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"Cruiser" in a general newspaper is synonymous with any warship. This can be a battleship, a cruiser, a destroyer, a frigate or a corvette. It might even be a "flat deck cruiser".
It refers to the same old message.
PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)
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I read the article with amusement. I have not earlier read this paper but I know its reputation of writing rubbish and this is accord well with that reputation.
Not the kind of action that article is referring to.
From the article:
This has been proven false.Article said:
The Liaoning is not in the Med. It has never been in the Med or anywhere near it.
There is no Chinese cruiser is in the Med...the Chinese do not even have a cruiser.
Chinese destroyers have been in the Med, but never with the Liaoning.
The Liaoning has not ever even fielded a complete air wing on the carrier.
We have seen them test with a maximum of five J-15s. Although the Liaoning can carry 20 or more J-15s, only 15 J-154s have been built to date.
So, the action we can expect to see from the PLAN with the Liaoning is hopefully, more training exercises. More J-15s operating off of her in those training exercise.
All of that...at this time...will occur most probably in the South or East China Sea...or somewhere in the Western Pacific.
We look forward to the day that the PLAN takes her on some kind of goodwill trip to the Atlantic, Med, etc.
As to her doing combat operations in the Med against Syria...it is very highly unlikely and certainly has not occurred yet.
Either that news outlet, or Mr. Morozov are very sadly...and completely...mistaken.
I suggest we ignore any notion that Liaoning is going to be directly involved in Syria, actually any notion that China is going to be directly involved in ME.
These notions, to my thinking, is either someone want to divert terrorists' attention to China to save ones own ass, or some hot-headed Chinese fanboys who want to show "I have a big stick" due to excessive hormone. Chinese government is not that stupid.
These notions, to my thinking, is either someone want to divert terrorists' attention to China to save ones own ass, or some hot-headed Chinese fanboys who want to show "I have a big stick" due to excessive hormone. Chinese government is not that stupid.
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You see? It is this kind of so-called "news" quoting top Russian officials makes us question any news about China coming out of Russia, including the so-called "Su-35 purchase". This time, the news was quoting a top Russian official and had been proven to be absolutely false. So where is the credibility of a company executive in the case of the latest Su-35 joke?
Really? True that Liaoning has not been in the Mediterranean..however in her previous life as Varyag she has. Remember gents she was towed from the Ukraine via the MED, Atlantic etc...etc... Quite an adventurous voyage.
Varyag under tow in the Bosphorus through İstanbul
That's why I was very careful to say that the Liaoning never has.
When the former Varyag went through the Med, there was no Liaoning.
As you may be aware, I have kept a very detailed account of the:
...where I tracked the whole history, including its transit to China.
I know flight operations are taken under bad weather. Didn't know they can do that even when the deck is frozen with ice which is quite amazing. That's some thing new learnt thanks Jeff.
And I fully agree with what popeye said as you can see in my another post.
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Exactly...And IF Liaoning was ever truly deployed to the MED that would be headline news. I'm guessing that right now she is in her homeport.
Will Liaoning ever make a deployment to the MED? One of the big problems for such a deployment would be logistics. Although China has sent other ships to the MED and to the Baltic & UK. Only time will tell if the PLAN could do such a deployment.
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