China Claims Nearly-Operational, Weaponized Aircraft Carrier Is for “Scientific Research”

So you require to advance the scientific turnout of your country — great . What ’s your next move ? drop a massive amount of hard cash quicken , refitting , and adding gun to a giant Soviet aircraft carrier?Yeah , claims China . Hmm .

The Shi Lang — recently blot by China Defense Blog with smoke pouring out of it — will probably be cruising the sea soon . And it ’d be normal to expect it to do thing that other aircraft carriers do : military clobber . Covering its deck of cards in spurt , escorting other portions of the Formosan USN , and generally being an enormous swim power member with its bow point at Taiwan ( and the rest of the world ) . Which is why this taradiddle from the state - go Xinhua news show agency seems a bit , uh , less than dead on target :

The Defense Ministry formally confirm Wednesday that China was pursuing an aircraft carrier course of study aimed at refit an imported mail carrier as a platform for scientific inquiry , experiment and training .

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It appears China is a longsighted way off having a aircraft carrier with real fighting capacity since developing and build this eccentric of vas is a long and complicated cognitive operation … With or without an aircraft carrier wave , China will unwaveringly pursue its peaceful development . And any misgiving or nervousness about China ’s aircraft carrier program are completely unneeded .

Yes man , nothing to see here , just an enormous aircraft carrier outfitted with10 - bbl gatling gunsand missile launchers . For science . Hey , China , listen : you ’re a major world power . you could admit you want an aircraft carrier for the possibility that you may someday wish to blow son of a bitch up . We sure as shooting have no job talking about it ! [ CDBviaDefenseTech ]

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