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China lands first Jet on Aircraft Carrier

China just landed their first jet on an aircraft carrier which was first done by the US 102 years ago. Heck, their aircraft carrier isn't even fully operational.
And some people still think China can crush the US?

...lolk.

November 26, 2012

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Deciduous

@ProBlades: just wasn't sure if you wanted you make an actual point or not

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ProBlades

@Deciduous: Already knew those figures off the top of my head. Too lazy to look up useful statistics.

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Deciduous

[quote=ProBlades]Population of China:Roughly 1.1b
Population of USA:Roughly 300m
/thread[/quote]

you could at least look for figures on their military personnel. or even the number of people who could actually be conscripted. a count of everybody, civilians (elderly, babies, etc.) included isn't proving anything on either side.

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ProBlades

Population of China:Roughly 1.1b
Population of USA:Roughly 300m
/thread

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WayofPaladin

yes their two pho one dolla changed America.

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BobR

[quote=heyitsmexD]And some people still think China can crush the US?[/quote]
Yeah... except the plane the US landed 102 years ago was a cloth-covered biplane with a propeller, and it landed on a ship that had a flat platform nailed on top.

The plane China just landed is the functional equivalent of a US F-18 multi-function naval operations all-weather fighter jet.
The aircraft carrier is built on the frame of a Ukraine carrier being built by Russian shipyards, a little bit more advanced than the one the US used 102 years ago.

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Yoshi7o7

The sheer amount of people in China's military is more than enough to overwhelm any nation's military.

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Chema

The thing is, war doesn't work with weapons anymore
It's all about hogging resources and the market

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