Chinese Land Fighter Jet on Carrier

[Trapper John]

CNN is reporting that the Chinese have reported the successful landing of a fighter jet on refurbished Soviet style aircraft carrier. This does not bode well.

The foreign policy void that is being created by the reluctance/inability of the current administration is going to be filled and it would appear that the Chinese have designs on that role.

And Obama wants to nominate Rice for SOS and Kerry for SOD

[SF18C]

Well if anyone would know what the ChiComs are doing I would put money on CNN!

[The Reaper]

Great.

Now let's see them do it at night with a loaded deck, under all weather conditions, tactically.

I guess you have to crawl first though.

TR

[Ambush Master]

As I have personally witnessed numerous times, you can "Land" many things in/on "Places" that you can't get them out of!!!

Later
Martin

[Fox1371]

Due to the fact that they're obviously still in the crawl stage, I'm really not concerned about this at all. If they want to land planes on old Soviet rust buckets, by all means. I'm sure that our Naval fleet would love the opportunity to get into a fight with that carrier.

[Destrier]

Originally Posted by Fox1371

Due to the fact that they're obviously still in the crawl stage, I'm really not concerned about this at all. If they want to land planes on old Soviet rust buckets, by all means. I'm sure that our Naval fleet would love the opportunity to get into a fight with that carrier.

That would be the Navy we are downsizing.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Destrier

That would be the Navy we are downsizing.

Perhaps it will be a case of "right-sizing"...

Richard

[Destrier]

Sir, I am perhaps, more cynical than you

I hope your right however.

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by Richard

Perhaps it will be a case of "right-sizing"...

Richard

Time will tell, and eventually, hindsight is 20/20.

TR

[CSB]

Aircraqft carrier?

No, it couldn't be an aircraft carrier. It was sold to a group of investors in China to be made into a floating casino.

Why, they said it had no military purpose at all.

Can't be an aircraft carrier, unless the Chinese were lying.

[Richard]

Disinformation -

And from that carrier landing nex-gen of wannabe world landlords:

Chinese Paper Congratulates Kim Jong Un On Being Named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ By The Onion

In a hilarious if increasingly common example of a real newspaper taking a satirical newspaper seriously, the People's Daily—the website for the Communist Party of China's newspaper—published a story on Tuesday congratulating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on being named 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive" by the Onion.

"U.S. website The Onion has named North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un as the 'Sexiest Man Alive' for the year 2012," the story announces before quoting the Onion's sarcastic write-up:

"With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true. Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile," it said.

"He has that rare ability to somehow be completely adorable and completely macho at the same time," said Marissa Blake-Zweiber, editor of the Onion Style and Entertainment.

The accompanying 55-page slideshow includes images of Kim in varying degrees of sexiness—riding a horse, posing with military leaders, aiming a rifle, riding a horse and, uh, riding a horse.

Of course, this isn't the first time the Onion's sarcasm has been lost in translation.

In September 2011, Capitol Police in Washington were forced to investigate after the Onion's Twitter feed teased a satirical article—"Congress Takes Group of Schoolchildren Hostage"—with a series of tweets proclaiming breaking news of a hostage situation inside the Capitol building.

A month later, the Onion caused real confusion when it published a satirical story—"Study Finds Every Style of Parenting Produces Disturbed, Miserable Adults"—that cited the California Parenting Institute in its findings.

The real institute was soon deluged with emails and phone calls from concerned residents.

And in September, Iranian news agency Fars plagiarized an Onion story that claimed an "overwhelming majority of rural white Americans" would prefer Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over President Barack Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...144736602.html

And so it goes...

Richard

[Trapper John]

Richard-

Laughing myself silly over the Onion story Where has critical thinking gone? No damn wonder we are getting ourselves into a mess. Doesn't anyone realize that 99% of the crap Tweeted on Twitter comes from Twits?

Great post though {Salute}

[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?

[Sigaba]

The U.S. Naval War College's China Maritime Institute's web page is here.

Links on the right side of the webpage include ones leading to publications by the institute itself as well articles printed in relevant publications, and books written by the institute's faculty members.