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Again, please enlighten us "which spokesman"? Surely not from the CMC, the PLA or the PLAN.
No credible and informed Chinese spokesman report that the 003 might be ready already this year or early next year.
Again, just use common logic: The vessel is much larger and complex than 002 and even if surely lot has been learned and they are building it a slightly different way to 002, they can not do magic.
003 by all reliable accounts has now reached a status of the 002 carrier about 18 months before launch. that was followed by about one years of sea trails and one can be sure that for this vessel this phase won't be shorter. As such this adds up to at least 2 1/2 years before service entry ... not next year and never ever this yera.
As such again, ask yourself about the credibility of "your sources"?!
And concerning this question... no it cannot but does this matter in any way? The KJ-500 anyway was never meant to be launched off a carrier - maybe you mixed it with the KJ-600? - and even then it does not matter. These "navalized aircrafts WILL SURELY take LONGER to enter active service" alone based on the facts that the KJ-600's prototype had just its maiden flight and the J-35 hasn't been even unveiled yet.
In consequence within the next five to six years none of the new "navalized aircrafts would ... enter active service" since they need to fly first, get tested and certified. And during these years, the 001 & 002 will prepare and train pilots and naval crews so that only then after that all is done the 003 can truly enter PLAN service.
So there's nothing wrong and IMO everything's fine progressing exactly as scheduled and anyone who thought or even thinks the 003 was to enter service in 2020/21 should question his sources or check his own logic.
I read articles but don't remember the spokesperson name. Every time China military officers or manufacturer engineers released public info, I don't really memorize names but skipped straight to contents of latest news. Like recent numbers of articles said China must reverse engineer all technology that local manufacturers still rely on foreign suppliers fast before US blacklist preventing all foreign companies (including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan companies) from dealing with China or risk lawsuit equivalent to sanction violation subject to fine over hundreds of millions US$. I don't recall who was the person who mentioned it in the news.
I was referring to KJ600, you replied before I could finish editing previous post. 5 years is even longer than 2-2.5. At few times China was in close encounter with US intrusion, constant threat on naval exercise against China and military bickering. Due to these threat and US instigation on neighboring countries to hate/boycott/increase military standoff making China top commanders push for faster development of its carrier fleet. Only time would tell how soon the Type 003 along with new generation navalized aircraft would enter active service.