From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Second Hand
Date:	Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:33:44 +0100

In article <4.2.0.58.19990903170229.00969860@*****.engin.umich.edu>,
Sommers <sommers@*****.edu> writes
>Second, the Chinese don't have anything that could sink a carrier. They
>have a brown water Navy with 1 (!) submarine,

One Xia-class ballistic missile submarine, noisy and unreliable. Several Han-
class nuclear-powered hunter-killers, likewise - maybe equivalent to fUSSR
Victor Is. Three Kilo-class patrol submarines, badly trained crews, one still
in refit after they damaged it. A large fleet of elderly Romeo-class patrol
submarines, of extremely questionable serviceability and little combat use.


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Paul J. Adam