They cannibalized three aircraft carriers and a number of warships to form a task force.
"We are too weak and insecure," says Liu. "The U."S. carries out military drills on our doorstep, and USES its aircraft carriers to flaunt its military power.
Their navy is developing blue-water capabilities, deploying new submarines at an unparalleled rate, and, now, is determined to add aircraft carriers to its fleet.
"On orders from Washington, Kimmel left his oldest vessels inside Pearl Harbor and sent twenty-one modern warships, including his two aircraft carriers, west toward Wake and Midway" p.
Those images of the us aircraft carriers and transport ships evacuating thousands in the wake of the flooding still stick in my mind.
Flying aircraft carriers had a brief stint in the collective imagination of a wartime populace.