You can say that all you want. I reckon yes they will train pilots but after a year It’ll become an active warship, taking part in ops e.t.c

That being said British Carrier are basically training ships at the moment – when was the last time one of them dropped a bomb in anger? The Indian carrier INS Viraat is the same at the moment.

I think hes getting confused with the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk in that interview or they are just copying and pasting from a different time.

No way varyag is going to be amusement park after the work they have done on it.

Except with a 24 aircraft purchase you’d only be able to deploy circa 12 at a time. Not worth the cost of a carrier. Better to spend the money spent on the carrier on tankers, further amphibs or additional MRH/NFH-90’s.

shhh dont ruin it. Ill take 18 to sea 😛

hell the chinese are gonna develop all this stuff anyways.

If we had already got our first CVF in the water I would be up for selling them the 2nd – more industry work for our shipyards 😛

To be honest though, if I was Brazil I would be willing to send my Carrier and engineers over to china and go through all the lessons they have learned and information about the catapults.

All in exchange for a co op on carrier design / production.

Im talking rubbish today though