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

[obj 705A]

so I checked the timeline of development & construction of America's A1B reactor & the Ford CVN just for reference, the development of the A1B apparently began in 1998 & the first steel cut for the Ford was in 2005 so an interval of 7 years, the ACP 100 began development in 2010 (obviously not sure whether this is the exact same stage of development as the A1B) & the type 003's first steel cut was perhaps in 2017 or 2018? (7 or 8 years interval between the reactor development & first steel cut) so any way the timelines for the Chinese & American reactors/carriers are very comparable.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

so I checked the timeline of development & construction of America's A1B reactor & the Ford CVN just for reference, the development of the A1B apparently began in 1998 & the first steel cut for the Ford was in 2005 so an interval of 7 years, the ACP 100 began development in 2010 (obviously not sure whether this is the exact same stage of development as the A1B) & the type 003's first steel cut was perhaps in 2017 or 2018? (7 or 8 years interval between the reactor development & first steel cut) so any way the timelines for the Chinese & American reactors/carriers are very comparable.

The ACP100 reactor has most likely been developed parallelly for both civilian and military sector.

The shipyard has been officially signed the contract with China National Nuclear Corporation back in January 2017.

And the construction of the Type 003 was started subsequently.

 

[lcloo]

The disappearing act! waiting for confirmation.

 

[Deino]

Hmmm...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1269917952276488192

Here another one ...

 

[lcloo]

The transport barge is still there at the new harbour basin. So, they used land transporter to move the modules to dry dock. The barge may be used to transport larger module.

So, the attention now shall be on dry dock #4.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1269847696355049475

 

[Deino]

Seems as if the modules reappeared at the area behind drydock no. 4. here marked green in this old image.

 

[Deino]

Sorry for the confusion with that old image showing only a huge green hand-made dot.

This should explain a bit better ...

 

[lcloo]

This is how you move a piece of 2,000 tons fabricated metal.

Note: This is Not a module of aircraft carrier.

 

[LKJ86]

Sorry for the confusion with that old image showing only a huge green hand-made dot.

This should explain a bit better ...

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Via @利刃斩海飞剪艏 from Weibo

 

[Deino]

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Via @利刃斩海飞剪艏 from Weibo

Indeed... the Type 003 carrier was found....

(Images via @rookie_bird_)

 

[LKJ86]

Via @西葛西造舰军事CG from Weibo

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

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Via @西葛西造舰军事CG from Weibo

The island structure is wrong in this CG.

The island of the Type 003 should be moving at the rear like the CVN-78 because its flight control bridge is moving in the front position of the structure.

The flight control bridge of the Type 002 is in the rear position of the structure, because the entire island structure is located at the middle.

 

[Deino]

This most recent image showing the Type 003 aircraft carrier construction site at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on 11th June ... and indeed, the carrier is gone.
(Image via @lqy99021608)

 

[IblinI]

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Via @西葛西造舰军事CG from Weibo

Can't wait to see it in real life.

 

[ozranger]

The island structure is wrong in this CG.

The island of the Type 003 should be moving at the rear like the CVN-78 because its flight control bridge is moving in the front position of the structure.

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The flight control bridge of the Type 002 is in the rear position of the structure, because the entire island structure is located at the middle.

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This is an excellent observation with some significant implication.