When I posted recently on the replacement of the Japan-based USS Kittyhawk with a nuclear-powered carrier, I didn't really take note of the date.
Replacement will take place in 2008.
Given that I think China could very well be planning to strike Taiwan in early 2008 on the eve of the Peking Summer Olympics, will this carrier replacement include a period where both carriers are operational in the Western Pacific in about the first half of the year?
If so, that would complicate Chinese planning to invade immensely. If they would do such a thing, of course.
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- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
