Re: China Converts Russian Ship to Build Its First Aircraft Carrier - Report
- From: "Denver Mills" <SilverMedalist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:54:53 -0400
"Captain!" <SpammersMustDie@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> China Converts Russian Ship to Build Its First Aircraft Carrier - Report
>
> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/25/chinacarrier.shtml
>
> Chinese shipyard workers have been repairing a badly damaged ex-Russian
> aircraft carrier and have repainted it with the country's military
> markings, raising the question once again of whether China is pursuing
> longer-term plans to field its first carrier, Jane's Defence Weekly, a
> popular weekly reporting on military affairs, has said in a report earlier
> this month.
>
> In the latest developments, images show that workers at the Chinese Dalian
> Shipyard have repainted the ex-Russian Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
> Varyag with the markings and color scheme of the People's Liberation Army
> (PLA) Navy (PLAN), JDW reported.
>
> Additional new photographs show that other work, the specifics of which
> could not be determined, appears to be continuing and that the condition
> of the vessel is being improved.
>
> JDW believes that PLAN technicians have also conducted thorough studies of
> the basic structure of the Varyag during the past few years to obtain a
> comprehensive understanding of the carrier's structural design.
>
> Former PLAN commander General Liu Huaqing stated in his memoirs that China
> had purchased blueprints for the carrier - a fact that Russian sources
> confirmed to JDW. Moreover, Gen Huaqing added: "The competent departments
> of the defense industry employed Russian aircraft carrier designers to
> come to China and give lectures."
>
> Still, China's ultimate intentions for the Varyag remain unclear. One
> possibility is that Beijing intends to eventually have it enter into some
> level of service. A military strategist from a Chinese military university
> has commented publicly that the Varyag "would be China's first aircraft
> carrier".
>
>
I wonder just who China is defending itself against...or is it intended for
agression? I have always said, the greatest threat to world peace is China.
They are ultra nationalistic and will become more beligerant as they gain
more capability.
In any case, China should study the conomics of Russia's carrier, the
Kuznyetzov and France's, The Chucky De Gaulle. Both are more or less useless
and economic sinkholes.
Russia doesn't even have an operational airwing for its carrier. China will
have to purchase aircraft from Russia for it, it they haven't already.
But that carrier is already 20 or 30 years old. The US is designing
completely new carriers to replace the Nimitz class.
.
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