[jpp113]

This misadministration wouldn’t do it, but what should be done is:
1. Seals
2. shaped charges on hull
3. during sea trials

[sarge83]

Nice target for Mk-48’s from an LA class boat...

[blueunicorn6]

I wonder if China will have ghost ships like it has ghost cities.

[blueunicorn6]

It’s conventionally powered.

Raise the sails!

[Rockingham]

It looks like a knockoff of the US Ford class. The covering on the flight deck is odd and seems intended to obscure US satellite coverage -- but why?

[Pollard]

ribbon cutting ceremony for something that’s not gonna sail for 5 years?

[ifinnegan]

I remember the discussions here when first Ukraine sold them their aircraft carrier making this possible.

[jacknhoo]

Going to that site makes one feel dirty.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Do you know how the carrier quals went for the last carrier? Was it the Feng Shui? Did the airwing get certified?

Last I heard they put a J-20 in the S. China Sea.

5.56mm

[shotgun]

I’ like the way the built the aircraft hangars on the flight deck.

[Vermont Lt]

In related news, plans for a new coral reef in the Staits of Taiwan have started coming together.

[jacknhoo]

Imagine If China Never Bought Ukraine’s Aircraft Carrier and Rebuilt It
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/imagine-if-china-never-bought-ukraines-aircraft-carrier-and-rebuilt-it-180471

“In 1985, Chinese shipbreakers purchased HMAS Melbourne, an Australian Majestic-class aircraft carrier. The PLAN scavenged equipment from the ship, and reportedly studied the hulk extensively.”

LOL, seven times in that article they word hull is replaced with hulk. Did China write it?

[blam]

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

If the Chinese truly used a junked old Soviet carrier as the model for how to build a carrier, then I wish that crew good luck because they're going to need it. We've seen how well Soviet naval ships perform, and it shouldn't exactly inspire confidence in anyone.

Building a modern super carrier properly takes an incredible level of shipbuilding expertise and experience, which the Chinese lack.

My opinion is there are going to be horror stories told about this ship for decades. It'll be like one of those creaky French aircraft carriers, except worse.

[MGunny]

Well, the ChiComs are one step closer to seizing Taiwan and the South China Sea. Sleepy Joe and the gang will sit back and blame everybody else for this to have happened.

[Red Badger]

[texas booster]

From the title and through the tone of the article, the WaPoo sure seems to be cheerleading the advances by the PLAN.

Wonder why they are so very proud of another military but despise the US military?

Strange, that.

[Seruzawa]

China is still providing targets, I see.

[Republican in occupied CA]

So the Admiral Kuznetsov won’t be the biggest POS afloat anymore?

[butlerweave]

A lot can happen in 5 years