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Originally Posted by ASWnut101
That huge rusting piece of floating steel is getting operational? Man, I sure wouldn't want to serve on it.....A hard landing SU-33 would problably put holes in the flight deck  ....... It's like 30 years old, a pushover sent to china by USSR (Russia). |
Um...I hate to nitpick here, but even if he is 30 years old, he's (the Russians refer to their ships in the masculine) still a decent carrier, and he's bigger than many of the ones European nations have these days. Just because he's 30+ years old doesn't mean he's toothless.
Also consider that
Kitty Hawk was launched in 1960, making her 46 years old, the
Enterprise was launched in 1961, making her 45, and
JFK was launched in 1967, making her 40.
Nimitz was launched in 1974, making her 32 years old. I wouldn't consider any of these carriers a "pushover" in any sense of the world.