Aristonicus | 28 Mar 2020 5:15 p.m. PST |
are taken out of action for up to a MONTH after sailors get infected with coronavius
- USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Ronald Reagan are the only two US aircraft carriers in the Pacific; both have sailors who have tested positive to COVID-19 - The diagnoses have prompted USS Theodore Roosevelt to port in Guam, where it could be held for at least a month - USS Ronald Reagan is currently in port in Tokyo, Japan, and it is unclear whether all of its crew will now be quarantined - China now appears to have a free hand in the Pacific – alarming news given heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington - The two superpowers have traded barbs over the origins of COVID-19, and China accused the US of 'playing a dangerous game' by sailing a destroyer near Taiwan link link link |
darthfozzywig | 28 Mar 2020 5:26 p.m. PST |
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jurgenation | 28 Mar 2020 6:03 p.m. PST |
Chinas navy is unproven, chasing away fishing vessels..is hardly a test of naval prowress. Plus they are also hampered by the Virus..nothing is going to happen… |
torokchar | 28 Mar 2020 7:08 p.m. PST |
Another reason I went into the ARMY!!! and have never taken a cruise……… |
Stryderg | 28 Mar 2020 7:42 p.m. PST |
Army's not much better. While in training we had to get our mandatory flu shot. Instructions were "follow the man in front of you". No one told the guys in the front that you only needed ONE shot. Half of our battalion got 5 flu shots that night. Surprise, half the battalion was sick the next few days. |
hetzer | 28 Mar 2020 9:07 p.m. PST |
The Chinese have the anti-dote, thus a free hand in the Pacific. |
Herkybird | 29 Mar 2020 3:27 a.m. PST |
I think the current thought that China is a threat is just like the Cold War fear of the Soviet Union. Fear not. |
Virtualscratchbuilder | 29 Mar 2020 6:31 a.m. PST |
I think since a carrier is really a big quarantine box in of itself I think they would fight, virus or not if push came to shove unless there are so many sick that the ship cannot function. Does not matter if you are moving or not if locked down if you still have enough to function. |
Striker | 29 Mar 2020 7:03 a.m. PST |
"The Chinese have the anti-dote, thus a free hand in the Pacific." Haven't heard that, have a source? Sick people on a ship doesn't necessarily equal a mission kill of that ship. Even if they had an antidote I doubt China's leaders would like to have a shooting war while trying to distribute it and get their economy back on track. There seems to be a strange mix of "China is no threat at all" and "China is coming to get us today". |
USAFpilot | 29 Mar 2020 7:11 a.m. PST |
I think the current thought that China is a threat is just like the Cold War fear of the Soviet Union.Fear not. Sure, easy to say in retrospect now that the Cold War is part of history. At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis the world was very close to nuclear war. There was a lot of fear for very good reason. Communist expansion in places like Korea resulted in the deaths of many people. All made possible by the likes of Stalin and his evil empire. |