Liaoning crew know that they must try hard to be familiar with the imported aged carrier. Before that don't think Liaoning could fight.
not like some .CN guys in this forum think the difference.
For example, during Sino-Viet conflict 1979, Chinese learnt that Vietnamese troops use Chinese weapons ( Vietnam cannot produce any weapon ) but defeated Chinese troops attacking them in mass.
Some facts : China use 10 vs 1 attack for fast moving to Vietnam territory but they failed, cannot destroy the local army force of Vietnam and get heavy damage for their sudden attacks, while Vietnam really not know about Chinese plan, but local troops still could make heavy damage and force Chinese retreat before some experienced units from Cambodia fly back.
What happen next if Chinese troops keep moving forward ? I think it would be a disaster for Chinese troops when facing Vietnamese units with reputation make even Americans feel fear.
After that Chinese troops need some decades to improve themselve in develop modern tactics, communication, training skills...
which Vietnamese troops learn by blood when fighting with French, American during decades.
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Summary: a tactical unit need training hard not just fully arm, the more training the less damage in real combat.
So I still vote for Vikrant against Liaoning,
There are reasons for everything. Vietnam sort of won against US, does that mean Vietnam is superior today?
No, under those circumstances and with the tech available to the US, it wasn't possible for a US victory. Today, the difference hasn't gotten smaller, but much larger, and while victory won't be easy, but it could be achieved.
China in the Vietnam war used troops that just came out of the Cultural revolution. They are not trained, equipped or anything. Yes, I'm sure if Vietnam at that time went all out, China would lose, almost no doubt in my mind about that.
However today it is different. Not only is China numerically superior, but it is also better equipped than ever before.
You can clearly see the difference in training, and not just hard work, but also at military colleges and the quality of recruits.
The equipment available at this point is not close.
Also Liaoning was just a empty shell, it's not a carrier that was bought by China as a finished or even semi finished product. Everything other than the shell was Chinese. I mean when they tolled it back, it even needed cleaning and had rats.
To the training point. There's only so much training one can give to a person that doesn't have a background of higher education. Chinese military are fast becoming very professional with increasing number of university graduates becoming soldiers.
So maybe India rolled all educated men and women into the more advanced units and thus the difference isn't there, I don't know, but unless that is the case, we would have the better training.
