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to: Ad
from: John Cuccia
date: 2006-11-16 10:59:58
subject: Re: Chinese aircraft carrier.

From: John Cuccia 

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:40:40 +0000, Ad
 wrote:

>I really don't know what to make of this...

It's used for practicing boarding operations, in preparation for
hand-to-hand combat on the high seas?

A tourist attraction?

A giant cardboard cutout of the deck of a carrier designed to confuse the
hell out of everyone?

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/16/flying_aircraft_carrier/
>
>"This remarkable vessel is currently moored on a lake near Shanghai. We
>assume that its vast, 220-metre-long body is levitated by the
>previously-theoretical hyperdrive, since that's certainly the only tech
>capable of lifting this particular behemoth:"
>
>
>Adam

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