All equipment of the FSU was distributed among its states. The hull of the Varyag went to Ukraine because Russia didn't want it. The Ukraine first tried to sell it to them and then offered to gift it to them. Russia didn't want it because it was rusted not even worth scrapping. By the time it got to China it was graffitied with "The French were here." For 20 years that hull was left to rust with no maintenance, it was not even painted. Do you have any idea what kind of damage that does being open to salt corrosion for two decades? The reason the Liaoning is designated a training ship is because it is not safe to deploy it as an active naval vessel.
The "CHINI EXPERT " returns, ignoring every request for evidence or source materials.
There was a time on this very thread and forum that you claimed that CV16 had no engines. Then when it became obvious that you made it up, you claimed she had no arrestor gear.
Now you're claiming it can't sail out to sea because the hull was in salt water for a decade. It was designed and built to be AN OCEAN GOING SHIP numb-skull. Of course it can resist SEA WATER.
Where is your source for "
Russia didn't want it because it was rusted not even worth scrapping". Varyag was still under construction pierside when the Soviet Union collapsed in '91, 3 years after she was launched.
The Russian Navy didnt want Varyag BECAUSE THEY WERE BROKE. the Post Soviet Navy couldn't even maintain the ships it had, including Gorshkov and its sister ships. They couldn't even maintain Kuznetsov yet you'd have people believe they could afford to complete and operate a second carrier?
PS. Unlike some who we're ripped off by Sevmash, even in the 2000's Chinese shipyards could refurbish a never-before used Hull. Refit work began in 2003 at Dailan shipyard:
2003
2005 in dry dock
2005 back pierside after months of Hull refurbishment and painting
Non skid zinc chromate primer applied in 2006
Non skid surface completed, work continues on the island-2007
I'm not one of the Indian trolls you can fool with your unsubstantiated rubbish like
@Hari Sud and co. Try using a source next time.
Go waste someone elses time with ur BS.