[Cheburashka]

BUT the narrow Panama Canal (which they own) cannot handle US warships (aircraft carriers) so there is a strategic value to keeping the US Atlantic fleet from rapidly responding to any Chinese action.

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The Panama Canal is being expanded, with wider locks. Estimated completion: 2014.

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/expansion/index.html

[null and void]

That was painful.

After enough digging I was able to extract the little factoid that even expanded the Panama Canal can’t quite accommodate a Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier., unless you want to scrape bottom the whole length...

[ken5050]

Thanks..will it accomodate the US CVNs and the largest container ships?