Quite a saga so far. Twenty-five years old and it has yet to put to sea as an operational vessel.
What aircraft are they going to use on this thing anyway?
Most of those 25 years were in Soviet/Ukranian hands, so that doesn’t count.
It’s most likely to carry the Chinese copy of the SU-33 and probably even a navalised J-10.
“What aircraft are they going to use on this thing anyway?”
Don’t know, but I believe the wings will flap and the fuselage will grow feathers.