Vietnam has six Russian-designed submarines Malaysia has two submarines Indonesia has ordered six from South Korea and the Philippines is thinking of building its own fleet as well.Īll these countries are locked in long-running maritime territorial disputes with China. It had been due to refresh its fleet with 12 French-made state-of-the-art attack vessels to Paris' fury, that multibillion-dollar deal has now been scrapped in favour of building a nuclear-powered fleet with US help.Īs well as Australia, other regional stakeholders have beefed up their naval capabilities, most notably in terms of acquiring their own underwater vessels. He said the "historic Chinese naval effort" represented 55 percent of China's defence budget.īeijing has six nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) that are armed with nuclear missiles, as well as around 40 attack submarines, of which six are nuclear-powered, according to Military Balance, the International Institute for Strategic Studies' annual assessment of military capacity around the world.įor its part, Washington has 21 attack submarines and eight SSBNs in the Pacific, mainly operating out of Pearl Harbor, according to the US Navy.Īustralia has six Swedish-designed diesel-electric Collins-class submarines that have been in service since the mid-1990s. Or to put it another way, in four years, China launched the equivalent of the French naval fleet, according to Admiral Pierre Vandier, Chief of Staff of the French Navy. But any guy would take a rumor like that seriously if he's screwing a girl.But China has already started construction on its third aircraft carrier and is also building more destroyers.Īccording to defence experts Janes, between 20, China built 132 vessels - compared to the United States' 68, India's 48, Japan's 29 and Australia's nine.įrance built 17 new ships in the same timeframe, while Britain manufactured four, two of which were aircraft carriers. My ex was angry and told the guy I was talking to that I had something (spoiler alert: I didn't). Even more irony came when the AE was assigned to fix their helos and they ended up meeting. This wasn't a problem until a certain helo squadron joined our ship, bringing with it my ex. A while back, an AE (aviation electrician) and I used to have a thing. Let Brianna introduce you: "Every little thing that could become a rumor eventually became one. If you think military service is all quiet honor and discipline, you have not met approximately 80 percent of humanity. A friend of mine attempted suicide a few months ago because he felt bullied and alienated by fellow shipmates." Some do it because they can't handle the stressful environment, or because they are in a hostile work environment and feel left out. "Active duty military are 48 percent more likely to commit suicide than the national average.
"To say that suicide in the Navy is high is putting it lightly," Brianna says. Of course, creating life is only one way to get off the ship. A way more appropriate use of the term "anchor baby."
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