ping... ping...Carrier operations are inherently dangerous. We have people die in training accidents all the time.
We better not sell them short. Their equipment might be crappy Russian throwaways, and they might not have experience, but they are flush with money and a desire to be a player on the world military stage.
Their air force and navy have always been jokes, but what has been does not always have to be. Having money to burn, and the industrial base to leverage can have long-reaching effects.
We will be foolish to underestimate them.