[Aetius]

They sold it for $20 million?

Maybe the US should have bought it just to keep it out of Chinese hands.

[Jeff Head]

The Ukraine was anxious to get rid of it and scrapping it would probably have cost them millions. This way they got something for it.

But your point is well taken. Astute planners would have made a deal by offering 50% more just to tie it up.

As it is, the Chinese spent another $10 miiion towing it over to the shipyards and have spent tens millions since. But, if they do produce an operational carrier from it, they will have gotten a deal over producing one from scratch.

The costs will still mount as they will be spending hundreds of millions to billions on the aircraft and armamnet to outfit it.

[Wildbill22]

Very useful for the Taiwan endgame. Carrier on carrier warfare for the first time in 70 years? It isn't nuclear powered though, if that would make any difference. In any event, it will probably cost more than $20 million to sink it.

[Wuli]

"Maybe the US should have bought it just to keep it out of Chinese hands."

Now why do you expect something that intelligent to come out of Washington, D.C.??? /sarc

[B-Chan]

There are private jets and motor yachts that cost $20M...