• Shenanigore
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    9 months ago

    You ever consider why China is building aircraft carriers now, when previously they had no need, as their interests were limited to places they could access by land?

    • maynarkh@feddit.nl
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      9 months ago

      I guess they want to have their own adventures bombing far away places like the US.

      Aside all the political aspects and people dying, the aviation nerd in me is actually super interested in what Chinese naval aviation will look like once they get to where they want to be. Aren’t they using their own versions of the Su-33 right now? J-15 is it? The 5th gen fighter they are using looks far too heavy to do ski jumps.