China Sends Aircraft Carrier to Disputed Waters for Military Exercise - Polidicks

[IMG]http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-09/25/131871756_31n.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE](Reuters) - China sent its sole aircraft carrier on a training mission into the South China Sea on Tuesday amid maritime disputes with the Philippines and other neighbors and tension over its plan to set up an airspace defense zone in waters disputed with Japan. The Liaoning, bought used from Ukraine and refurbished in China, has conducted more than 100 exercises and experiments since it was commissioned last year but this is the first time it has been sent to the South China Sea. The Liaoning left port from the northern city of Qingdao accompanied by two destroyers and two frigates, the Chinese navy said on an official news website (navy.81.cn/). While there, [B]it will carry out "scientific research, tests and military drills"[/B], the report said. "This is the first time since the Liaoning entered service that it has carried out long-term drills on the high seas," it added. The timing of the drills is bound to raise eyebrows with its neighbors, given the overlapping maritime disputes. China has lodged formal protests with the United States and Japan after both criticized its plan to impose new rules on airspace over disputed waters in the East China Sea. On Tuesday, Australia said it had summoned China's ambassador to express concern over its imposition of the Air Defense Identification Zone. China also claims almost the entire oil- and gas-rich South China Sea, conflicting with claims from Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Vietnam. That dispute is one of the region's biggest flashpoints amid China's military build-up and the U.S. strategic "pivot" back to Asia. Though considered decades behind U.S. technology, the Liaoning represents the Chinese navy's blue-water ambitions and has been the focus of a campaign to stir patriotism.[/QUOTE] Source: [URL]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/us-china-defence-idUSBRE9AP08220131126[/URL]

Did they get any aircraft for it yet?

[QUOTE=Saxon;42987836]Did they get any aircraft for it yet?[/QUOTE] It's years away from being combat-ready, but apparently they have done some flight operations.

[QUOTE=Saxon;42987836]Did they get any aircraft for it yet?[/QUOTE] I always hated opening up a toy from China and finding pieces missing

Oh it is that old russian aircraft carrier. Why didn´t they just buy old russian carrier aircraft with it? Would have gotten a discount for ordering more than 20 planes

Why buy Russian aircraft when they can just make their own Russian aircraft? [IMG]http://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Shenyang-J-15.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-15[/url]

Oh, it's that refitted old aircraft carrier dating from decades ago? LOL china, a couple of exocets here and there and it's gone. EDIT: WTF is wrong with the chinese? "Flying [I][B]SHARK[/B][/I]", I mean, at least USA puts logical nicknames/aka like "Hornet", "Eagle", "Hawk", "Falcon" or other cool ones such as "Raptor", "Thunderbolt" you know? FLYING related stuff. "Flying shark" FFS china. Must have been an inside joke that got stuck.

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;42989023]Oh, it's that refitted old aircraft carrier dating from decades ago? LOL china, a couple of exocets here and there and it's gone. EDIT: WTF is wrong with the chinese? "Flying [I][B]SHARK[/B][/I]", I mean, at least USA puts logical nicknames/aka like "Hornet", "Eagle", "Hawk", "Falcon" or other cool ones such as "Raptor", "Thunderbolt" you know? FLYING related stuff. "Flying shark" FFS china. Must have been an inside joke that got stuck.[/QUOTE] What the fuck are you on about, sharks are awesome.

But they don't fly.

[QUOTE=Leestons;42989187]But they don't fly.[/QUOTE] [t]http://art.ngfiles.com/images/58/altrian_flying-shark.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Drag#!;42989247][t]http://art.ngfiles.com/images/58/altrian_flying-shark.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] FOOL YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL!

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42989166]What the fuck are you on about, sharks are awesome.[/QUOTE] No doubt, but they are more suited to sea-based stuff. Like submarines U-54 "Shark" I can't think of an adjective, but damn, its awesome on its own.

That ramp must be to get their shitty planes in the air.

[QUOTE=muffinmastah;42989455]That ramp must be to get their shitty planes in the air.[/QUOTE] Nah they just bumped a rock

[QUOTE=Drag#!;42989247][t]http://art.ngfiles.com/images/58/altrian_flying-shark.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Has science gone too far?

Here's hoping china bought some su-47's from russia as well [t]http://airvoila.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sukhoi-su-47-berkut-aguila-dorada-vista-desde-la-panza.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Rockeiro123;42992899]Here's hoping china bought some su-47's from russia as well [t]http://airvoila.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sukhoi-su-47-berkut-aguila-dorada-vista-desde-la-panza.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Don't those need a ridiculous amount of computer-controlled-ness to fly properly? [editline]26th November 2013[/editline] Sort of. [QUOTE]Fly-by-wire technology allowed for the design to be dynamically unstable and improved maneuverability.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-swept_wing[/url]

[QUOTE=Chinook249;42994411]Don't those need a ridiculous amount of computer-controlled-ness to fly properly? [editline]26th November 2013[/editline] Sort of. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-swept_wing[/url][/QUOTE] every modern fighter jet needs computers to fly

china is a large joke that a billion people are riding on.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;42994479]china is a large joke that a billion people are riding on.[/QUOTE] An oppressive and brutal joke.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42994493]An oppressive and brutal joke.[/QUOTE] which is where a personal moral dilemma comes up in hating the place.

[QUOTE=Rockeiro123;42992899]Here's hoping china bought some su-47's from russia as well [t]http://airvoila.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sukhoi-su-47-berkut-aguila-dorada-vista-desde-la-panza.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]I was under the impression they stopped making those beyond the 4 prototypes.