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| Keywords: USNWC Varyag02.jpg Varyag under tow in Istanbul <small>Mainland China purchased the former Soviet carrier Varyag from the Ukraine in 1998 for about 20 million dollars US The Varyag was the newer sister ship to the Russian Kuznetsov But the Ukrainian government had never finished the carrier after the fall of the Soviet Union and had tried to sell it to various concerns As a result the carrier fell into a state of disrepair The Chinese bought the carrier and indicated that the holding company that had purchased it planned to tow it to Red China and make it a floating casino </small> Originally from en Wikipedia; en Image USNWC Varyag02 jpg Obtained from the U S Naval War College report http //www nwc navy mil/press/Review/2004/Winter/art6-w04 htm China's Aircraft Carrier Ambitions Seeking Truth from Rumors en Naval War College Review Winter 2004 Vol 57 No 1 2001-11 Original uploader was N328KF at en Wikipedia PD-USGov-Military-Navy page is/was here All following user names refer to en Wikipedia 2007-01-12 21 07 N328KF 1024×686×8 187423 bytes <nowiki>Obtained from the U S Naval War College report http //www nwc navy mil/press/Review/2004/Winter/art6-w04 htm China's Aircraft Carrier Ambitions Seeking Truth from Rumors Naval War College Review Winter 2004 Vol 57 </nowiki> Tugboats Ships on the Bosphorus Aircraft carrier ramps Tugboats with aircraft carriers 2001 in Turkey Varyag ship 1990 | ||||
