# So China wants an aircraft carrier force

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-china-wants-an-aircraft-carrier-force/514586 "2009-10-21T07:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-china-wants-an-aircraft-carrier-force/514586/41 "2009-10-29T15:21:24Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> And we’ve lost a couple of space shuttle crews. Does that mean we’re a technological backwater?

Depth control is fundamental to submarine function. It’s not re-entry. The space shuttle equivalent would be something like tipping over on the launch pad during countdown.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-china-wants-an-aircraft-carrier-force/514586/42 "2009-10-29T15:57:43Z")

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[So is the US incompetent with submarines, too?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hartford_and_USS_New_Orleans_collision)

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