Dual Layer Dvd: Carrier Builders

Saturday, 17 November 2012

Carrier Builders

Since the 1970s, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has expressed interest in operating an aircraft carrier as part of its blue water aspirations, and press reports have frequently quoted senior Chinese military officials as expressing an intention to build aircraft carriers.On 7 June 2011, People's Liberation Army Chief of the General Staff Chen Bingde confirmed that China was constructing at least one indigenously designed aircraft carrier,with local media reporting that two hulls may currently be under construction.

Since 1985, China has acquired four retired aircraft carriers for study, the Australian HMAS Melbourne and the ex-Soviet carriers Minsk, Kiev and Varyag. Reports state that two 50,000-60,000 ton Type 089 aircraft carriers based on the Varyag, are due to be finished by 2015. Sukhoi Su-33s (navalized Flankers) are the aircraft most likely to be flown from these carriers,[8] but China is also developing its own multirole fighter, the Shenyang J-15