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chokingonmyownspit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaKbZW0pqkM
nebuchadnezzarispooping
It crowd- made in Britain fire extinguisher
qwertyuiop342
TexMexHex
DaddyLike
madogthefirst
Policy of Second to None. Basically take the top 2 not the US combine them and that is the target to be above.
Matsuuu
Russia and China tho still keeps doing shit despite US military budget
ganafkis11
By 2065 China will have total dominance at sea.
theeyeshaveit
Funniest thing I've read all week!
ganafkis11
You dont keep up with the news
J0NKER
why does the ss badass have ping pong paddles on it
completelyleftover10
Add another one. /a/idWD38f
D0ntMindMeImJustLurking
what am I seeing?
completelyleftover10
US sailors captured by IRGC navy for "rollin"
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slyphen
da faq...
MeMyselfandyourCat
Imacatflushingthetoilet
China secretly made a port and airport at the spratly island and threatened to shoot down any military plane flying close to it.
candiduscorvus
"Secretly"
Dorsk84
USA: *Looks at H.A.R.M missles under wings* Like to see you try.
StuckInBetweeen
No need, just make it a political issue and watch them turn on each other from the inside. Easy
hairytrigga
And then a USN aircraft flew nearby and told em to get stuffed.
depdk
hrm, someone should shoot down their island then.
jotchy
And we secretly know about it.
OmnibusLatinName
A lot of nations use that waterway
DVSBSTrD
They also built their own island.
siler7
Okay, I'll be the first to ask...what's a spratly island?
DownvoteIsTheNewUpvote
Chain of islands west of Philippines that is nowhere near China but China claims "it's ours".
uponstrangeshores
China is definitely an asshole in the SCS, but to be entirely fair, this all started because the USA had the whole thing ringed with bases.
uponstrangeshores
Some background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_containment_policy
uponstrangeshores
2013 article https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/20/surrounded-how-the-u-s-is-encircling-china-with-military-bases/
uponstrangeshores
Here's a 2015 map showing countries with US bases https://aprnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/US-infographic2.jpg
uponstrangeshores
Wankathon
Both the US and China are soing the same thing, imgur can't accept China having bases in the sea next to it but accepts the US. Weird
ItsGoTime
The US isn't trying to claim exclusive rights to the area...
Wankathon
Because they military bases all over the world
ItsGoTime
And are using them to claim economic rights to the surroundings?
Wankathon
American doesn't make public claims but they will subvert and influence for control
uponstrangeshores
Did you read the links? The main goal of the Chinese claim to exclusivity is to military control. It wants to escape the US ring & expand >
uponstrangeshores
its sphere of influence. //
educatingfools1
Dude, you're not supposed to bring facts here. At Imgur, the USA is always in the right. Reminds me of Noam Chomsky's observation that
educatingfools1
you'll never see the phrase 'the USA is opposed to the peace process'. Because whatever the USA does *is* the peace process. Even when it's
educatingfools1
escalating to the point of war. First four minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmoXze-Higc
andremauriceaudet7
The USA is always right in Imgur. What kind of lollipop land are you living in. This place is so antiamerican
educatingfools1
Wrong. This place is incredibly pro-American military. It may be critical decades after an event once the propaganda has been shown to be
educatingfools1
false eg Iraq and WMDs. The problem is, you live in such a pro-American bubble that anything that isn't actively over-the-top support is
educatingfools1
viewed as anti-American. For those outside that ideology bubble, we are well aware of the pro-American stance of Imgur - heck, most of its
Entartika
The US Navy has a whopping 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. No other Navy even comes close to that.
HappyJello
I wonder why. Maybe we don’t need 11 nuclear powered aircraft carriers
Wankathon
We British are going to necro Nelson, then who will be laughing
paddleup
And yet we can't have things like universal healthcare and college education because they are too expensive.
emptyammocans
Yawn
StuckInBetweeen
Careful there, if you dislocate your jaw you might go bankrupt.
blainetog
Those missiles aren't gonna pay for themselves.
