Thursday, June 9, 2011
China Fitting Out Its First Aircraft Carrier
China is engaging in an ambitious expansion of its naval capabilities, and that includes the purchase and conversion of a former Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. The ship, an Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier, features a jump bow, enabling SVTOL aircraft, but doesn't feature catapults enabling heavier armed aircraft to be embarked. The ship is smaller than the American carriers,