Search This Blog

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Report: China has restored aircraft carrier ready

VaryagA leading defense analyst says China has fully restored an aircraft carrier from the Ukraine that it intends to use to train Chinese pilots.

Hong Kong-based Kanwa Asian Defense magazine says the restoration included all living and working compartments, the engines, navigation systems and power generating equipment.

The ship is China's first aircraft carrier. The U.S. Department of Defense expects it to be relaunched at any time for a pilot training platform.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.