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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:08:14 AM EDT
YILAN COUNTY: Taiwan on Tuesday (Dec 23) launched its first indigenous stealth missile corvette, described by officials as Asia’s fastest and most powerful warship. Weighing in at 500 tonnes, the twin-hull has been described by local media as a "carrier killer." The Tuo River-class corvette costs US$70 million, measures 60.4 metres long and 14 metres wide and carries 41 crew members. It has a maximum speed of 38 knots and a range of 2000 nautical miles (3,704km) and will be used to patrol the waters between Taiwan and Taiping Island in the South China Sea. Officials say it is not only fast, but also harder to detect with radar. "The Tuo River is highly mobile, which is equipped with eight Hsiung Feng class anti-ship missiles. Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Link to Article Video Link 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:10:11 AM EDT
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Damn strange looking vessel.
It's probably all engine. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:12:02 AM EDT
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Well it does look pretty cool but I would bet those missile launchers sticking up there don't help reduce its radar signature much.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:14:28 AM EDT
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Did they seriously copy the LCS?
Maybe the LCS was a huge counter intelligence op, to trick the Chinese into building horrible ships. Well done, America. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:16:40 AM EDT
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Did they seriously copy the LCS? Maybe the LCS was a huge counter intelligence op, to trick the Chinese into building horrible ships. Well done, America.  
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:20:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did they seriously copy the LCS? Maybe the LCS was a huge counter intelligence op, to trick the Chinese into building horrible ships. Well done, America. That lcs was an incat design. This looks like either a collaboration with incat or a ripoff
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:25:19 AM EDT
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Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:27:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:28:03 AM EDT
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They need to paint some shark teeth on that.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:29:44 AM EDT
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Wasn't this ship in a James Bond movie
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:30:31 AM EDT
[#10]
Rotsa ruck
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:32:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. The Chinese are only good at copying designs and ideas, not at creating their own or using critical thinking. Get a 21 year old Chinese College student, have him read a 500 page book and write it out word for word without looking at it anymore, he'll get the damn thing perfect. Have him try and write a 20 page novel, he'll struggle to even get a serious idea down or even complete it. They lack imagination and innovation. With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:32:48 AM EDT
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Cue the James Bond music!
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:34:08 AM EDT
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Old model CIWS, new model Oto Malera. Meh.
I don't see where the missiles are launched from. Just from a quick read on wiki those Hsiung Feng missiles seem to be pretty hot shit. Do we have any supersonic anti ship missiles in our inventory? |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:35:02 AM EDT
[#14]
Looks like a DDG had a baby with a GI Joe toy
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:39:54 AM EDT
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The Chinese are only good at copying designs and ideas, not at creating their own or using critical thinking. Get a 21 year old Chinese College student, have him read a 500 page book and write it out word for word without looking at it anymore, he'll get the damn thing perfect. Have him try and write a 20 page novel, he'll struggle to even get a serious idea down or even complete it. They lack imagination and innovation. With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. The Chinese are only good at copying designs and ideas, not at creating their own or using critical thinking. Get a 21 year old Chinese College student, have him read a 500 page book and write it out word for word without looking at it anymore, he'll get the damn thing perfect. Have him try and write a 20 page novel, he'll struggle to even get a serious idea down or even complete it. They lack imagination and innovation. With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades. I hope you are so very right in about twenty years from now. I distrust China more than any nation on this planet. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 1:50:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hope you are so very right in about twenty years from now. I distrust China more than any nation on this planet. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. The Chinese are only good at copying designs and ideas, not at creating their own or using critical thinking. Get a 21 year old Chinese College student, have him read a 500 page book and write it out word for word without looking at it anymore, he'll get the damn thing perfect. Have him try and write a 20 page novel, he'll struggle to even get a serious idea down or even complete it. They lack imagination and innovation. With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades. I hope you are so very right in about twenty years from now. I distrust China more than any nation on this planet. It also has to deal with how they are teaching and raising their children. I know of a few teachers that teach Chinese transfer students from 8th grade to Junior year of High School. The saying that they lack imagination and innovation is very true, although they are great at copying everything down and regurgitating it on tests. The only areas in which they sucked ass at were critical thinking questions and responses. They all failed at coming up with original ideas, and if they did, they did so shitty that it would be in the 1st grade level. Think about it when all of their children and teenagers are essentially like this. That's their future cannon fodder, officers, scientists, researchers, military strategists, etc etc. The list goes on. Granted there will be the few rare exceptions, and those exceptions will be granted high positions in the Chinese government or military. But generally? They suck in comparison to our kids and teenagers that we have in our schools and colleges. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:03:18 AM EDT
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Taiwan people. They are on our side.
Hey it might be about a fast as one of our carriers. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:09:44 AM EDT
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That's definitely sexier than rust and leaking pipes.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:11:13 AM EDT
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I hope you are so very right in about twenty years from now. I distrust China more than any nation on this planet. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. The Chinese are only good at copying designs and ideas, not at creating their own or using critical thinking. Get a 21 year old Chinese College student, have him read a 500 page book and write it out word for word without looking at it anymore, he'll get the damn thing perfect. Have him try and write a 20 page novel, he'll struggle to even get a serious idea down or even complete it. They lack imagination and innovation. With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades. I hope you are so very right in about twenty years from now. I distrust China more than any nation on this planet. I know the punchline to the geopolitical joke, and its hilarious. 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:13:53 AM EDT
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That went over my head.
