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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Mark Helprin, The Decline of U.S. Naval Power; Sixty ships were commonly
underway in America's seaward approaches in 1998, but today there are only
20. We are abdicating our role on the oceans. Wall Street Journal, Mar 2,
2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
052748704150604576166362512952294.html
("Because 95% and 90% respectively of U.S. and world foreign trade moves by
sea, maritime interdiction is the quickest route to both the strangulation
of any given nation and chaos in the international system")
My comment:
(a) The essay says, "Up to 30 ships, the largest ever constructed, each
capable of carrying 18,000 containers, will soon come off the ways in South
Korea.
That alludes to Maersk's Triple E.
(b) The essay also states, "As China's navy rises and ours declines, not
that far in the future the trajectories will cross.
The author refers to quantity, not quality, of naval ships. |
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