[TigerLikesRooster]

So it is a secret which is not so secret. The carrier will be ready in time for Beijing Olympic Game, maximizing "patriotic ferver."

I am sure many Chinese would be impressed with the sight of fighters taking-off and landing on the carrier's flight deck.:-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Dog Gone]

They can sure build them cheaper than we can.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"I am sure many Chinese would be impressed with the sight of fighters taking-off and landing on the carrier's flight deck.:-)"

If they fly like that idiot that midaired the EP-3 back in 2001, whoever's working deck crew will be hating life.

[AppyPappy]

Yeah. They have so much experience with carrier landings.

[PubliusEXMachina]

Hmmmm.....Come on at us Chicoms, perhaps the Japanese can instruct you about the futility of going against the USN.

[GBA]

I wonder when we will start taking the Chinese seriously. The companies I used to work for gave away the farm to set up manufacturing and distribution in China and I keep wondering when that short sightedness will come back to haunt us.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"One of the largest carriers of WWII, Shinano was originally planned to be the third installment of Yamato class battleships. The construction of this monstrous vessel was started soon after the Japanese defeat at Midway and was completed on Nov. 19, 1944. Its overall length stretched to 266m and it displaced 62,000t. It was well protected with heavily armored sides, inherited from Yamato, and a reinforced flight deck able to withstand the direct blast of a 500kg bomb. On its way to be fitted out however, it was spotted and torpedoed by an American submarine, later capsizing off the shores of Shionomisaki."

[Moorings]

Can we secretly destroy it?!!

[handy old one]

Sub target practice to start in 2008 in the China SEA. HE HE HE HA HA HA.

[kerryusama04]

390 million!? We have radar systems that cost more than that.

I thought you needed 40 knots of wind to launch a plane? I guess they are banking on head winds.

[muawiyah]

It's really difficult to build an Air Craft Carrier in secret.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I'll almost feel sorry for them when a 688 sinks that sucker with a full spread of Mark V torpedoes. If it's anything like the Charles DeGaulle, it'll be fun to keep around for awhile, though.

[Right Wing Assault]

"...has top speed 30 knots per hour..."

Translation problem. It should say "top speed of 30 knots". You don't say "knots per hour."

[datura]

In order for them to get this done this fast, it's got to be the Varyag - they just resumed work on it again.

I sure hope that they get the Russians to help them in their carrier ops.....When the US Navy did carrier ops with the Russians it took the Russians 8 HOURS to empty the deck, while our guys did it in 45 minutes.

Landings? NOT. The Russian's most experienced pilot - the commander - refused to do the on deck landing, and went to shore. Of course the rest followed.

[Fitzcarraldo]

LOL, this is the cover story for why they are moving the shipyard:

http://english.people.com.cn/200308/13/eng20030813_122230.shtml

"Old Chinese Shipyard to Make Way for 2010 Shanghai World Expo Site

A Shanghai shipyard with more than 130 years of history is being moved to make way for 2010 Shanghai World Expo, said the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Tuesday.

A Shanghai shipyard with more than 130 years of history is being moved to make way for 2010 Shanghai World Expo, said the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Tuesday.

Shanghai city has decided to rebuild the Huangpu River frontagewhere the Jiangnan Shipyard is now located now into a modern business and residential area for the expo.

The city will build a new shipyard at Changxing island near themouth of the Yangtze River as a new home for Jiangnan Shipyard..."

[Flavius]

ahm most us here were waiting for it ever since they have towed back russian carrier to reengineer

[LibWhacker]

Don't know how successful the first generation of Chinese carriers will be, but thanks to rats, the floodgates to our universities have been wide open for 30 years and we've trained two generations (thousands and thousands of people) of Chinese scientists and engineers how best to kill Americans.

Hey . . . I've got a great democrat idea! . . . let's train hundreds and hundreds of muslims in nuclear physics!!! Oh, never mind, we're already doing that.

[Pukin Dog]

How impressed do you think Chinese folks will be watching their Carrier sink in its harbor?

[Redleg Duke]

We can only hope that they used the French marine architects in designing the flight deck.

[Quix]

How many planes do our largest carriers carry?