Is their deck-crew color code the same as ours?
I think they are replicating US carried deck operations as close as they can. So I think they are very similar in terms of their codes.
Now, right now they are STOBAR operations, but they plan to get to CATOBAR, and they plan to ultimately have the cats and then nuclear propulsion.
People underestimate them and scoff at them at our own peril. They are serious about a long term commitment to trying to level the playing field and we need to use our capabilities to:
1) Stay ahead.
2) Stop feeding their system with the capital that allows them to do this.
The F-115. Yeah, right.