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minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·5 days agoUh… What? The US has twice the aircraft carriers as every other country combined
minus-squareFades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·5 days agoYes but China has been rolling out some impressive new ships that the US doesn’t have for awhile now on top of their recent aviation announcements so people are getting a little concerned
minus-squaresartalon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·5 days agoChina doesn’t have shit to challenge the U.S. They don’t have the experience, the doctrine, or the technology. Anyone who considers China a legitimate naval threat is vastly overstating China’s capabilities. The only thing they are capable of is bullying tiny countries.
minus-squareDoom@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoexactly so let’s say I’m way stronger than you but you start working out hard, so will I hopefully you never catch up
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoAny excuse for shinier boats
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoYes, that. The US DoD has been playing this trick since the end of WW2, and it keeps working.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoIt keeps working because every politician in this slavemaster system supports it completely.
Uh… What? The US has twice the aircraft carriers as every other country combined
Yes but China has been rolling out some impressive new ships that the US doesn’t have for awhile now on top of their recent aviation announcements so people are getting a little concerned
China doesn’t have shit to challenge the U.S.
They don’t have the experience, the doctrine, or the technology.
Anyone who considers China a legitimate naval threat is vastly overstating China’s capabilities.
The only thing they are capable of is bullying tiny countries.
exactly so let’s say I’m way stronger than you but you start working out hard, so will I hopefully you never catch up
Any excuse for shinier boats
Yes, that. The US DoD has been playing this trick since the end of WW2, and it keeps working.
It keeps working because every politician in this slavemaster system supports it completely.