Originally posted by jkw

While the PRC leadership has not yet decided to build aircraft carriers, it has approved of an aggressive research and development program. Beginning in the early 1980s this program has included the testing of hydrodynamic models and the building of a simulated carrier deck complete with a catapult and arresting gear. In 1987 a J-8II is reported to have been test flown from this deck. [106]
Shi Fei, The General Development Trend of the Chinese Military, Chengdu: Sichuan Kexue Chubanshe, pp. 2-22, cited in You Ji, p. 196.
http://www.uscc.gov/researchreports/2004/04fisher_report/8_navy_systems.htm
China’s First Aircraft Carrier Ready for Service in 2005: Report
http://taiwansecurity.org/AFP/AFP-01122000-Aircraft-Carrier.htm

Actually, far as carriers are concerned, because of the sensitivities and/or
the phobia surounding Chinese military built ups, or of her blue water navy ambitions,
China won’t be in the advertising mode — not until she is good and ready.

In other words: These projects won’t make their public debutes
untill all are ready to be launched simultaneously (all three in the same time).
And the time frame: 2009, or the projected time that was given by PLAN soon
after the Varag had made it safely to a Chinese naval ship yard.

In all, and when these projects does
go public, you will likely see a total of between 6 to 8 carrier
groups, new and old carriers inclusive.

Why 6-8 you asked??? For a country the size of and with
the shorelines of China, 6 to 8 carriers groups is the minimum for it
to be any kind of a meaningfull fighting force or deterent.

However, with TW being a pain, changes may take place and
we may indeed see one or two of these projects (old and new vessels) make
their debutes on or before the rumored date which is 2005/2006.

My 2 cents of course.

PS: Some additional read via the CMF site:
http://www.centurychina.com/cgi-bin/anyboard.cgi/plaboard/?cmd=get&cG=33636313732343&zu=33363631373234&v=2&gV=0&p=
Is this your doing also, jk???

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Now, how is this ever going to be
a fair game if the referee(s) have a tendency of always
favoring one team and never the other???

I mean, flying machines which goes without saying are state of the arts
and first quality 21st century western pride and joy verses items which “generically
must be, or have to be,” chips off of the old MiG-21 block??? No contest!!!

I always said that America was biased and here’s the proof.

A “GREAT BIG THUMBS UP” from me that’s for sure!

More Sino-Pakistani co-ops in the making? Maybe???

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-3-2004_pg7_54
http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040324152932.h78jjiko.html

With both the US and China on her side, Pakistan wins!!!

Originally posted by Vortex
Now why is that? Only a black person can be bleached white….i didn’t know that. 😮 It’s all oozing out isn’t it :rolleyes:

Good Mornin’ Vortex. Still avoiding the question I see :).

Anyway, while I am pretty confident of who or what
you are, you however must in your very own words come clean and let the
AFM public know what color you yourself take after.

Hey! You are the one who had taken after western ways and
concepts of color coding people and uses it to label people with when your
very own pigmentation are equally as strong if not stronger still.

You owe it to your inner self to offer us an explaination.

Originally posted by Vortex
ah, on the contrary my shoe friend, it is exactly that i’m making a mockery of 😉
I’m bleached white remember 😀 😀 😀

On your next life maybe. Or, the M. Jackkson way might help you solve that problem.

Originally posted by google
Asian people aren’t really yellow- the ones I’ve seen seem to range from pasty white to tan to yellowish-brown, demonstrating a wide spectrum of colors, so to label them entirely yellow isn’t fair.

You don’t call Native American Indians Reds, do you?

I guess he didn’t realize that, to westerners
who had started all of this color coding business, that there is also
a specific group labeled as people of the mud.