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Old November 21st 07, 01:31 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Andrew Swallow[_2_]
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Default Russian Carrier Plans Part One

Mike Kanze wrote:

Any country with sufficient resources can field a fleet of CVs. Using
these CVs effectively is entirely another matter. It required the better
part of three decades of ship construction, learning, and doctrine
development during the early 20th century before the UK, the US, and
Japan were able to prosecute effective large-scale CV operations, and
this was back in the days of much simpler technology. The ship
construction part is relatively easy when compared with those factors
associated with people, especially the development of the requisite
"corporate knowledge" and its wise use.

{snip}

The "corporate knowledge" is easy to destroy - just get the state
security people to send all the officers and NCOs to gulags.
This happened in the run up to WW2.

Andrew Swallow