Fox News is running an article about pictures of the new Chinese aircraft carrier taken by a commercial satellite; it contains perhaps the dumbest quote of the day. According to Fox, "the development of carriers is driven largely by bragging rights and national prestige." Huh? China is spending billions of dollars to have a navy that can project power around the world and challenge American naval supremacy for "bragging rights and national prestige"? What will they tell us next? Are submarines with nuclear tipped missiles just needed so as to celebrate national holidays underwater? Maybe long range bombers are developed so that the ambassador to the UN can tell his fellow ambassadors that his country has more planes than theirs.
Weapon systems as massive as a carrier are developed for only one reason: to increase and project the strength of a country's armed forces. China is not looking for bragging rights. It wants drilling rights, mineral rights and subservient neighbors. We should never forget that.
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