It seems to be just something else ripped off from the Ruskies
BartSimpson
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:37 pm
China is proud of the fact that they don't know how to build an aircraft carrier?
saturn_656
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:38 pm
I don't know about "ripped off", the Russians will sell just about anything someone will pay for. Even to their own detriment.
This particular ship came from the Ukraine, after the Soviet breakup they ended up with more military gear than they could ever hope to utilize.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:37 pm
Torpedo sponge...
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:40 pm
I wanna watch the Chinese try and land fighters on it ....during a slight chop.
jeff744
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:42 pm
Gunnair Gunnair:
Torpedo sponge...
Same for any carrier.
CDN_PATRIOT
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:00 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
I wanna watch the Chinese try and land fighters on it ....during a slight chop.
They'll probably crash the thing into something before getting anywhere near open waters to try fighter excercises.
-J.
Gunnair
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:22 pm
jeff744 jeff744:
Gunnair Gunnair:
Torpedo sponge...
Same for any carrier.
Not really. If you have adequate layers of defence, CCGs, DDGs, FFGs, and SSNs, then it's not quite so likely. China is a little thin on some of these.
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:28 pm
That many craft being operated by the Chinese is such close(relatively speaking)proximity means traffic jams and collisions...they can't help it.
Bacardi4206
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:52 pm
The U.S. has been making and using Carriers since WW2, with that whole Carrier race between nations to make the best carrier. I am not really seeing China really competing with that. Either with the carrier itself, the tech aboard it and the training of it's crew.
Shadow_Flanker
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:09 pm
China has been working to be a blue water navy for years now, this is just another step in their eyes.
Scape
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:11 pm
Yep, to them this is just a dry run.
sandorski
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:01 pm
It would be a grave error to just dismiss China. They have the $, the Population, and increasingly the Technology. It's only a matter of time.
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