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Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag towed to Dalian Shipyard in North Eastern China
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Posted on 03/02/2002 6:30:15 PM PST by Bob Evans
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To: sonofliberty2
Glad to see you've kept track of that prime example of ChiCom Disinformation along with an attendant "Lie Buster". KUDOS!!!
Yeah, I knew when he wrote me that, he had his facts screwed up especially since I posted the article that proved it a year ago last month. Clinton-style information war room at its best...
To: Archaeus; Bob Evans; rightwing2; MadRobotArtist
Update: The Chinese did complete the purchase of the Varyag for $20 million (orignally announced in March 1998) and did tow it to China in 2001 and 2002. It was towed directly to the Dalian naval shipyard.
Here is a pic of it arriving in China:
![](http://www.varyagworld.com/images/varyagb4s.jpg)
And here is a pic of it in the Chinese shipyards:
![](http://www.jeffhead.com/carriers/PLANVaryagdock.jpg)
Dalian Shipyard is the principle entity for China's Heavy Shipbuilding Industry Group Corp. It is one of the largest and most advanced shipyards in China.
IMHO, it is clear that they intend to study it intensely in order to either refit it (and that would be MUCH cheaper, if possible, than building one of this size from scratch), or, (perhaps more likely) to use the knowledge gained in the construction of their own carrier.
Here are some links regarding the same:
On FR - Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag towed to Dalian Shipyard in North Eastern China
The Mystery of the Varyag
On NewsMax - Aircraft Carrier for the PLAN
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