Fill me in on the punch line. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:13:56 AM EDT
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Taiwan needs 25 modern conventional subs.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:14:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:18:06 AM EDT
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That went over my head. Fill me in on the punch line. We have food and water. They don't. Take bets on who wins any troubles? 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:19:49 AM EDT
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Maybe they were being literal with "The"? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. That stuck out to me too, if he was quoted correctly. Interesting message to be sending. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:20:00 AM EDT
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I remember when that boat was hit during Whale Wars.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:24:14 AM EDT
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Where's H46?
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:24:56 AM EDT
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We have food and water. They don't. Take bets on who wins any troubles?
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That went over my head. Fill me in on the punch line. We have food and water. They don't. Take bets on who wins any troubles?
Funny you should say that because I was recently in a conversation with an engineer that just returned from there and his opinion of China's environment was absolutely negative. Foul smelling place with darkness for daylight and you sure as hell better drink bottled water... I feel better already.... 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:27:40 AM EDT
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Bet it makes a mean bubble tea.
Does it have the hook under the seat to hang your grocery bag on? |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:33:07 AM EDT
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Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan....
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:39:39 AM EDT
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We probably have at least 2 dozen ways to sink or neuter that thing before they even finish loading the Lo Mein rations on board.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:40:18 AM EDT
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Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan.... I'm just glad no one said anything about harbor freight. 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:42:22 AM EDT
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Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan.... Perhaps...I do get the difference even though they are both Chinese. But those Taiwanese are building these things in the hopes of repelling the communist Chinese who are aggressively building up a military machine. But I am sure you know that too. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:43:16 AM EDT
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Funny you should say that because I was recently in a conversation with an engineer that just returned from there and his opinion of China's environment was absolutely negative. Foul smelling place with darkness for daylight and you sure as hell better drink bottled water... I feel better already....
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That went over my head. Fill me in on the punch line. We have food and water. They don't. Take bets on who wins any troubles?
Funny you should say that because I was recently in a conversation with an engineer that just returned from there and his opinion of China's environment was absolutely negative. Foul smelling place with darkness for daylight and you sure as hell better drink bottled water... I feel better already....
They'll eat each other before they would land offensive military on our holdings. 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 2:44:50 AM EDT
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We probably have at least 2 dozen ways to sink or neuter that thing before they even finish loading the Lo Mein rations on board. Well, duh, but it's a hell of a lot easier for us to let Taiwan fuck Chinese shit up than to do it ourselves, isn't it?
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Posted: 12/26/2014 3:43:30 AM EDT
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Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Our main target is the aircraft carrier," said the corvette’s captain Wang Te-chien. Meanwhile, Communist China has one aircraft carrier - with two more becoming operational in 2015. More info on new CV's? Google no help. Two carriers, no pics or info? |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 3:46:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/26/2014 4:13:18 AM EDT
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Herr Derr Damn Communist Taiwanese!!!!
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:11:21 AM EDT
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We probably have at least 2 dozen ways to sink or neuter that thing before they even finish loading the Lo Mein rations on board. Yes,and I'm sure the USN is standing by to sink HMS Ocean and the CdG as well... |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:28:13 AM EDT
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Did they seriously copy the LCS? Maybe the LCS was a huge counter intelligence op, to trick the Chinese into building horrible ships. Well done, America.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:30:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan.... |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:37:26 AM EDT
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The lack of apparent awareness on this thread of our strategic global allies in Asia is staggering.
Anyone having visited Taiwan and also Mainland China knows that the difference between the two is evident. The US has put men and vessels in harms way many times over the past 60 years to protect Taiwan. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:42:40 AM EDT
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Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan.... 51% + of our countrymen were RETARDED enough to RE-elect Obama, it stands to reason that a good percentage of US here are retarded enough to not know the difference between Taiwan and China.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:43:29 AM EDT
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We probably have at least 2 dozen ways to sink or neuter that thing before they even finish loading the Lo Mein rations on board. 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:44:03 AM EDT
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With them actually being successful with an Aircraft carrier? Oh good luck with that, they won't even stand a chance against the world's most powerful and highly trained navy in decades. No, but it's good for threatening Taiwan (with whom they have a perpetual dick waving contest) hence Taiwan responding with a carrier hunter. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 5:44:08 AM EDT
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Perhaps...I do get the difference even though they are both Chinese. But those Taiwanese are building these things in the hopes of repelling the communist Chinese who are aggressively building up a military machine. But I am sure you know that too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Kinda sounds like a few people dont get the difference between china and Taiwan.... Perhaps...I do get the difference even though they are both Chinese. But those Taiwanese are building these things in the hopes of repelling the communist Chinese who are aggressively building up a military machine. But I am sure you know that too. Oh jeeze.. Stop posting.... Just go away. |
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Posted: 12/26/2014 6:03:57 AM EDT
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Needs more jagged lines of various gray shades.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 6:09:46 AM EDT
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Heads would explode if they knew Taiwan flies the F16 and sails US built warships.
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Posted: 12/26/2014 6:23:13 AM EDT
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Heads would explode if they knew Taiwan flies the F16 and sails US built warships. Shhh.... this thread is entertaining enough as it is 
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Posted: 12/26/2014 6:34:10 AM EDT
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Wait...if you enhance the picture of the port bow....you can read MADE IN TAIWAN written on the side
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Posted: 12/26/2014 6:36:06 AM EDT
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"Asia’s fastest and most powerful warship."
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