On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:15:16 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

(Richard Casady) wrote:

:On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:09:47 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
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:If mere money would do it, Saudi Arabia would have a huge carrier
:aviation organization.
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:They don't.
:
:
:I think ...
:

No, you don't, and that's the root of your problem.

:
:... not wanting any has more to do with it. Argentina had a
:carrier, after all.
:

Argentina had several (serially). They never built one. They never
operated the old obsolete ones they purchased at all effectively. They
were quite small and operated only small numbers of obsolescent
aircraft.

This is the example you want to use to prove that Russia can ab initio
create modern carrier strike groups faster than ANY nation has ever
managed to do?

No mention of Russia anywhere near my post. The comparison was
Argentina and Saudi Arabia. The Russians do seem willing to sell
anything to anybody. And the Saudis have got the cash. The question of
WTF would the arabs want with a second rate carrier force seems to
have been answered: they don't want it. They maybe need a few boats
with 57mm or three inch. They need a coast guard, is all.

Casady