Soviet Aircraft Carrier Minsk catches fire

1. 2024-08-22 at 8:08 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   
   
   
   

   The aircraft carrier Minsk was part of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. In 1995, it was sold to a South Korean businessman, and later resold to Shenzhen Minsk Aircraft Carrier Industry Co. Ltd., a Chinese company. On 31 May 2006, the ship was auctioned off in Shenzhen for 128 million RMB to CITIC Shenzhen, which operated the carrier as the CITIC Minsk World military theme park. The ship was painted with the hull number 015, matching the Chinese Navy's first aircraft carrier Liaoning.
   
   On 16 August 2024, the ship caught fire during further refit work in Nantong. Although the fire could be extinguished, the future of the ship as a centerpiece of another theme park became uncertain.

   
   The story gets confusing, but apparently the theme park closed due to poor visitor numbers, and the ship was sold again and again, before catching fire while anchored up while being "refitted". That refit piece is sketchy too - that doesn't look like it was being refit, it looks like it was parked up cos no one knew what to do with it, other than that it looked mighty awesome parked there.
   
   Guess it turns out rusty old Russian ships aren't the best tourist attractions, as cool as they might appear to the old CCP boomers who own everything in China.
2. 2024-08-22 at 8:09 AM UTC

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   ner vegas African Astronaut
   what
   
   an aircraft carrier theme park would've been cool as shit
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

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3. 2024-08-22 at 8:11 AM UTC

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   ner vegas African Astronaut
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_World
   
   oh it was just a shitty museum. would've done way better if they bolted a rollercoaster to the flight deck
4. 2024-08-22 at 1:02 PM UTC

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   Charles Ex Machina Space Nigga

   Originally posted by ner vegas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_World
   
   oh it was just a shitty museum. would've done way better if they bolted a rollercoaster to the flight deck

   
   roller coaster are for kids.
   
   REAL MEN want to be fired off from a cannon
5. 2024-08-22 at 3:21 PM UTC

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   Speedy Parker Black Hole

   Originally posted by ner vegas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_World
   
   oh it was just a shitty museum. would've done way better if they bolted a rollercoaster to the flight deck

   
   And jet shaped bumper cars on the hanger deck.
6. 2024-08-22 at 3:26 PM UTC

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   Fonaplats victim of incest [daylong jump-start that nome]
   Killing machine today.
   Kiddie ride tomorrow.