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Satellite photos suggest China upgrading carrier launch systems
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A recently unveiled satellite photo showing China testing an aircraft carrier launch system has led experts to believe China has made a breakthrough in the design of its catapult system.

China Central Television (CCTV) reported that the catapult being tested to help planes take off quickly is more efficient than the "ski-jump" ramp used to launch aircraft on China's first carrier, the Liaoning.

The report said the catapult enables aircraft to be launched quickly, upgrading their combat efficiency.

Li Li, a military expert in China, said catapult takeoff device technology is currently dominated by the United States, but if the satellite photo is true, it means that China has "made a groundbreaking and strategic breakthrough" in aircraft carrier technology.

Li said both steam and electromagnetic catapults are used to launch aircraft, with the United States the first country to use the electromagnetic launch system.

Steam catapults have their limitations, Li said, while electromagnetic catapults enable planes to take off without worrying about weather conditions and are therefore more strategically significant.

The recently unveiled satellite photo showed a catapult track and auxiliary experimental equipment, which Cao Weidong, a researcher at the People's Liberation Army's Naval Research Institute, said could be used as an experimental platform for steam and electromagnetic catapults.

He said China is developing catapults to promote the development of its aircraft carriers, explaining that the ramp system currently in use cannot launch early warning fixed-wing aircraft, restraining its combat capabilities.

Cao said China will not only build an aircraft carrier, but also upgrade the ship's combat capabilities, including making use of a catapult, which has become the trend among aircraft carriers.

If China has sufficient funds and the right technology, the aircraft carriers it manufactures will adopt electromagnetic aircraft launch systems, Cao said.
 
Being more conservative than any other country,China will build its 1st carrier with ski-jump ramp,followed by a conventionally powered flattop with steam catapult(test of which was successfully conducted a few years back)and ended up with nuclear-powered flattops with EMALS(1:1 enginnering prototype is going through all sorts of tests)。
 
China commissions 19th Type 56 corvette

Chinese state television (CCTV) has reported the commissioning of the 1,500-tonne Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette Xinyang .

Xinyang (pennant No.501) is the 19th Type 056 to be commissioned, having been the 21st laid down. The ship is expected to be assigned to the North Sea Fleet.

Unlike other recently commissioned Type 056s, Xinyang does not appear to be equipped with a variable depth sonar capability, thus it is likely to operate primarily as a general purpose patrol vessel. It is, however, armed with four YJ-83 medium-range anti-ship missiles, two 324 mm triple-barreled torpedo launchers, 76 mm and 30 mm guns, and HQ-10 short-range air-defence missiles.

China commissions 19th Type 56 corvette - IHS Jane's 360
 
2016 most probably.

The 8th Type 056 corvette from HDZH is set for launch on 19.03.2015. :coffee::D
China needs LHD badly. Why they take so long to make one? A bad design LHD is rather than no LHD.

LDP 071 lacks a flush straight deck that can allow serial helo take off and landing. A LHD is need quickly to support humanitarian mission and small proxy war.
 
China needs LHD badly. Why they take so long to make one? A bad design LHD is rather than no LHD.

LDP 071 lacks a flush straight deck that can allow serial helo take off and landing. A LHD is need quickly to support humanitarian mission and small proxy war.

Money, money, money! :argh:
 
2016 most probably.

The 8th Type 056 corvette from HDZH is set for launch on 19.03.2015. :coffee::D

There have been rumors that their next-generation naval fighter will be ready in 2020. Any word on the AESA-equipped J-15s or its troubled partner FC-31 v2.0?
 
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