China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific

Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by i_am_proteus on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:52PM (#19802926)

Bear in mind, though, that the US Navy operates in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean and occasionally Arctic. The US Navy often operates far from US naval port facilities.

The Chinese fleet is concentrated almost entirely in the Western Pacific, near its naval ports.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by stcredzero on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:16PM (#19803125)

The US faces many of the logistic and economic challenges the British faced when they ruled the world's oceans.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by lurquer on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:48PM (#19804147)

The air support for the US Navy, on the other hand, is slightly better than the Royal Air Force of 1890. And, the ICBMs, satellites, and submarines are a tad bit more sophisticated. Other than that, though, your analysis is spot on. (Well, to be fair, the US Navy has made some remarkable inroads with the whole scurvey thing...)

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by stcredzero on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:38PM (#19804468)

I hope we don't also forget how we beat scurvy, then have to rediscover it.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by AlexCoventry on Thursday May 02, 2019 @12:20AM (#19804686)

I hear vitamins cause autism in sailors.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by king_magic on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:53PM (#19803818)

Except it’s also 100 years later, and we’re much, much better at it than the British ever were.

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