CHINESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA (49-56)

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Дата публикации статьи в журнале: 2020/06/14

Название журнала: Евразийский Союз Ученых — публикация научных статей в ежемесячном научном журнале, Выпуск: 74, Том: 9, Страницы в выпуске: 49-56

Автор: Jawahar Bhagwat
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Анотация: PLAN's first carrier, Liaoning , originally the Soviet Admiral Kuznetsov class carrier Varyag, was sold to a Chinese travel agency in 1998 and was transferred in a partially completed state from Ukraine in 2001 after it was stripped of all weapons and engines. It underwent years of refitting and was handed over to the Chinese Navy in September 2012 as an "aircraft carrier training platform", which was not assigned to any of the fleets. Two months after commissioning the PLAN conducted its first carrier based takeoffs and landings. In 2013, it made its first long range operational deployment in the South China Sea. It has slowly and steadily built up its combat capability. In November 2016 it was reported that it was fully combat worthy. In December 2016, it was reported that the Liaoning conducted its first “live-fire” drills. From September 2018, the carrier has been undergoing a major refit which reportedly includes an upgrade to the island structure