To: RexBeach; PittsburghAfterDark
Nope...that's the former Russian Varyag. Sister ship to the Kuznetsov. The Ukraine ended up with it and they couldn;t afford to finish it so they sold it to the Chinese...supposedly to become a casino. Then the holding company for the caisno wnet right out of business and the "presto" the PLAN ended up with it.
Here's pic of the Kuznetsov opertional:
29 posted on
06/22/2006 9:41:48 AM PDT by
Jeff Head
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To: Jeff Head
How bigs is she? How many aircraft can she tote? What age ie she?
32 posted on
06/22/2006 9:44:18 AM PDT by
RexBeach
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To: Jeff Head
They turned the Minsk into a casino. It was worthless anyway.
36 posted on
06/22/2006 9:49:37 AM PDT by
AppyPappy
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