Comments on: Chinese Ships Join Pirate Hunt

By: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III

Zelsdorf Ragshaft III — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:57:02 +0000

Remember when Clinton visited PRC? He took 5 C-5A Cargo planes with him. I doubt a C-5 could carry that turbine in one piece, however it could carry all of the necessary parts to assemble one. That in addition to the computer hardware and software to design and deploy MIRVed ballistic missles with miniturized warheads. Thanks Bill. I see by the Gallup poll you are very popular. That is because history has not yet revealed all that you have done. For Democrats, anything to gain wealth and anything to get elected. No ethics, morals or beliefs except global warming. If the Chinese can sink the pirates. Good.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:34:00 +0000

I'm fine with it. The more ships patrolling in the Gulf of Aden against piracy, the better.

By: Web Smith

Web Smith — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:40:52 +0000

The Chinese have also helped protect the Panama Canal by purchasing facilities at both ends of it with the surpluses generated by their US trade agreements..

By: steve

steve — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:15:15 +0000

I have seen the Chinese involvement as inevitable. I think they will be cautious at first, then expand. As always, they will act in their own interest, and we will find that good and bad.

Steve

By: odograph

odograph — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:55:18 +0000

I might have missed the luhu/luhai shift in that paragraph. I was amazed enough at the US engines being in any Chinese warships.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:50:13 +0000

I doubt it. The Luhu-class ships have (or had) GE gas turbines. The Luhai-class destroyers almost certainly have Russian or Ukrainian motors.

By: odograph

odograph — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:47:00 +0000

Interesting that those ships might have US (General Electric) engines (last paragraph).