China launches first aircraft carrier

Good for China I guess. They're finally on par with the French military...

At the same time Taiwan announced a missile designed to destroy aircraft carriers apparently.

ASMs were a fad before the Aegis-equipped cruisers/destroyers become a component of US carrier groups.

It'll look WEEL NICE when it's done.

I had no idea that the PLAN didn't have any aircraft carriers, so this is interesting news to me

Gives aircraft to North Korea "China has been generous"

I've heard they had a big-ass land force, but i've never heard much about their air force.

I don't know why America is so concerned about it though.

Something tells me that Stalin has been playing Command & Conquer Generals. xD

Good for them, I mean the state of their economy is terrifying me but I hope it works out well.

Having them eventually match the USN in the Pacific would be nice to see.

Yeah, I heard about that in the news about a month ago. Still not as cool as the shovels, though.

Those shovels will ensure China's military victory when the resource wars begin next decade. No other nation will be able to fight AND dig for oil so efficiently.

I read about this a while ago, and apparently it's an outdated cold war era ship.

I like how the ship is named after a Chinese Admiral who invaded Taiwan in the 1600s.

I think that's gives us a pretty good idea of what they want to do with it.

Of course, it's obvious isn't it. Capture and kill the Ming who rule Taiwan

Late but, C&C Generals reference ftw!!!