To: blam
China, a maritime sea-power? I recall after the Mongols conquered China, they attempted to invade Japan. It ended in disaster. Other than attacking Japan to exact revenge for coastal pirating, for what did an inward looking China need a navy?
5 posted on
08/13/2005 11:47:03 AM PDT by
LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
There was a brief period of Chinese navigation & eploration under a great admiral named Zheng He. I think that these vessels dated from around that period.
7 posted on
08/13/2005 12:05:46 PM PDT by
Tallguy
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Turns out it's a scuttled loaner nuke sub from the Russians.
8 posted on
08/13/2005 12:17:35 PM PDT by
Arkie2
(No, I never voted for Bill Clinton. I don't plan on voting Republican again!)
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts; Tallguy
10 posted on
08/13/2005 1:37:02 PM PDT by
blam
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Um ... thay sent a fleet to Persia?
28 posted on
07/11/2011 7:07:33 PM PDT by
patton
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