you are confused between Jiangnan and Dalian shipyards..
003 sister ship will build in Jiangnan shipyard. and that Nuclear ships program also initiated by JN shipyard for civilian ships. like Floating nuclear powerplant and icebreaker.
00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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003 sister ship will build in Jiangnan shipyard. and that Nuclear ships program also initiated by JN shipyard for civilian ships. like Floating nuclear powerplant and icebreaker.
IEPS information was wrong.. he accept that
no no no...
He is not talking about the segments in the north(Dalian). He is talking about a new conventional CV in the south(Jiangnan)
Given the relative difference in shipbuilding capacity (>200x difference in civilian shipbuilding), I'm surprised at even just 2 concurrent aircraft carriers being in construction.
In theory, China could produce many more ACs concurrently. I personally believe the reason they're not doing that is because its still in the "advancement" phase of military development rather than the "bulk-up", in that each new design that rolls off the manufacturing line is partly a finished product and partly a demonstrator for new technologies. Once the PLA has settled on a mature design, then they can start mass-producing clones.
If the rumours are solid, then we're looking at the dual construction of a novel CVN as Type-005 with an improved (but still different) Fujian that would actually be a Type-004 to Fujian's Type-003 in the same way Shandong was Type-002 to Liaoning's Type-001. Then once the designs are finalised, they'll mass produce identical copies of the Type-004 CV (likely for homeland defense) and Type-005 CVN (for global power projection) at a rate of perhaps 4 ACs concurrently, if not more (depending on how much they want to ramp this up).
China doesn't have infinite money, but the actual industrial capacity is already there. The technology is lagging behind the industry.
Of course, this is all speculation. Only time will tell.
A blogger claims that he found JN's tender information on 003A, so 004 will be conventional power. But He refused to post screenshots for confidentiality
I remember the Guancha trio also said one conventional in the south and one nuclear-powered ship in the north?
I remember the Guancha trio also said one conventional in the south and one nuclear-powered ship in the north?
yes. this news have been posted on this thread already.
another reason is, trained sailors and Pilots for AC operation. this is where PLAN currently lacking. the pace of advancement is so fast. but this dual carrier construction news is encouraging. Of course, this is all speculation. only time will tell.
If the carrier is IEP, wouldn't it be better to remove 2 of the 20MW diesels and replace them with a single gas turbine instead?
You can still have the same power generation combinations, given that diesel generators can operate efficiently at many power levels, compared to gas turbines.
That should cost less and take less space etc.
My understanding is that Fujian was designed for steam catapults originally, which has meant the deck is too small for the EM catapults.
So they would want to redesign for a conventional carrier anyway, and also get rid of the steam catapult spaces
