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Aktungbby · 05-21-15, 05:06 PM

ahem: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214616 POST #17 [QUOTE: me]One things for certain: it's a' comin' They're not 'rattlin' the sabre'yet! but they're sure forging it![/QUOTE] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32331964 Nothing like a 10, 000 ft runway built on a reef in the middle of the 'Cow's Lick' of Chinese expansion. It's capable of accommodating military aircraft...and like Midway in WWII, is in reality a 'carrier you cannot sink' this one will bear monitoring. The slow trudge of Sino-dominance in the Western Pacific is well underway.

05-21-15, 05:06 PM	#21
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,811 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	ONGOING THREAD ahem: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214616 POST #17 [QUOTE: me]One things for certain: *it's a' comin'* They're not 'rattlin' the sabre'*yet! but they're sure forging* it![/QUOTE] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32331964 Nothing like a 10, 000 ft runway built on a reef in the middle of the 'Cow's Lick' of Chinese expansion. It's capable of accommodating military aircraft...and like Midway in WWII, is in reality a 'carrier you cannot sink' this one will bear monitoring. The slow trudge of Sino-dominance in the Western Pacific is well underway. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"