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China first aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning is preparing for it's 12th sea trial which will start by November 11th.

An amateur's video showing the preparations of the ship. The first real landing and take-off should not be far I think...


Type 908???

The real reference of Nancang class supply ship is Type 908, if I'm not wrong.

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The 13th chinese escort fleet starts special force training on board...


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New photos showing a Type 052C and a Type 052D side by side...

The one with rectangular universal VLS systems is Type 052D, it has an enhanced 4-faces Type 346A APAR, one of the H/PJ-12 CIWS is replaced by HQ-10 system. As no inclined sea-attack missile launchers are visible, I suggest that sea-attack missiles will be launched from the VLS.

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Chinese navy's JH-7A and ground force air-defense division carried out combat confrontation simulation...


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China's 13th installment escort fleet arrived in the Gulf of Aden...


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One FAC division equiped with Type 022 in exercise....


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China's 12th installment escort fleet handed over to the 13th escort fleet in the Gulf of Aden...


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East sea fleet is carrying out a combat exercice in the Pacifics whereas the South sea fleet is doing the same in the South China Sea...


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According to Sina.com, it is confirmed that the first landing on CV16 Liaoning happened today morning (November 23), the pilots name is Dai Ming Meng.

中国首艘航母舰载机的训练进展成为外界关注焦点。本报获悉,中国航母舰载机歼-15今天上午降落在“辽宁舰”甲板上,由飞行员戴明盟首降成功。

  11月5日,《解放军报》头版和国防报网站发布了关于中国航母舰载机触舰起飞的消息,这意味着舰机合练的技术条件已具备。

  航空专家、歼-10首席试飞员徐勇凌对本报记者描述触舰起飞的重要意义,除了挂拦阻绳和减速过程外,触舰起飞这个过程与正式着舰完全相同。

  随后,十八大期间,中船重工701研究所国家航母工程副总设计师吴晓光公开表示,国人将很快就会看到中国的舰载机在航母上降落或起飞,时间可能在这个月,也可能在今年内。

  与此同时,中国首艘航母“辽宁舰”正在渤海某海域开展试验,这也是它今年9月份入役以来的第二次出海试验。

  舰载机着舰的消息之所以引发外界高度关注,是因为没有舰载机,一艘航母就难以称之为真正意义上的航空母舰。军事专家认为:“只有当‘辽宁舰’成功完成了舰载战斗机的起降试飞,它才能成为真正意义上的航母,否则只能算是一个海上移动平台。”

  徐勇凌分析,对于高度复杂的航母舰载机系统而言,首次着舰的难点主要是两个,一是舰载机与航母相关系统人员的配合,二是舰载机飞行员首次着舰巨大的技术和心理压力。

  由于着舰拦阻与触舰复飞的技术含量和任务模式差异性太大,因此即使经过触舰复飞的反复训练,对于舰载机飞行员而言首次着舰依然是充满挑战的。

  在整个着舰的复杂过程中要让飞行员完全发挥技术水平是不现实的,但在这种高度紧张的复杂任务阶段,要求飞行员不能犯太大的错误,尤其是不能连续犯错误,而关键的着舰拦阻过程则不允许犯任何错误,这对飞行员而言是一种几乎难以完成的任务,而对首飞飞行员来说,他必须在保证绝对安全的前提下尽可能高质量地完成任务,这需要飞行员有强大的心理和绝对高超的技能。

  新闻延伸首飞第一人

  此外,本报还获知,着舰成功的首位飞行员是戴明盟。徐勇凌说,舰载机着舰完全依靠飞行员手动操作,况且整个过程都处于“亚安全状态”,其难度远远大于航天员的太空任务。相应的,舰载机首次成功着陆航母的成就和意义,也可与航天行动的突破媲美。

  2006年的《宁波日报》报道,戴明盟来自东海舰队“海空雄鹰团”,曾任一大队大队长。

  戴明盟是一个不苟言笑的人。“他在工作上遇到问题总是一个人憋着。”结婚这么多年,妻子江燕早就练出了察言观色的“火眼金睛”,丈夫每个细微的变化都逃不出她的眼睛。

  “如果他回家,不敢正视我的眼睛,而是埋头逗孩子玩,或者进里屋看书,那准有事儿。他工作上的事我都帮不上忙,也就不问。”江燕对付丈夫的心事儿有她自己的绝招:“一看他情绪不对劲,我的‘杀手锏’是营造快乐、轻松的氛围。我会急中生智,安排一些小节目,比如今天女儿长出第一颗新牙,我们去庆祝吧。今天是你第一次到我家见我的5周年纪念日,去庆祝吧。目的就是让他开心。”妻子绞尽脑汁的小节目总会带给丈夫新鲜感。

  “我带他去吃他最爱吃的水煮鱼,要不就陪他玩最喜欢的旱冰,或是带他去跳舞。这时,他就会不经意地把工作上的烦恼说给我听,心结解开了,心情又好了。”江燕说。(龚军)

  专家快评

  舰载机着舰引起外媒普遍关注,一些境外媒体可能会借此事炒作新一轮“中国军事威胁论”。但中国航母发展之路是理直气壮的。

  中国军事专家彭光谦表示,中国的核心利益不容侵犯,中华民族的尊严不容亵渎,中国每一寸神圣国土都不容许任何人窃取,但我们也决不会用航母等手段去攫夺属于别人的一寸土地。法制晚报 郭丹援
 
New photos showing a Type 052C and a Type 052D side by side...

The one with rectangular universal VLS systems is Type 052D, it has an enhanced 4-faces Type 346A APAR, one of the H/PJ-12 CIWS is replaced by HQ-10 system. As no inclined sea-attack missile launchers are visible, I suggest that sea-attack missiles will be launched from the VLS.

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In these pictures it is nicely visible how smaller the front VLS bay is on 052d is, compared to one on 052c. at a minimum, it looks 20% longer on 052c and 10-15% wider. Though the good deal of that width difference is probably taken up by the canted launch canisters. But length difference is still there.

Very nice of them to line these two ships up side-by-side like this, we could hardly have asked for a better image to use to do a comparison between the two variants.

These pictures should put a lot of the old questions and disputes to bed. We can now categorically say that there was no change in external dimensions of the design moving from 052C to 052D.

The new VLS block is also noticeable smaller than some had thought, and it should be possible to fit a 32 cell block of the new VLS on the 054A hull provided there are no unforeseen issues with the internal structure.

What is most interesting about the bow section differences between the C and D is the fact that the main gun appears to have been shifted back by a small, but noticeable distance. My guess is that the reason for doing so is related to the design and layout of the autoloader and magazine for the new gun below decks.

Had they kept the same originally gun, or kept it in the same original position, they should have easily had room to squeeze in an extra 2 blocks of VLS cells to give them a total of 40 missiles up front. The new gun must really be something for them to be willing to make that trade-off.
 
More detail on South sea fleet's exercise...


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Navy air force's joint tactical groups carried out exercise with surface ships...


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