Posted on Apr 13, 2018

China parades aircraft carrier, nuclear submarines through the South China Sea in a massive show...

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Time for France, Britain, India, Brazil and other friends of ours with aircraft carriers or amphibious assault ships to do the same thing in line with us down the South China Sea. We should throw the world's largest RIMPAC exercise near the Chinese security Zone this summer to show them. Too bad we couldn't get the USS Missouri working in have the ship parade as the flagship.

China parades aircraft carrier, nuclear submarines through the South China Sea in a massive show...

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Posted 6 y ago

We should get the Missouri or the Wisconsin running again even just as show boats with no functioning ordinance and take it to the South China Sea and bother the Chinese people's Liberation Army-Navy.

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TSgt David L.

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I'm for that!
Pssst! Ordnance doesn't have an "I". I hate auto correct! LOL

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Thunderstruck - AC/DC / Battleship

Battleship movie. Thunderstruck - AC/DC song.

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I'd love to see Battleships get recommissioned.

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Posted 6 y ago

That China Aircraft Carrier is going to make an Outstanding Coral Reef.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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USS Oriskany Sunk and becomes Artificial Reef

A team of Navy personnel accomplished the sinking of the ship on 17 May 2006, supported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Escambia Co...

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TSgt David L.

Posted 6 y ago

They get REALLY upset when somebody in INTERNATIONAL waters. They seem to think it all belong to them.

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LTC (Join to see)

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That is their work around while making these sand bars into functional Islands. They then at a minimum 12 mile limit around that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea

Territorial disputes in the South China Sea - Wikipedia

The South China Sea disputes involve both island and maritime claims among several sovereign states within the region, namely Brunei, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. An estimated US$5 trillion worth of global trade passes through the South China Sea[1] and many non-claimant states want the South China Sea to remain international waters. To promote this, several states, including...

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TSgt David L.

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LTC (Join to see) - They have created a LOT of ground very quickly. They have a HUGE strategic jump off point to stage anti-ship hardware and other offensive weaponry. They have taken full advantage in that area . Bothersome at best.

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