[Divemaster]

Think Japan in the 1930s. Both they and us were laying flight decks over re-purposed ships then. Back in the 90s I had a professor tell my class that the 21st century would be China's century just as the 20th was America's. The USA seems to work on a four year election cycle. I suspect China has a 50 and 100 year plan. They don't worry about the next election. How far out does our country plan for our national future and survival? Does anyone else remember when both major American political parties put the nation first? So, yeah, today China landing a plane on a ship is no big deal. But who thought that when Eugen Ely landed on the USS Pennsylvania in 1911 that we would have carrier battle groups 30 years later and would rule the seas for 70 years more?