CV-17 Shandong - Type 002 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

[rott]

And when China has fought with worthy competitor in its whole history. China fought with small countries like Japan and Vietnam and what happened to China is well known to every one. Now China want to give a try to US.

Little boy, ever heard of the Korean war where China had to go against 16 allied countries (US included).

Well, India too got their asses handed back to them in '62 unless you consider India a tiny country.

Japan? Lol, we aren't speaking Japanese now or are we? But guess what, Indian constitution is written in English. What happened there?

Btw, what happened and happens on the 3rd of September? I wont tell you. You tell me.

 

[Deino]

There are two quite confusing / contradicting rumours around concerning tomorrow's lauch on PLAN Naval's day !

1. On the Sina-Military site there is this statement:

经过漫长的等待，国产001A航母终于完成大半作业，即将迎来下水之日。此前有消息称国产航母将在4月23日海军建军节当日下水，但未得到证实，还有消息指出4月23日当天潮汐条件不合适，下水日期应该在26日以后。不管怎么样，中国首艘国产航母下水已就在眼前。（来源：辽宁号指挥长）

The google translation is somewhat confusing...but it seems as if it claims that rumours of an April 23 launch are only unconfirmed. Additionally, the tides for April 23 are unsuitable for a launch and the actual launch should therefore take place only after April 26. The source is 辽宁号指挥长 who seems to be an admin for the CJDBY naval section.

2. Rumor is that the big boss has arrived at Dalian, so a launch this weekend looks more and more likely.

Deino

 

[samsara]

There are two quite confusing / contradicting rumours around concerning tomorrow's lauch on PLAN Naval's day !

1. On the Sina-Military site there is this statement:



The google translation is somewhat confusing...but it seems as if it claims that rumours of an April 23 launch are only unconfirmed. Additionally, the tides for April 23 are unsuitable for a launch and the actual launch should therefore take place only after April 26. The source is 辽宁号指挥长 who seems to be an admin for the CJDBY naval section.

2. Rumor is that the big boss has arrived at Dalian, so a launch this weekend looks more and more likely.

Deino

The Sina Military lines read as:

经过漫长的等待，国产001A航母终于完成大半作业，即将迎来下水之日。此前有消息称国产航母将在4月23日海军建军节当日下水，但未得到证实，还有消息指出4月23日当天潮汐条件不合适，下水日期应该在26日以后。不管怎么样，中国首艘国产航母下水已就在眼前。（来源：辽宁号指挥长）

"After a long wait, the domestically-built Type 001A aircraft carrier has finished most of the works, will soon celebrate the day of launching. After reports that the carrier will touch water on the Anniversary Day of the PLA Navy on April 23, but it has not been confirmed, and the message points out that on the day of April 23 the tidal conditions are not suitable for such launch, the launching date should be AFTER April 26th. However, China's first homemade aircraft carrier launching is just around the corner. (Source: Liaoning Commander)"

Whether the actual launching date is on April 23, 26, 27... or 30, it's indeed immaterial aside from the fanfare, for the most important thing, the real substance, this first fully home-built aircraft carrier is to touch water in matter of days! JIAYOU!!!

WHAT A GOLDEN WEEK(S) following up the successful launch of China's very first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 and its subsequent automated docking with Tiangong-2 Space Lab this noon! Really, where else one can witness such giant developments one after another nowadays... can't remember seeing such comparative great things any where!

 

[thesolar65]

I think we have all seen this before..........Arms race! US and USSR? and now US and China!!

 

[rashid.sarwar]

what is total time the carrier was made, only two years....?

 

[phancong]

You can remain in delusion. We repay you back in 1967 and kick your @$$ when you tried to intervene in Sikkim's merger with India. We know very well what Vietnam and Japan did to you.

You sure there was a India/China war in 1967? I never heard or read about it before.

 

[Sully3]

First Station some ships in Gawadar. It seems relatively empty for long time

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:62.6/centery:24.8/zoom:9

why does it matter to you indian?

 

[Max]

Congrats China.

 

[Deino]

Thanks a lot for making it clearer ... latest post from xinfengcao on Twitter !

https://twitter.com/x/status/855701475523047424

 

[IblinI]

I think we have all seen this before..........Arms race! US and USSR? and now US and China!!

This is nothing like cold war level,chill.

 

[Deino]

Waiting ...

 

[Deino]

Even better ...

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

I think we have all seen this before..........Arms race! US and USSR? and now US and China!!

No we're arm racing with India, before its' 3-0 in India's favor, now we're 1-1/2 vs 1 in China's favor, when you INS Vikrant will hit the water?

 

[monitor]

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It seems tomorrow it will be launch .

 

[Akasa]

The Type 001A is an improved design based on the kuznetsov class aircraft carrier (known as Type 001 in China).

so its basically a Russian copy ? Any innovation by the Chinese ?
Also its floated today , Commissioning another 2 to 3 years.

Not a "copy" despite hull similarities. The original Kuznetsov (aka "Liaoning") was entirely stripped of its interior before it was sold to the Chinese, which necessitated the Chinese to complete the design by themselves and thus leading to a very different internal "design" despite having the same hull structure.