Not a dumb question at all...it is a great observation.

Really interesting...thanks for the link.

Actually, coveralls (or a blue fatigues) are far more practical. I hated the dungarees but appreciated their traditional value.

Really good point...but not many want us there, much less a CVBG. They have to worry about China as a next door neighbor and economic source.

I’ve never heard greater wisdom from a potato...baked or otherwise!

With the inventory available to the Chinese, what would you have started with?

I wonder about that...even with a catapult, we (and all aircraft types) can “dip” for a variety of reasons...weight, sea state, pilot, etc....

Haven’t seen it but thanks for baiting my curiosity!

I have not read anything official...but I am sad to say it was a purely childish “they have camo so we want camo” fashion thing.

I have to confess, my 21st Century tech skills are very poor...but I did try to embed the video and youtube didn’t display that option where it normally is...

There are few original ideas left in the world...even in literature and movie-making!

So I wonder if they were just “practicing” with what they have and are using it to prepare their next generation?

I concur...we have always made the same mistake when interpreting the naval strategy of another country...parity.

If we’re looking at the same thing, those two “masts” are attached to the foremost retractable mast on the starboard bow.

Interesting...two lines of folks doing the FOD walkdown.

The Chinese have always been outstanding observers.

I feel sorry for the enlisted sailors who have had to pay to re-fill their seabag with the ridiculous number of uniform changes in the last 23 years.

Buzz...I appreciate your mature assessment.

The USMC KC-130 landing (without the benefit of a tailhook, no less) and taking off from the USS Forrestal is still the most amazing in my view.

When built by the Soviets, the designation of the Kuznetsov class (not its original class name) was “heavy aircraft carrying cruiser.” This for one obvious reason...to contravene the Montreaux Convention and get through the Dardanelles Straits.