According to Rowden, a US destroyer will "rock anything it comes up against." Pictured here is the USS Lassen in the South China Sea. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Huey D. Younger Jr.
Business Insider: Commander of US Naval forces implies that Chinese navy ships can't 'fight their way out of a wet paper bag'
In a brief but illuminating interview, US Navy Vice Admiral Tom Rowden, the commander of the US Navy's Surface forces, told Defense News' Christopher P. Cavas a key difference between the ships of the US and Chinese navies.
Cavas asked Rowden about China commissioning a 4,000 ton frigate and deploying it just six weeks later, a start-to-finish speed inconceivable in the US Navy, where ships undergo many rounds of testing and often take more than one year to deploy.
When asked about the differences between the US and China's processes, Rowden explained that while a US and a Chinese ship may both appear combat-ready,"[o]ne of them couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag and the other one will rock anything that it comes up against."
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WNU Editor: Why does this remind me of the Greek saying .... "hubris goeth before a fall"?
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