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	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Varyag was to be a Kuznetsov-class multirole aircraft carrier.
		On 3 November, Varyag was caught in a force 9 gale and broke adrift while passing the Greek island of Skyros.
		The most visible modification done to the Varyag is that her island has been painted in a dark red colour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag (1328 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a Nimitz-class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines is 1092 ft (333 m) long and costs about $5 billion.
		To land on the carrier, incoming aircraft moving at 150 mph (240 km/h) are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arrestor cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet (100 m) after engaging a cable.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the US Navy this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Aircraft_carrier (3615 words)

	Aircraft carrier - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a Nimitz-class carrier powered by twonuclear reactors and four steam turbines is 1092 ft (333 m) long and costs about $5 billion.
		Aircraft carriers are generally accompanied by a number of other ships, to provide protection for the relatively unwieldycarrier, to carry supplies, and to provide additional offensive capabilities.
		As nowonly nuclear powered carriers have boilers as part of their motive power system, the majority of aircraft carriers are now equipped with steamgenerating plant solely to power the catapults.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Aircraft_carrier (2936 words)

	Aircraft carrier - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To land on the carrier, incoming aircraft moving at 150 mph are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arresting cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet after engaging a cable.
		As a result of this battle, the aircraft carriers replaced the battleships as the dominant naval vessels in the war.
		More modern uses of aircraft carriers include the Falklands War, where the United Kingdom was able to win a conflict some 8,000 miles from home in large part due to the use of the carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible.
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	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These vessels were an emergency measure during Merchant aircraft carriers, such as Submarine aircraft carriers, such as the I-400 class submarines which were capable of carrying 3 Amphibious assault carriers, such as soldiers.
		This is often termed a battle group or carrier group, sometimes a Cruisers and helicopter landing capability and helicopter assault ships represent a new form of aircraft carriers.
		During the Second World War, aircraft would land on the flight deck parallel to the long axis of the ship's 1940s was the British invention of the angled deck, where the runway was canted at an angle of a few degrees across the ship.
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	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag
		She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South[?] (formerly Shipyard 444) on 6 December 1985, and she was launched on 4 December 1988, but she was renamed Varyag ("viking") in late 1990.
		However, considerable evidence suggested that the future of Varyag is linked to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and its program to develop a Chinese aircraft carrier.
		Due to the poor condition of the hulk, it is thought highly unlikely that the PLAN will commission the carrier; rather, many analysts suggest that the PLAN intends to examine the carrier as a model for an indigenous carrier to be built later.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Varyag.html (935 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minsk is an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy from 1978 to 1994.
		In 1995 she was sold to a South Korean businessman, and later resold to Shenzhen Minsk Aircraft Carrier Industry Co Ltd, China.
		The aircraft carrier was put up for auction on 22 March 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Minsk (303 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) on 6 December 1985, and she was launched on 4 December 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990.
		On 3 November, Varyag was caught in a force 9 gale and broke adrift while passing the Aegean island of Skyros.
		They are trying to vacuum up as much knowhow as they can." Liu Huaqing, a senior general of the PLAN, has spoken of the 21st century as the "century of the sea" and called for naval modernisation over several decades.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/soviet_aircraft_carrier_varyag.html (1005 words)

	Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships by navies ; a Nimitz -class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines is 1092 ft (333 m) long costs about $5 billion.
		Aircraft carriers are generally accompanied by a of other ships to provide protection for relatively unwieldy carrier to carry supplies and provide additional offensive capabilities.
		As a of this battle the aircraft carriers replaced battleships as the dominant naval vessels in war.
	www.freeglossary.com /Aircraft_carrier (1421 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Varyag was launched in 1988 but was never commissioned and was given to the Ukraine who eventually sold it to the Chinese.
		Her lack of catapults precludes launching aircraft with heavy strike loads, and the air superiority orientation of the air wing is apparent.
		The flight deck area is 14,700m² and aircraft take-off is assisted by a bow ski-jump angled at 12º.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/soviet_aircraft_carrier_kuznetsov.html (739 words)

