China Pursuing Aircraft Carrier Construction
Speaking of aircraft carriers in China (see previous story), the International Herald Tribune wonders when China will commission an aircraft carrier of its own:
The two 50,000-metric-ton conventionally powered carriers now under development for Britain’s Royal Navy are expected to cost a minimum of $2.5 billion each. To outfit them with aircraft could cost that much again.
And, aircraft carriers do not operate alone. They need a fleet of warships, submarines and supply vessels along with advanced electronic surveillance for support and protection.
For these reasons, most experts assumed a Chinese carrier was decades away.
But after double-digit increases in defense spending over much of the past 15 years, evidence is now emerging that China has a more ambitious timetable.
Which is why I do my absolute best to boycott goods made in China, even when shopping at Chinamart Walmart.
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every country has right to built whatever is feasible for their defence
If I thought that this was about defence then I wouldn’t be worried. But it’s not. It’s about attacking Tawain. It’s about missiles pointed at L.A.
Who’s going to attack China? If they are worried about something, it should be the collapse of their banking system, poisoning their environment or, God willing, revolution from within.