Yeah except that they have almost entirely a littoral warfare fleet, while we still, and are likely to into the foreseeable future, have the greatest projection power the world has ever seen.
Jaden
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Jaden
It's funny, in the mid 2000's the Chinese bought their first aircraft carrier from the Russians in the hopes of reverse engineering it and creating a larger fleet of them. The Chinese SUCK at engineering from scratch, but they are AWESOME at reverse engineering.I know, you know.
Their greatest threat to the US, the charlie 201 silkworm, is actually a reverse engineered and slightly improved Russian missile. I don't think that any of that is classified. oh well. Regardless, I'm sure it's available in Jane's... There's a lot of stuff considered classified by the world's militaries in Jane's guides...
Jaden
p.s. I'm kidding, I know exactly what about the c-201 is classified and I ain't saying any of it.
dquarasr
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Littoral. It’s not often I am sent to a dictionary but I appreciate those times when I am. Literally. Lol.
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MajorMiscue
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They can counterfeit anything in China it seems. But can’t invent shit
tomatoshooter
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I don't think I've ever seen it in any other context. Littoral doesn't specifically apply to warships but that's the only place I've seen it used.
I think they invented a flu. lol
A friend of mine had an old lab named Hawk. He had owned Hawk since he was eight or ten weeks old and the dog had been a loyal companion until well past the usual expiration date on labrador retrievers. Hawk needed some minor surgery. The vet suggested a snip job while Hawk was out since Hawk wasn't going to be making any puppies and at his age issues due to being "whole" were pretty common.
So ol' Hawk went in for "minor surgery" and woke up with no balls! I ragged Bill for years about how he would feel if he went in for minor surgery and woke up with no nuts. "Minor" is certainly in the eye of the beholder!
Hu
We got gun powder from them.
They will counterfeit that too……
MajorMiscue
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Here's one of mine, Lord Nicolai. He was a retrieving machine, upland and waterfowl
Yes, he would hold that pheasant all day until I reached for it and told him to drop.
He was an intact male and when some Karen asked if I was going to get him fixed I would say, "What makes you think he's broken?"
Here's one of mine, Lord Nicolai. He was a retrieving machine, upland and waterfowl
Yes, he would hold that pheasant all day until I reached for it and told him to drop.
He was an intact male and when some Karen asked if I was going to get him fixed I would say, "What makes you think he's broken?"
I have owned many dogs over the years including some good labs. My mom was tiny, maybe eighty pounds. When my lab pups were two or three months old they would fill her lap and chair. Of course when they were full grown they still thought they were lap dogs when they were inside. Funny pictures of my mom buried under a couple of full grown labs!
My yellow lab that I named Blue just for grins showed some potential so I sent him to school with a long retired about jockey sized gentleman a hundred and fifty miles away. I'm not one to bother anyone expecting instant results so I waited about a month before even calling for just a preliminary update, no miracles expected. "Does your dog have bad hips?" He was having to pick up my eighty pound plus dog to put him in a standard height International Scout. I laughed, "He can jump on top of the roof of my one ton truck! The dog had learned he could sucker the old man into picking him up. I had to wonder who was training who!
Hu
MajorMiscue
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Costa Rica: 62f here this cloudy morning. Likely to blast-furnace up to around 70f later in the day. 62% humidity, rampant bikinis and mid 80s at the beach an hour away.
There is a family here in town that has taken care of all landscaping and small projects/repairs for my family since the 1980s. One of the guys goes to Costa Rica every year, typically in January or early February, and surfs for a week or so. He loves it there. Never been, myself, but Wheel of Fortune certainly sends lots of folks there.
MajorMiscue
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Al you need is a passport and some spare cash. Winter is best for sport fishing. Avoid Semana Santa. This is the rainy season, lower prices with warm rain mostly in the afternoons.