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Old 31st Dec 2012, 15:08
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Just an idle question and only loosely connected through technology.

What would you do with an old liner capable of carrying several thousand troops at 2 kts faster than you aircraft carrier? Your old liner also has modern 5-bladed variable thrust propellers compared with the 4 fixed-blades of the Laioning.

Now Cunard say they have an interest in the future of the QE2 and I bet the PLAN does too.
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