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China has not been able to project power over the last century, so of course the US is going to have been more interventionist. Even today the Chinese navy only
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
China has not been able to project power over the last century, so of course the US is going to have been more interventionist. Even today the Chinese navy only has one relatively small, foreign made aircraft carrier. Compare that to the US navy in the 1940s; maybe the only thing that allowed China to continue to exist as a sovereign nation.
- zipwitch 9y agoThey launched their first domestically built carrier last April. (Technically, it hasn't completed what we'd call sea trials and commissioning.) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft...
- sho 9y ago> the Chinese navy only has one relatively small, foreign made aircraft carrier You know what's better than aircraft carriers? An island!
- ageofwant 9y agoIf China decides to build 10 Ford class carriers today, they will have 10 in 5 years time. And there is nothing that anyone can do about that.