China aircraft carrier confirmed
 

The head of China's General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that China's first aircraft carrier is under construction.

Gen Chen Bingde refused to say when the carrier - a remodelled Soviet-era vessel, the Varyag - would be ready.

A member of his staff said the carrier would pose no threat to other nations.

The 300m (990ft) carrier, which is being built in the north-east port of Dalian, has been one of China's worst-kept secrets, analysts say.

Gen Chen made his comments to the Chinese-language Hong Kong Commercial Daily newspaper.

Symbol of power

The PLA - the largest army in the world - is hugely secretive about its defence programme.

The carrier was constructed in the 1980s for the Soviet navy but was never completed. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the rusting hull of the Varyag sat in dockyards in Ukraine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13692558


Note: 8 June 2011 Last updated at 12:06 GMT

Yea I think we know... :haha:

Is it posted earlier, if so, I would like to have link, ;)

The PLA took this long to confirm it, we have had pictures of it for years. :O:

Yes I now,but I mean here in SubSim by topic, :hmmm:

http://themaritimeblog.com/wp-conten...bf4df0a5d4.jpg

Google is your friend http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...ies/google.gif

That photo is old, she has her PARs now:
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2151/varyagjun43.jpg

Found with google an Aerial Picture:
http://www.abload.de/img/chinese_carrier_inponddsr7.jpg
:yeah:

Also includes the wolf above google .... btw you did not find a larger photo, :shucks:

That's the Kiev class carrier they rebuilt as a theme park, not the Shi Lang.

True. It have been very much an official secret, like BT Tower was. :DL

I don't think that others could have done it any better. Hiding a 300 m aircraft carrier is a bit challenging.

EDIT: What the... 10 comments? There was none when I started to type! I'm becoming slow...

O'realy...

:O:

EDIT: Link doesn't work:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/fura----a/scruyu_f.htm

EDIT: Damn it Neal!

http://www.combinedfleet.com/fura s h i t a/scruyu_f.htm
^Remove the spaces...

:har::rotfl2:

I have never ever before witnessed anything like this happening with profanity filters. :haha:

Reads article. Reads article. Reads article for the third time.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll...atiuo1_500.jpg

Anyway, it's nice to see the PRC finally admitting what we already know.

They've got the training center set up, and they've had the HMAS Melbourne until late 2002. J-15 is coming online now, so I'd say the Shi Lang will be fully ready by next year, and I'd wager the next two Type 089 carriers will be unveiled about that point when they start being built.

Why are they going to build, when you are still going to sell the most :O: