[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Wow! Thanks for posting that link with all the recent pictures of the Varyag! It's really turned into a good looking warship, and I think you are absolutely right about the ChiCom's intentions with it.

Still, I'm not sure how well they will fare with it and the battle group they are obviously trying to build around it, since they have never done this kind of thing before, and to develop successful CONOPS, you have to make mistakes at an operational level. There's no way around it, in my humble opinion.

[Jeff Head]

Agreed...but it is clear that they intend to be about it.