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2005-09-23 Afghanistan/South Asia

Indian, US aircraft carriers go head-to-head in naval war games

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Posted by john 2005-09-23 18:54|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This looks neat!! I don't recall seeing too many carrier to carrier exercises. Hope info will be declassified and come out of this. Also hope the Nimitz people don't let down.

Posted by SamL 2005-09-23 19:33|| 2005-09-23 19:33|| Front Page Top

#2 ". . these exercises would be followed up by joint Indo-US Naval Special Forces exercises in Guam in the Pacific in January 2006. "

I wonder, when was the last time the Indian Navy sailed into the Pacific?

Posted by interested conservative 2005-09-23 21:35|| 2005-09-23 21:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Indian navy destroyers and fleet tanker visited Vietnam and Japan two years ago.

The Chinese were not amused

Posted by john 2005-09-23 22:52|| 2005-09-23 22:52|| Front Page Top

#4 seems indos are also training with russians what they tryin too learn how to sink

Posted by Uninetle Hupating2229 2005-09-23 23:15|| 2005-09-23 23:15|| Front Page Top

#5 The last time two carrier task forces went at it was Leyte Gulf in 1944, when the fighters were A6M Zeroes and F6F Hellcats. How do carrier task forces fight in the age of the F/A-18 and E-2C? That's probably what they were trying to figure out.

Posted by Mike 2005-09-23 23:45|| 2005-09-23 23:45|| Front Page Top

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