Yup, they can tie up, provide electricity, medical services, all kinds of humanitarian stuff besides breaking shit and killing people. On Oct 23, 2012 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:356416 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
