirements.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > and besides combat, the use of a carrier task group, especially the > nuke powered carrier, when applied to a problem like an earthquake in > the Caribbean or a tsunami in Asia, is truly awesome. > > big-ass carrot AND stick in one. > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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:356400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
