Relax: China’s First Aircraft Carrier is a Piece of Junk

[CardSharp]

That sounds awfully familiar...

We need to get you a woman.

 

[gambit]

We need to get you a woman.

Mine is half Chilean and half everything else.

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But it is amusing to see a bunch of conscript rejects criticizing computer nerds about military affairs.

 

[CardSharp]

Mine is half Chilean and half everything else.

She has my condolences. (p.s. I don't recall asking about her ethnicity)

 

[gambit]

She has my condolences.

At least I get some...

(p.s. I don't recall asking about her ethnicity)

I figure that for the race conscious Chinese boys here, it matters.

 

[anon45]

Article is way too shortsighted, but yeah it's true China's first carrier won't amount to much compared to US-carriers. That said it's a necessary precursor, a good training tool, and probably enough to intimidate the weaker countries of the region.

Also Dangerroom is not particularly a good info source for miltech. It's entertainment, primarily aimed at Americans who dislike US miltech advances.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Article is way too shortsighted, but yeah it's true China's first carrier won't amount to much compared to US-carriers. That said it's a necessary precursor, a good training tool, and probably enough to intimidate the weaker countries of the region.

Also Dangerroom is not particularly a good info source for miltech. It's entertainment, primarily aimed at Americans who dislike US miltech advances.

Hmm I did see a lot of people calling the author a leftie in the commentary section.

 

[CardSharp]

It's entertainment, primarily aimed at Americans who dislike US miltech advances.

As in F-35 bashing?

 

[siegecrossbow]

As in F-35 bashing?

Wouldn't that be the military supporters? I recall that Kopp disliked the F-35 very much and was a big supporter of F-22s.

 

[CardSharp]

Wouldn't that be the military supporters? I recall that Kopp disliked the F-35 very much and was a big supporter of F-22s.

Ahh stupid me, I misread that as "dislikes the direction of miltech advances"

 

[Akasa]

Hate to say it, but it pretty much is. 1960s hull, what do you expect? Even if you add glitter like HQ-9, Type 1030, J-15s, or FL-3000Ns to it, it will still be based on a 1960s design.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Hate to say it, but it pretty much is. 1960s hull, what do you expect? Even if you add glitter like HQ-9, Type 1030, J-15s, or FL-3000Ns to it, it will still be based on a 1960s design.

The hull was built in 1980s, but it was a Soviet 1980s AC, not American 1980s AC.

 

[Akasa]

The hull was built in 1980s, but it was a Soviet 1980s AC, not American 1980s AC.

Soviet carriers are not up to to standards of their American counterparts.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Soviet carriers are not up to to standards of their American counterparts.

Of course, they can't even build an AC that is comparable to the CVN-65 USS Enterprise.

 

[Dragon Emperor]

LOL Varyag is just a training carrier to prepare Chinese pilots for their service onboard China's real homemade advanced carrier that will be completed by 2020. That is China's real carrier that will match Nimitz class.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

LOL Varyag is just a training carrier to prepare Chinese pilots for their service onboard China's real homemade advanced carrier that will be completed by 2020. That is China's real carrier that will match Nimitz class.

The Nimitz class carrier is now outdated, we should set our benchmark much higher. We should eventually build the CVN with EMLS that is fully powered by the electric power, which means the equivalence of the Gerald Ford class carrier.