From: Steve & Jeannie Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Sat May 15 2004 - 10:00:58 PDT
Combined with this that you only need a carrier force for certain things...
They can challenge us in many other ways and they can use proxy's
This IS the Chinese century and wo to anyone who gets in their way!
An interesting book: "The Coming War With China" is quite a read.
The one thing in our favor is that maybe we will be such a big trading
partner that they cannot afford to hurt us too badly. Of course by then
we will all be either money manupliators or burger flippers!
If you read some of the trade journals, things are crazy in China with
the builduing that is going on for roads, infrastructure and factorys.
Banks are lending money with very few controls (possible crash?) but
they don't seem to care. Things are booming!
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fuel price and China
> Their lack of a carrier
> force really hinders their ability to challenge
> us. You don't build a functional carrier force in
> a few years. It takes a decade or more.
>
> I dunno a bit over the sixty years ago the US went from about six carriers
to dozens in less than 5 years....and they were terribly effective and
functional. All it takes is unbridled determination and money. The US
today is so accustomed to the entangled budgetary debates, political
posturing and enviromental concerns that we have forgotten how much can be
accomplished in a short period of time without those encumberances.
>
> It is not unusual today for it to take 10-20 years for the United States
to field a new military vehicle. During WWII many designs went from
designing board to battlefield between 1942 and 1945-because it had to be
done and the nation wanted to do it. Some parts of the world still have this
shear determination-which coupled with an indifference to political
fallout-presents a formidable force.
>
> My .02,
> David Doyle
>
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