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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Captain,
I do not mean to drag out the point but I would appreciate your expertise. The Ukrainian engineers who prep the VARYAG were adamant that the thing cannot be made operational again. Also, the Chinese failed to get Ukrainian powerplants for that thing and the only local technology that could supplement this is nuclear. However, we have not seen anything glowing green in the night just yet.
Sir, with those in mind, are you saying that the Chinese actually have a chance of making this thing work?
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mmm, I'll stand by my analysis - there's good enough reasons for the Ukrainian engineers to say what they did for other than operational issues (e.g., the reason cited by the Chinese for the purchase...), and leave it at that
and 2012 is probably being generous...