	Articles - Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck, the flight deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for aircraft.
		The first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be developed was the HMS ´´Hermes´´, although the first one to be commissionned was the Japanese ´´Hosho´´ (commissioned in December 1922, followed by HMS ´´Hermes´´ in July 1923).
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a ´´Nimitz´´-class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines is 1092 ft (333 m) long and costs about $4.5 billion.
	www.babyblanketcenter.com /articles/Aircraft_carrier (4779 words)

	Russian cruiser Varyag - TheBestLinks.com - January 14, Russian language, Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, 1901, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Varyag (Variag - Russian language: Варяг) was a Russian protected cruiser.
		During the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905, Varyag accepted a badly uneven battle with a Japanese squadron before Chemulpo (Incheon) harbour February 9th, 1904.
		The name was inherited by the hapless Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag (which is informally called Varyag Cruiser, e.g., in press) and some other types of Russian armament.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Russian_cruiser_Varyag.html (163 words)

	Aircraft carrier
		As a result of this battle, the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the dominant naval vessel in the war.
		The basic difference in design between the carriers of the US Navy and the Royal Navy was that the latter expected to fight within range of land-based aircraft, so the deck was armor-plated to defend against many more air attacks.
		As the carriers of the US Navy did not have to have the understructure to support the armor, they could have many more aircraft inside.
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	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag towed to Dalian Shipyard in North Eastern China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag towed to Dalian Shipyard in North Eastern China
		The aircraft carrier sailed into Chinese waters on February 20 2002, and is being towed to Dalian Shipyard in Northeastern China.
		The Varyag is the new crown jewel of the PLA Navy.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/638785/posts (4117 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag - China-related Topics SM-SP - China-Related Topics
		Varyag was to be a Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov
		She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) 6 December 1985, and she was launched 4 December 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990, after a famous Russian cruiser VaryagRussian cruiser.
		Others counter that the carrier does not represent modern technology; the PLAN could probably have learned all they needed from Varyag without towing it all the way to China.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag (1183 words)

	Soviet Aircraft Carrier - Airplanes BR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		… The Soviet aircraft carrier program got off to a late start; … the first Soviet aircraft carriers were laid down at Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444).
		Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk Minsk was an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy from 1978 to 1994.
		… The history of Soviet aircraft carriers begun with the commissioning of the … Equiped with VTOL aircrafts "Kiev" was the first Soviet aircraft carrier …
	airplanes.br.com /soviet-aircraft-carrier.html (618 words)

	ipedia.com: People's Liberation Army Navy Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The strategy of the PLAN was a combination of Maoist guerrilla warfare and the Soviet young officers school.
		With Soviet assistance, the navy reorganized in 1954 and 1955 into the North Sea Fleet, East Sea Fleet, and South Sea Fleet, and a corps of admirals and other naval officers was established from the ranks of the ground forces.
		The possibility of a massive land attack by the Soviet Union has receded, and the new strategic threats include conflict with the United States or a resurgent Japan in areas such as Taiwan or the Spratly Islands.
	www.ipedia.com /people_s_liberation_army_navy.html (806 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier -- uncompleted at the time of the Soviet Union's collapse -- had bounced from the Ukraine to the Chin Luck Holdings Company of Hong Kong (rumored to be a front for the Peoples Liberation Army) to, finally, the PRC itself.
		The Kuznetsov carries a dozen launchers for SS-N-19 antiship missiles, SA-N-9 and CADS-N-1 air defense complexes, a pair of RBU-12000 ASW mortars, and the Sky Watch 3D radar.
		China's ten year effort to get the Varyag suggests its commitment to building a serious aircraft carrier capability, and such ships are almost certain to be nuclear-powered.
	www.navlog.org /Varyag_PRC.html (355 words)

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		Military and Intelligence analysts are suspicious of the true future of the former Soviet aircraft carrier VARYAG that passed (under tow) from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus, en route to the Suez Canal, at the weekend.
		In 1985 China purchased the 40,000-ton former Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne, ostensibly to be broken up for as scrap, but as of 1994 the ship was reportedly still in existence at Guangzhou, China, being studied by Chinese naval architects.
		As one observer has said: “The whole of Southeast Asia would be nervous if China was to purchase an aircraft carrier.” If China were to build or purchase an aircraft carrier, such an asset would enable it to provide increased air defence and support for amphibious operations, particularly against Taiwan.
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	All about varyag aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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