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| Ukraine reportedly helping China build aircraft carrier |
| 2011-01-25 |
| Ukraine has been providing China with the technics to build an aircraft carrier, says the latest issue of the Canadian magazine Kanwa Asian Defense. Ukraine experts are also involved in the restoration of Varyag, an derelict carrier that China bought from Ukraine in 1999. "The restoration of Varyag has been completed, and the vessel has been equipped with Ukraine developed power systems, " said the monthly. China bought the Kuznetsov-class Varyag, without any power, radar or battle systems, and towed it through the Black Sea to the northern port of Dalian under the pretext of turning it into a tourist attraction. But many military observers believed that China is changing Varyag into a training ground for its pilots on the soon-to-be-established fighter fleets on the carrier. Andri Pinkov, founder and editor-of-chief of the magazine, said that Ukraine also helped China's Harbin boiler plant manufacture military boilers and steam machines in order to adopt the "catapult assisted take off and arrested recovery system" that is used by Russian carrier aircraft. Besides, China has constructed two platforms to train its pilots for its carrier fleets, he added. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #1 "Two platforms to train its pilots" > Unless I've missed something, AFAIK both are on LAND. China now needs to build new platforms that are actually afloat on water. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-25 20:01 |