Originally Posted by
Marcantilan
With this carrier, China now have the capability to project naval power, far away from its shores.
Surely, they could not fight the new Battle of Midway against the US but, anyway, is unlikely a carrier battle anyway in this days.
This is the only place the US could take on the Chinese in battle and expect some form of dominance. Good luck trying a land/air battle against the PLA, they'd win on attrition alone..