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Originally Posted by Targan
Years ago I heard that China bought HMAS Melbourne for scrapping but instead kept the vesel intact to train it's future carrier-based pilots how to take off and land on aircraft carriers. Kind of leaves a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
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Yeah. Pardon my French but I cannot believe anyone fucking well bought the whole "Oh we're buying these big-stick, power-projecting ships that first-world navies can field with impunity, but we can buy prebuilt...just to scrap! Yes, yes, of course you silly Westerners, we're not doing anything with these except making belt-clips for your cell phones and maybe a Super Lucky You! casino!"
I wonder how long 'til it's making port calls at the new PLA Naval Station in San Francisco.
