Ping me when they build some real aircraft carriers. Those ski jump things are inferior to any and all of ours.
Yes, I’d say they are too, but... they do have some capabilities...
Don’t underestimte them. They are sending a LOT ofmoney on execises and trining and developing these things to heir most capability. The J-15 is an improved version of the Su-33. it is lighter, has good strong engines, and modern electroni systems. Better than the SU-33 and can get airborne with more ordinance, and they have developed buddy stores capabilities.
So, yes, they are not as capable as our carriers...but that does not mean that in the hands of a very well trained and provisioned crew they are not dangerous, especially if we take them or granted. My Dad taught me that most people felt that the US would clean up with the Japs...but they fought us hard and sanke seeral of our major carriers in those battles. We cannot afford to discount them.
And they are on their way to building conventionally powered catapult carriers. One is building now in Shanghai and they will build a second. Their plans from there call for then moving to nuclear carriers similar to our own. I expect by the mid 2020s they are going to have six carriers plowing the waves in the Western Pacific and over towards the INdian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden...nothing to sneeze at.
Don’t underestimte them. They are sending a LOT ofmoney on execises and trining and developing these things to heir most capability. The J-15 is an improved version of the Su-33. it is lighter, has good strong engines, and modern electroni systems. Better than the SU-33 and can get airborne with more ordinance, and they have developed buddy stores capabilities.
So, yes, they are not as capable as our carriers...but that does not mean that in the hands of a very well trained and provisioned crew they are not dangerous, especially if we take them or granted. My Dad taught me that most people felt that the US would clean up with the Japs...but they fought us hard and sanke seeral of our major carriers in those battles. We cannot afford to discount them.
And they are on their way to building conventionally powered catapult carriers. One is building now in Shanghai and they will build a second. Their plans from there call for then moving to nuclear carriers similar to our own. I expect by the mid 2020s they are going to have six carriers plowing the waves in the Western Pacific and over towards the INdian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden...nothing to sneeze at.