jhungary
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ex-USSR doctrine is useless, the USSR is not a naval power. Besides, we bought the ship as a casino, maybe they gave us a lesson in serving vodka to customers, but not in carrier operations.
Carrier operation is different and yet the same, the US doctrine isn't suited for China, mostly because we don't have quit as many carrier nor are our missions the same. The different launch methods and equipments on a carrier will change things, but it's not as big a leap as no carrier to carrier.
LAstly, it's not like without the liaoning we would have had a catapult carrier now, it's more like it would be commissioned around 2020 regardless, and to fill in the gap we got this floating casino of a carrier out at sea.
It's also a chance to train the pilots, though I will admit I don't know what the pilot needs to know and how different it is for launching and landing between the different carriers.
IT IS REALLY STUPID TO SAY USSR IS NOT OF NAVAL POWER
USSR Navy was at lease at the same level with US Navy during 60s, 70s and early 80s. In some case, some expert will also consider USSR's navy is somewhat stronger than the US Navy. Maybe you are thinking of Russian Navy instead, i don't know .
As @IND151 said, USSR is the master of STOBAR carrier operation. Their doctorine were widely used in multiple area in this world, they also partly influence the way the Big gun runs their own navy, Royal Navy is a prime example.
And again you fail to see my point, my point is not being aircraft/pilot training, but carrier operation. You can put a navy pilot to train with an airforce pilot, you can even put J-15S inline with the airforce too. However, does that mean you can put that naval aviator into a ship and expect he knows everything or anything??
Problem with this is, PLA have plenty of PILOT training, it's the NAVAL AVIATION training they are lacking and that should be what they are going to. If you still fail to see my point then don't bother......
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