CV-18 Fujian - Type 003 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

[samsara]

I am really bad at looking at pics...
So what's indeed the dynamics of these two pics?

 

[Deino]

I am really bad at looking at pics...
So what's indeed the dynamics of these two pics?

To admit not moch ... just two recent images for the record.

Sorry

 

[samsara]

To admit not moch ... just two recent images for the record.

Sorry

Oh, okay, that's fine Deino. I asked sincerely, no sarcasm there! I thought there might be some dynamics that I couldn't identify after spotted them closely.

 

[LKJ86]

Via @捣蛋就对 from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Via @正版河图 from Weibo

 

[lcloo]

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Via @正版河图 from Weibo

Looks like there are four super modules now. The further away one is the bow module. And on the left side of the yard are what looks like flight decks.

 

[Deino]

Looks like there are four super modules now. The further away one is the bow module. And on the left side of the yard are what looks like flight decks.

Exactly my question ... Are these already segments of the deck?

 

[LKJ86]

Exactly my question ... Are these already segments of the deck?

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Obviously, Shanghai does much better than Dalian...

 

[lcloo]

This is how you move a large object by barge.

This is an example taken from a scene of moving a large segment of undersea tunnel in China.

 

[JSCh]

39-year-old heads China’s 3rd carrier construction
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2019/11/21 19:53:40

With military observers expecting China's second aircraft carrier to join naval service soon, the country's third aircraft carrier is being built in Shanghai, headed by a 39-year-old builder, the state broadcaster reported.

Experts said on Thursday that China's shipbuilding industry consists of very young teams and has mastered technologies to build aircraft carriers that could one day rival the US.

China's second aircraft carrier leaves the Dalian Shipyard for its ninth sea trial on Thursday. Photo: IC

China's third aircraft carrier is under construction at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, and its chief builder was born in 1980, Jin Yi'nan, a professor at National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), disclosed in a China Central Television (CCTV) program this week.

Jin said he recently visited the shipyard, but did not reveal the name of the chief builder or anything on the new carrier's development.

The Xinhua News Agency reported in November 2018 that the new type of aircraft carrier was being built, but official media has rarely mentioned any progress since then.

Military observers speculated that the third carrier could be larger than the previous two and feature a flat deck with an electromagnetic catapult.

Hu Wenming, then-chairman of China Shipbuilding Industry Corp and head of China's aircraft carrier program, said on CCTV in August that China has a mature development and construction team, with 36 years as the average age of team members.

"Whatever type of aircraft carrier our country wants to develop, we can make it on our own," Hu said.

China learned from refitting the purchased former Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag into the Liaoning, used the experience in building the second carrier, and is now applying innovations in the third one, a military expert who asked not to be named told the Global Times on Thursday.

"The teams are very young, and you can expect them to build aircraft carriers that could be on par with the ones of the US in the foreseeable future," the expert said.

China's second aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Straits on Sunday and conducted tests and training in the South China Sea, the PLA Navy announced on Monday.

Photos and videos surfaced on Chinese social media showing the second carrier arriving in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, as military analysts speculate it might soon be commissioned at a naval base there.

Military analysts predict that China could operate around six carriers in the future, as later entries could become nuclear-powered.

 

[Deino]

In recent times, Chinese aircraft carrier became quite shy ... no news from the Type 002 and also the Type 003 currently under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai tries to hide ...
(Image via @bluefoxmd)

 

[Han Patriot]

I am now at a yard directly opposite Jiangnan, this is a civillian yard and you would be astonished by how fast they build ships here.

 

[GS Zhou]

I am now at a yard directly opposite Jiangnan, this is a civillian yard and you would be astonished by how fast they build ships here.

Guess you are in Waigaoqiao?

 

[Han Patriot]

Guess you are in Waigaoqiao?

Hahahah, I will not say much more. Let's just say they are making ships like pancakes, the only weakness is engliah documentation. The exact opposite of Indians, then write alot of crap but deliver shit.

Guess you are in Waigaoqiao?

Hahahah, I will not say much more. Let's just say they are making ships like pancakes, the only weakness is engliah documentation. The exact opposite of Indians, then write alot of crap but deliver shit.

 

[obj 705A]

while for sure the best way to control costs is to make the production continuous (for example if the PLAN wants 10 super carriers then they would be better off spreading the production to 50 years at a rate of 1 carrier per 5 years), however it's also completely possible to produce warships at a very high rate & then stoping the production completely which is what they will do with type 075 (obviously the production of the 075 will stop after 3-6 years or so), they can do the same thing with CVs/CVNs, that is they can produce CVNs simultaneously at both Dalian & Shanghai & assuming that it takes a shipyard 3 years to launch a carrier that means they can (if they want) produce carriers at a rate of 1 per 1.5 years in which case they can reach their goal of 6 super carriers after just 9 years after which they can stop the production of carriers completely & instead produce civilian ships just to keep the jobs, even if there are too many civilian ships.