PrPlump
Ah yes, raise the flag, boys! Can't have shit for education nor healthcare, but look who's got the biggest peepee on the seas! Morons.
Leithoa
Pax americana
PrPlump
Sure, peace at home, while american imperialism burns so many places around the globe. Miss me with that hypocrisy.
Leithoa
It doesn't mean unicorns & rainbows at all times, it means -relative- peace. Nor did I say hegemony / imperialism was desirable.
destinychopsticks
Nevermind all the secret nuclear subs the US has stationed around the world with instructions to launch if a certain signal/frequency stops.
andremauriceaudet7
Which you know about how exactly?
ShowMeBunnies
It's public information. The secret is where exactly they're hidden.
andremauriceaudet7
Oh geez. This waant even supposed to be controversial. I was just poking fun at the fact that is 'secret' I don't not believe him.
destinychopsticks
That's classified. ?
pangolinx
Yes and Russia and China now have hypersonic missiles that can sink every one of those. Its bad times.
pyromantic
We have them too. Do a Google search on HAWC missiles
pyromantic
You do realize that we have unmanned AI guns and missile launchers that will shoot those missles down long before they reach their target?
pangolinx
Please do like a quick google on this. The problem is the speed of these missiles is too high for them to be shot down. It's bad news.
rindfleisch
Maybe they can shoot down the first few hundred, but not the next few thousand. China can make millions for the cost of one aircraft carrier
lurker2013
And each carrier is escorted by a few submarines, destroyers, supply ships, etc. all the time. It’s a carrier group.
couchPilot
And each sub has like 20 triton nuclear missiles that can take out a city
couchPilot
Trident*.....country*
feeltheice
You misspelled country
DVSBSTrD
And they can all be sunk by a single steam powered sub.
DownvoteIsTheNewUpvote
Anything can be sunk/destroyed by anything or something. It's the retaliatory response you have to worry about.
DVSBSTrD
Kinda fucking hard to retaliate when you're at the bottom of the ocean!
LeFabuleuxDestin
*Lusitania looks around nervously*
JaviDrift
Do you want the US to join the war? 'cause that's how you get the US to join the war
FlaccidusPhallus
"Can" theres a hell of a lot in the way pregenting them. A kilo or similar has to be under at max time and not move AND hope the carrier 1/X
feedthelynx
How close does it have to get if it has a nuke in it? Not aware of anything as silly as a nuclear torpedo, but if it was already suicidal...
TavisMcNamara
Also worth noting: If you are affiliated in any way with any country and manage to nuke one, congratulations! You started WW3! By the way ->
FlaccidusPhallus
Effectively the same. A nuke that small wouldnt be more than a mile or two in radius of real damage. Youd fuck all the electronics, 1/X
FlaccidusPhallus
Comes to it. Otherwise its fucked. If scout planes or satelites see it coming or missing from port ANYWHERE nearby, the carrier gets 2/X
FlaccidusPhallus
Put on notice. Then you have to get past he outer ring of subs with very good passive sonar, past the ring of SH-60 ASW helicopters, 3/X
PlaceHolderTitle
Problem is the effective range of a carrier is 1/3rd the distance of a Chinese cruise missile called "Carrier Killers" and cost a fraction
pyromantic
You do realize that we have unmanned AI guns and missile launchers that will shoot those missles down long before they reach the target ?
PlaceHolderTitle
to make, for the cost of 1 super carrier the Chinese can make 1000 missiles
Excedrine
Assuming the missile even works as intended and won't be intercepted hundreds of miles away instead.
tallhophop22
You only need one. So even if there's a success rate of 0.01% that's a win.
tallhophop22
Not to mention nuclear powered torpedoes that can drive for 100's of k's right under the battle group and fuck it all up
Excedrine
That's assuming it only takes one and not multiple.