ITS ‘Cavour,’ USS ‘Harry S. Truman’ and FS ‘Charles De Gaulle.’ Navy photo
The U.S. Navy and Its Friends Just Won the Flattop Photo Contest -- David Axe, War Is Boring
THREE allied aircraft carriers appear in same self-portrait
From early December to early January, China’s first—and so far only—aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed on her inaugural deployment, a month-long training jaunt from her northern home port of Qingdao south along the Chinese coast.
Returning home, Liaoning and her escorts plus a handful of jet fighters posed for an impressive and very telling photo-op, as if to announce to world Beijing’s entry into the exclusive club of governments that can deploy sea-based air power.
The photo-op coincided with similar displays of power by some of China’s maritime rivals—a perhaps unintended photo contest that included a huge display by the Indian navy and its two flattops.
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My Comment: This is something that is becoming very rare to see.
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