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China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 15 2019, @03:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the The-bigger-they-are dept.

Chocolate writes:

Who's is bigger? Russia or the good old US of A? Do we need to get out the measuring tape? Maybe we do, after China completes what looks to be the latest generation naval defense: the Type 002 aircraft carrier that is currently under construction in a floodable dry dock. Tinfoil hatters among us will be glad to hear that updates of the progress for the construction of this mighty vessel come from satellite imagery. Now that battleships are pretty much obsolete with maybe carriers to follow this latest addition to China's growing fleet may just be an expensive showboat.

Entry for the carrier on Wikipedia.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @01:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @01:37AM (#844064)

    This thing is made in china. That alone is reason enough to believe it will sink 30 mins or less after it sets sail. This has chinese grade components made in china by the same chinese companies that shit out junk quality knockoffs for import to the USA while claiming its the genuine article.

      If the Chinese had 100 of them, I have doubts theu could really go toe to toe with a small patrol boat from the US Navy such as the USS Hurricane. Forget about a full carrier group with weapons designed to hit a target 1000s of miles away with the force of a small A-bomb.