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| China building second aircraft carrier |
| 2015-03-14 |
| [Iran Press TV] China is building a second aircraft carrier in a move to boost Beijing's maritime power, a media report says. Beijing has "accumulated a lot of experience" from the first vessel and has now taken the "next step", Chinese media quoted senior colonel and professor at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Liang Fang, as saying. A second carrier would mark a significant upgrade to China's current Liaoning carrier, a refurbished Soviet-era ship that Beijing acquired from Ukraine. "The reason we imported the first aircraft carrier is so that we could be capable of building our own in the future," the official said, adding, "And now, just like what some media have revealed, that is what we have done -- built the second aircraft carrier." Her statements follow recent reports from senior PLA officers on the building of the vessel. Chinese officials sporadically report -- and oftentimes delete -- news of a second domestically built aircraft carrier. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 They sank the first one? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-03-14 14:47 |
| #6 Without good damage control, they're just targets. And screening escorts, and CAP, and logistics... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-14 11:49 |
| #5 Passing out goodies an attribute of great power? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-14 11:32 |
| #4 Without good damage control, they're just targets. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2015-03-14 11:21 |
| #3 Its always handy to have a replacement on hand. Besides I doubt this is news in the five sided funny farm |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2015-03-14 10:55 |
| #2 Next time a tsunami hits in SouthEast Asia I expect to see Chinese carriers arriving and passing out fresh water and food the way American carriers have done in the past. Wanna be a great power you gotta act like one, otherwise your just a wanna-be. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-03-14 10:22 |
| #1 As per IDRW.ORG, BHARAT RAKSHAK, + TIMES OF INDIA, India has apparently decided to improve or construct its own Mil-capable artificial islands in the IOR. * TOPIX > INDIA PUSHES BACK AGZ CHINA IN INDIAN OCEAN, + East Asia in general. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-14 01:27 |