(Sonstiges) Chinas Trägerprogramm

[ThomasWach]

Hier mal etwas aus der "Mainstreampresse" zu diesem Thema:

China hints at aircraft carrier project
By Mure Dickie and Martin Dickson in Beijing

Published: November 16 2008 23:32 | Last updated: November 16 2008 23:32

The world should not be surprised if China builds an aircraft carrier but Beijing would use such a vessel only for offshore defence, a senior official of the Chinese Ministry of National Defence has told the Financial Times.

The comments from Major General Qian Lihua, director of the ministry’s Foreign Affairs Office, come amid heated speculation within China and abroad that the increasingly potent naval arm of the People’s Liberation Army has decided to develop and deploy its first aircraft carrier.
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The Pentagon said this year that China was actively engaged in aircraft carrier research and would be able to start building one by the end of this decade, while Jane’s Defence Weekly reported last month that the PLA was training 50 students to become naval pilots capable of operating fixed-wing aircraft from such a ship.
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Quelle:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d59c34fe-b412-...fd18c.html

Interessant finde ich bei dem Artikel vor allem der Verweis auf die Berichte von Janes, China habe mit der Ausbildung von 50 Trägerflugzeugpiloten begonnen. Neben den von Erich geposteten Indizen scheint diese Neuigkeit ein weiteres, starkes Indiz für einen baldigen chinesischen Träger zu sein....