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To: TobagoJack who wrote (56942)12/5/2004 3:57:21 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559
 
A usd1 million missile (Exocet 1960s vintage technology) can sink a usd3 billion aircraft carrier)



To: TobagoJack who wrote (56942)12/5/2004 5:02:45 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 74559
 
Re: the carriers are dinosaurs, and expensive too

The expense is good for bankrupting the U.S. This is a well-known goal of certain Republican "intellectuals" such as Grover Norquist.

While the carriers may be obsolete in terms of a World War scenario, they do play a very effective role in punishing, pummelling and/or intimidating any nation on the planet that may think about getting out of line with American imperial ambition.



To: TobagoJack who wrote (56942)12/5/2004 3:13:36 PM
From: Canuck Dave  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559
 
Don't forget, it was a biplane that brought down the Bismark.

A single steam assisted launch from a destroyer. One torpedo, hit the rudder, and the pride of the German Navy became a sitting duck.

I like the sitting duck metaphor.

Quack!

Speaking of duck, as in Peking duck, don't forget to post your impressions of evolving China when you get back.

CD


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