I am thoroughly impressed. Funny though, the west has been doing this since about 1930 or so. Are the Chinese that far behind?
Sigh, I wish I had a second hand piece of military or naval equipment....
Those red tie downs look like the ones at Harbor Freight!
Countries have been doing carrier aviation for almost a hundred years so there is no secret to the theory. All it takes is practice, and the Chines have been doing it for four years. The question is how are they on night air operations?
No. They are not far behind.
Most navies don’t operate carriers and developing carrier operations, even with Western (US!) help is very, very difficult.
This is an amazing and scary achievement on the PLAN. Think about it. The only other folks operating fleet carriers (not helicopter / VSTOL carriers) are the US, France, and India.
Hopefully, in the event of war, the Liaoning will make for a very happy submarine driver.