The former Soviet Union's Varyag aircraft carrier is defending China's seas!
Russian experts feel a bit disheartened.
On May 31, Russian media published an expert article.
Recently, the U.S. decided to play geopolitical poker by comfortably stationing 500 American soldiers in Taiwan under the guise of tourism.
However, China did not appreciate this "tourism" and responded in its own way: dispatching two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Pacific to remind everyone who owns these waters.
At 19:00 Beijing time on May 25, the Liaoning, accompanied by a task force of 9 ships, departed from the East China Sea for the Pacific. Of course, there was no silence underwater — nuclear-powered and diesel-powered submarines were nearby, ready to surface like smoke in a tobacco barrel.
30 hours later, the Liaoning heroically passed through the Miyako Strait, suddenly turning east toward Taiwan. By the morning of May 27, it had already reached a distance of 500 nautical miles, conducting "performances" of deck aircraft takeoffs and landings.
But this magnificent warship of China, originally the Soviet Union's Varyag aircraft carrier.
In the 1990s, he almost became a sad piece of scrap metal, but the Chinese gave him new life.
Now, this individualistic "elder" can not only swim but also make the U.S. Navy nervously flip through tactical manuals.
Who would have thought that a ship nearly lost would become a star of geopolitical spectacle?
I don't know whether I should feel proud or sad about the "Varyag."
Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1833587910898699/
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