Posted on 11/27/2012 1:23:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
“China’s military ambitions are now aided by the landing of its first fighter jet on an aircraft carrier.”
And the other 99 pilots who tried landed below the waterline.
The PLAN will find the world of carrier aviation has a very steep and deadly learning curve. Chinese pilots will come to know the sheer terror of a night carrier landing in combat conditions on a pitching deck. This is the one evolution that scares our Naval Aviators the most — as it should.
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