Tale of two aircraft carriers

	Vikramaditya	Liaoning
Launched	1982	1988
Commissioning Date	Unknown (postponed many times)	25 Sep 12
Cost of ship	USD 2300 Million (and growing)	USD 2000 Million
Tonnage	45000 Tons	65000 Tons
Previous History	Was a Carrier between 1987 - 1996	Unfinished Carrier. Project Abandoned 1992
Purchase Date	2004	Hull purchased 1998 by a private company.
Commencement of work	2004	2005
Length / Speed	283 m / 32 knots	305 m / 32 knots
Propulsion	Steam Turbines (Russian)	Steam Turbines (Chinese)
Air Elements	16 fixed wing + 10 helicopters	30 fixed wing  + 24 helicopters
Aircraft	MIG 29K (Russian)	J15 (Chinese) comparable to Russian SU 33
Helicopters	10 – Various (Russian / British)	24 – Various (Chinese)