Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Assessing China`s First Fighter Jet Landing On An Aircraft Carrier

China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is seen docked at Dalian Port, in Dalian, China, on September 23, 2012. (Courtesy Reuters / China Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDIC)

Analysts: China Aircraft Carrier Landing Poses No Direct Threat -- Voice of America

Western analysts say China's recent landing of a Russian designed fighter jet on an aircraft carrier, though significant, poses no immediate regional or international security threats.

In reports published Sunday, China's state-run news agencies said the navy landed several Chinese-made J-15 jets on the carrier Liaoning in the past week. The reports said the warplanes also took off successfully.

Chinese military analysts described the daytime landings and take-offs as a "landmark" in the navy's efforts to develop the combat capability of the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier.

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Analysis And Comments On China`s First Takeoff and Landing On An Aircraft Carrier

J-15 Pilots Practice Landings On Chinese Carrier -- Aviation Week
China Aircraft Carrier Style! Assessing the First Takeoff and Landing -- Wall Street Journal
Chinese Carrier Aviation Makes it to 1945 -- Defense Tech
The Pentagon yawns at China's carrier ops -- Foreign Policy
Chinese jet landing on aircraft career not surprising: US -- Economic Times
China’s J-15 Carrier Operations: Putting One Foot in Front of the Other -- Council On Foreign Relations
The Liaoning: A projection of Chinese naval power -- J Brooks Spector, Daily Maverick
Skeptism to China's Carrier-borne Jet should be Mute
-- CRIEnglish

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