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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Doesn't have to be Nimitz, but at least one operational one would be nice, seems we're a bit short in the carrier department at present. How dumb does it get ? An Island nation, who likes to give it large on the World stage & we've got squatt to back it up with, pitiful.
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And also ironic, given that the aircraft carrier, the steam catapult, and the angled flight deck were all ideas and inventions which came from Britain
Perhaps the present British government has concluded that most, if not all, international problems can be solved by diplomacy and by the concerted actions of the United Nations and NATO. They actually might have a point (although I'm not really holding my breath on this one just yet). What is obvious is that all military adventures since WW ll have ended, if not in total failure, at least in a disappointing conclusion. The Americans still believe that the application of overwhelming military force will guarantee victory. They believe this in spite of the evidence to the contrary. Of course, they did hand out a convincing defeat to Grenada