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[quote user="nanaimo73"][quote user="Safety Valve"] Dont worry about the carriers. We have LOTS of those. No one does em like we do and there is little oppertunity for Soviet era satuation strikes against them. I dont think our carriers are able to use the Canal but one thing they do have is stamina at very high speeds. I think they are capable of almost 1000 miles displacement every 24 hours. That is a huge amount of ocean. [/quote] But they can't be used against an enemy like China that wages economic warfare. The US trade deficit in August was $70 billion, $22 billion of that was with China. [/quote] Sir, Our Carriers along with everything else in our Armed Forces represent the Nation both in Peace and in War. China is currently a friend, however she has made no secret of her ambition to dominate her area in this world and has made advances in many areas including Military Forces as she watches and learns from our way of war fighting. She is also a Nation that thinks in 50-100 year terms ahead. Not 4 years like we do. If there is ever a war the Deficit will be the least of our worries. It will be ignored as we mobilize and ration the USA for the war effort. Sir, I fear we WILL need the Canal to get our carriers quickly from one fleet to the other because someday we will have to fight and China does have the power if not the hardware to destroy them at sea. If I was a foreign power intent on strategic strikes, that Canal will be right up there along with Leesburg VA (FAA), Telecommunications in 4 places, One Gulf Petro and Alaska Petro locations, Bailey Yard in the west and several other locations that are VITAL to our Nation. No two bit terrorist will have these resources like a nation state will. Like it or not, the Canal along with our Railroads all particpate in the world economy and as much as we can maximize the design limits and introduce any upgrades to better serve shipping is a step ahead.
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