[Newsbot]

Title: China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier
Category: Military
Posted By: martin14
Date: 2012-11-25 22:49:39

[martin14]

as if there was any doubt.


That's a good looking casino

[Freakinoldguy]

Good find.


So much for this Russian cast off becomming a casino or sinking during sea trials. Now all we need is for the Vietnamese to sink it using a Russian Sub.

[QBall]

An interesting story however this has nothing to do with the Toronto Argonauts crushing all who opposed them to become CFL champions. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!

[bootlegga]

I never doubted that the Chinese would use this as a carrier, but I doubt it'll ever be anything more than a testbed/training ship for China's own indigenous carriers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... /?page=all

Still, I doubt the USN has anything to worry about from this rustbucket, let alone any future carriers China plans on building. It'll take at least a generation of serious training to develop the skills and equipment to field a fully functional carrier and its supporting battlegroup.

No, the biggest worry for the USN is Us governmental finances, which could leave the cupboard bare for a time when they DO have to worry about a Chinese blue water navy.

[herbie]

Panic, panic! Now we have to defend more than Billy's sandbox from them tunneling through the Earth!

[EyeBrock]

I'm sure every SSN in the USN and RN has the silhouette of this boat pasted right next to the 'fire' button of its torpedo/SLCM array.

Still, the Chinese are definitely arming up.

[martin14]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

I'm sure every SSN in the USN and RN has the silhouette of this boat pasted right next to the 'fire' button of its torpedo/SLCM array.

Still, the Chinese are definitely arming up.

'borrowed' from an Aussie friend


Carrier is big enough, they'll need two.






MK-48 TORPEDO
One torpedo lifted this ship out of the water.
Hold on to your seat and view the Attachment footage where a single torpedo does deadly damage. It's a US made (non nuclear) torpedo that is in use today.
Very precise, very accurate and very powerful.
The clip shows an Australian Navy submarine doing a live torpedo practice shot on one of their decommissioned ships. They used a MK-48 torpedo which is not a contact weapon. It is designed to go off directly underneath the ship at about 50 feet under the keel. The effect is devastating as you can see from the video. This lethal weapon can break the back of ships much larger than the one shown in this video. They don't have a chance of survival.

[xerxes]

I imagine a few of these will do the trick as well..

[Xort]

Good thing China agreed they wouldn't use it for military purposes.

[martin14]

Xort Xort:

Good thing China agreed they wouldn't use it for military purposes.

Yeah, the same way they agreed it was going to be a casino.

[BartSimpson]

martin14 martin14:

Xort Xort:

Good thing China agreed they wouldn't use it for military purposes.

Yeah, the same way they agreed it was going to be a casino.

It is a casino. After all, they're betting that they can steal the whole South China Sea with this thing.

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

martin14 martin14:

Xort Xort:

Good thing China agreed they wouldn't use it for military purposes.

Yeah, the same way they agreed it was going to be a casino.

It is a casino. After all, they're betting that they can steal the whole South China Sea with this thing.

I'll take Japanese subs over a Chinese carrier any day;

$1:

Although Japan’s military spending has been shrinking, the military budget is, by many measures, the sixth largest in the world. In keeping with its pacifist stance, Japan has none of the long-range missiles, nuclear submarines or large aircraft carriers necessary for projecting real power. But its diesel-powered subs are considered the best of their type in the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/world ... d=fb-share

[ShepherdsDog]

Japan, which is arguably the most technologically advanced nation on the planet, could retool in an extremely short time to produce long range missiles with nuclear payloads. All it takes is one or two well placed torpedoes and the Chinese,who don't have much in the way of training in anti submarine warfare, provide a series of new artificial reefs...and likely an ecological disaster.

[Regina]

bootlegga bootlegga:

I'll take Japanese subs over a Chinese carrier any day;

Cool, because I took this picture of one a few weeks ago at Pearl Harbor. There were a few staff on the USS Missouri that thought it was a Canadian sub...............ummmmmmmmmmm I don't think so.