The National Interest: Top 5 Navy in the world right now, China #2.

[Tshering22]

The Russians are dead, I don't think they can even build AC now. Vikramaditya was an experiment to retrain this capability.

Lest you forget... Varyag comes from a similar era.

Russia is making a bigger carrier than it had ever made. That'll replace the Kuznetsov class carrier.

Russia will remain a powerful force for many decades to come.

 

[LeGenD]

Lest you forget... Varyag comes from a similar era.

Russia is making a bigger carrier than it had ever made. That'll replace the Kuznetsov class carrier.

Russia will remain a powerful force for many decades to come.

I think Russia is in decline. Small population and economic setback (due to American sanctions) are two notable factors

China is in a good position to redefine its defense capabilities.

 

[Han Patriot]

Lest you forget... Varyag comes from a similar era.

Russia is making a bigger carrier than it had ever made. That'll replace the Kuznetsov class carrier.

Russia will remain a powerful force for many decades to come.

Yup, but Varyag was refurbished in China, the skillset is in China and hence we could easily build a domestic carrier fast. The ability to build ships does not just depend on design and facilities, a lot has to do with manpower skillset. I see Russia now relearning this skillset, but in reality China is way ahead of Russia in shipbuilding skills.