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besilarius

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Reply #990 on: December 26, 2019, 09:16:06 AM
Bomb impacts on Enterprise, August 1942.

https://imgur.com/GUrPZOA

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Reply #991 on: December 26, 2019, 01:23:38 PM

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Reply #992 on: December 26, 2019, 02:00:13 PM
Nasty.

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Reply #993 on: December 27, 2019, 08:22:12 AM
Battleships steaming in column off the California coast during the 1920s. The three leading ships are (in no particular order) USS Colorado (BB-45), USS Maryland (BB-46), and USS West Virginia (BB-48), followed by USS Tennessee (BB-43) and three older battleships.

Photograph taken from USS California (BB-44).

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #994 on: December 27, 2019, 01:52:27 PM
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HMS Vengeance on rollout day (Vanguard Class)



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Reply #995 on: December 30, 2019, 08:23:30 AM
Economic reality is putting the brakes on Chinese carrier expansion.

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/20191229.aspx

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #996 on: December 30, 2019, 08:46:37 AM
Maybe its a ruse de guerre

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Reply #997 on: December 30, 2019, 09:32:21 AM
Always a possibility. As is the building a massive carrier fleet being a huge head-fake. Anything that slows them down is good in my book.

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Reply #998 on: December 30, 2019, 09:33:05 AM
This is particularly interesting:

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"A fourth problem is demographic. Several decades of the “one-child” per couple policy did prevent a population explosion. It also helped create the first large (several hundred million strong) Chinese middle class of well-educated engineers and other professionals. These are the people who were key to China quickly creating the second largest GDP in the world. But there is a catch. Affluent, talented women everywhere, and throughout history, don’t have a lot of children. Even though the one-child rule was revoked several years ago, the population is not growing, especially with the educated couples. Worse the children of middle-class families are not eager to join the military, which needs their skills to operate all this new gear"

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Reply #999 on: December 30, 2019, 10:19:09 AM
This is particularly interesting:

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"A fourth problem is demographic. Several decades of the “one-child” per couple policy did prevent a population explosion. It also helped create the first large (several hundred million strong) Chinese middle class of well-educated engineers and other professionals. These are the people who were key to China quickly creating the second largest GDP in the world. But there is a catch. Affluent, talented women everywhere, and throughout history, don’t have a lot of children. Even though the one-child rule was revoked several years ago, the population is not growing, especially with the educated couples. Worse the children of middle-class families are not eager to join the military, which needs their skills to operate all this new gear"

To some degree, this is true with a lot of modern countries.  Birthrates are low, and the military doesn't have much appeal for younger generations, especially in countries with low unemployment.  China is catching up with Europe, USA, and other affluent countries with strong economies.  If one is a hopeless optimist, it is possible to envision a future when the youth of all countries refuse to join their militaries and peace breaks out worldwide.



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Reply #1000 on: December 30, 2019, 10:22:56 AM
The unintended consequences of the one-child policy are fascinating. Right or wrong as a policy, it was an unprecedented social engineering experiment that will be studied for decades to come.

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Reply #1001 on: December 30, 2019, 11:07:32 AM
This is particularly interesting:

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"A fourth problem is demographic. Several decades of the “one-child” per couple policy did prevent a population explosion. It also helped create the first large (several hundred million strong) Chinese middle class of well-educated engineers and other professionals. These are the people who were key to China quickly creating the second largest GDP in the world. But there is a catch. Affluent, talented women everywhere, and throughout history, don’t have a lot of children. Even though the one-child rule was revoked several years ago, the population is not growing, especially with the educated couples. Worse the children of middle-class families are not eager to join the military, which needs their skills to operate all this new gear"

To some degree, this is true with a lot of modern countries.  Birthrates are low, and the military doesn't have much appeal for younger generations, especially in countries with low unemployment.  China is catching up with Europe, USA, and other affluent countries with strong economies.  If one is a hopeless optimist, it is possible to envision a future when the youth of all countries refuse to join their militaries and peace breaks out worldwide.

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Reply #1002 on: December 30, 2019, 11:08:40 AM
Knowing your job, that's a real comfort.

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Reply #1003 on: December 30, 2019, 11:09:48 AM

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Reply #1004 on: December 30, 2019, 11:11:38 AM
lol

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