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**O25YtQnn** · 05-21-2007, 04:49 AM

Originally posted by VetLegion

It's a matter of national pride. If they could do it alone they would certainly have done it alone. It's puzzling to me why they can't.

Look how the French managed to build a fairly advanced one just to spite USA

Yeah, and it only took them fifteen years from laying the keel down to complete it. Plus the screws broke off during intial sea trials. It's an abortion of a carrier, too small and too big to be efficient.

05-21-2007, 04:49 AM	#22
O25YtQnn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 552 Senior Member	Originally posted by VetLegion It's a matter of national pride. If they could do it alone they would certainly have done it alone. It's puzzling to me why they can't. Look how the French managed to build a fairly advanced one just to spite USA Yeah, and it only took them fifteen years from laying the keel down to complete it. Plus the screws broke off during intial sea trials. It's an abortion of a carrier, too small and too big to be efficient.
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