Sec Ford, any word on the type of battleships/battlecruisers the Chinese are constructing?
We know they have one Aircraft Carrier, a redone Varyang class from Russia, and the rest will likely be Russian or Russian based designs of surface warfare ships (Destroyers have come up repeatedly in intelligence reprots.
Are their any ships that could be classified as varients or Chinese production of the Kirov Class Battle Cruiser? These are very lethal ships and if the Chinese are able to deploy a good number of these they could project their naval ability deeper into the Pacific.
Also I'm guessing that the Varyang Class are smaller aircraft carriers and not supercarriers like the Nimitz class. Are these carriers able to carry normal aircraft or can they only be equiped with VTOL aircraft like a Chinese varient of the Yak-38?
