Chinese Aircraft Carrier

[Shuffler]

also, due to their population control policy plus their cultural preference for boys... they have nearly 50 million young men now who literally have no women to hook up with.


Quite a pool of 'expendable' troops if you look at it with a cold blooded perspective.

That population plane only works for a short time. All men no women....... few replacements.

[Shuffler]

also, due to their population control policy plus their cultural preference for boys... they have nearly 50 million young men now who literally have no women to hook up with.


Quite a pool of 'expendable' troops if you look at it with a cold blooded perspective.

That population plan only works for a short time. All men no women....... few replacements.

[Widewing]

Building carriers is probably not going to be cost effective for China... Why? Unmanned submersibles... This technology is still black, but believe me that it is a worst nightmare scenario for a fledgling navy. 

Two next generation Mk48 ADCAPs, and a sub-surface launched new generation ship killer missile on a small, fast, super quiet, long endurance, expendable platform that can dive very deep. It will be able to loiter for weeks... It can function autonomously with programming, and/or receive ultra-low frequency data bursts. It'll be 30 years before these things are in service in serious numbers, but they will pose an enormous threat to both surface ships and submarines.

[Muzzy]

Plus it's only one CV, and a flipped one at that.

[AKKuya]

Chinese would be better off on taking an old carrier and converting into a floating casino and hotel offshore from Hong Kong.   Same thing for our carriers offshore from our big coastal cities.

[Grayeagle]

Interesting that the photo shows a ramped forward deck for fixed wing operations.

Wish them luck with that -evil grin-

Just sayin .. all the time I was in the USAF all we ever heard was how good the other side was .. until the shooting started.

I have no idea how the Russian dinner party circles were like after the Bekaa Valley Air War .. among others.
I did hear there was a lot of empty flight line in Syria the day after.

Cambodia also had one of the largest air forces in the world after Saigon fell.. lotta planes lined up at Pnomh-Penh airport.
They got used up a bit during the Mayaguez Incident .. 500lb Mk 82's are just plain mean to exposed aluminum an stuff.

Iraq .. according to all the 'commentators' ..was gonna be another Vietnam
..at least that's what they said before the shooting started for Desert Storm.
I mean .. the US *cancelled* the SR-71 even ..what *were* we thinkin?

As Schwarzkopf said .. we had a toolbox full of toys .. the SR-71 was just outclassed for battlefield intel by then.

I would hate to think China or any other Nation these days would want a go ..just not cost effective.
There are capabilities and toys that are just not talked about .. until the shootin starts.

-Frank aka GE (FEBA breifings were an education)