I thougth we should have a thread to track ongoing developments in the run-up to the forthcoming Pacific War.
Today's news: Japan is to increase defence spending, buying new drones and developing an amphibious capability to "re-take" islands...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25411653
The Pacific War 20?? to 20??: The Early Years
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Chinese and US navy ships in "near collision"....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/d ... e-airspace
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/d ... e-airspace
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USS Cowpens?? Seriously?
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Ha, made me laugh, too. There's probably a USS Goat Shed.FBM wrote:USS Cowpens?? Seriously?
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A battle in the War of IndependenceFBM wrote:USS Cowpens?? Seriously?
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Maybe a USS Hog Trough, too.
Clinton Huxley wrote:Ha, made me laugh, too. There's probably a USS Goat Shed.FBM wrote:USS Cowpens?? Seriously?
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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And the fearsome USS Chicken Coop.
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No wonder the world looks at us like we're all 
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The USN has a ship called the "Ponce". I think it's fair to say that if the Royal Navy had a ship, they wouldn't call it that.....
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No, they've picked much worse names. For example, Dido ...Clinton Huxley wrote:The USN has a ship called the "Ponce". I think it's fair to say that if the Royal Navy had a ship, they wouldn't call it that.....
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klr wrote:No, they've picked much worse names. For example, Dido ...Clinton Huxley wrote:The USN has a ship called the "Ponce". I think it's fair to say that if the Royal Navy had a ship, they wouldn't call it that.....
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USS Yolo. You only list once.
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IIRC, Churchill wanted to call a dreadnought Pitt, but George V wisely refused, pointing out that the jolly jack tars would only have to modify one letter to make a nickname.
... anecdote from Dreadnought of course.
... anecdote from Dreadnought of course.
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Various options present themselves there....klr wrote:IIRC, Churchill wanted to call a dreadnought Pitt, but George V wisely refused, pointing out that the jolly jack tars would only have to modify one letter to make a nickname.
... anecdote from Dreadnought of course.
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