[garjog]

I know a professor who is an expert on China and the military. He says that the US building an Air Craft Carrier is just about as complex as sending a man to the moon.

He said last Spring that the US is the only nation that has figured it out.

Now that China has one, you wonder if they stole our secrets.

These things are equipped with missiles that could take down our ships.

China also has submarine bases that have under water ports. Looks like they are preparing for war against us.

[SatinDoll]

I have a toaster made in China. The toast...well, if they make their aircraft carriers to the same quality levels as my toaster, we ain’t got anything to worry about!

[dila813]

“He said last Spring that the US is the only nation that has figured it out.”

Your teacher isn't very knowledgeable on aircraft carriers.

France, India, Britain, .... no it isn't easy but just having an aircraft carrier isn't that big a deal.

No what is a big deal with the US Carriers ... their ability to operate out at sea for years without hitting port and without requiring lay-up.

[JDW11235]

“Looks like they are preparing for war against us.”

Yes, yes it does. Also, of note, is the fact that superior technology does not always insure victory. We have lost good men in the middle east to rudimentary weaponry (However, I must add that if a nation were so inclined, they could have bombed them into oblivion, but irradication is seldom the aim of wars).

Also, often the U.S. can overcomplicate things that don’t need to be. I remember once hearing a story about how the space pen came about (I’m not certain if it is true). The lecturer (at a science forum), said that when the U.S. and the Soviets were in the space race the U.S. wanted to solve a problem of writing in space, with the problems of zero g’s for the ink, writing upside down, etc. He said we put a few million dollars into the project and came up with the pressurized cartridges for the space pens, with the ink that is viscous enough for the application (to not spurt out, I assume). He noted that the Soviets, facing the same dilemma, simply used a pencil.

We have to look for ways to protect ourselves in simple ways, and not merely the complex.

[Oztrich Boy]

I know a professor who is an expert on China and the military. He says that the US building an Air Craft Carrier is just about as complex as sending a man to the moon.

He said last Spring that the US is the only nation that has figured it out.

Figured out what? "Copy the British"

[Digger]

Now that China has one, you wonder if they stole our secrets.

If so, I'll put that on the Arkansas trailer trash, Bubba.