Again, credible sources are saying the island on the mockup is for the CVN and the chimney is a hold over. Captain on Weibo specifically is calling the model complete BS.
00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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That could be easily fixed by installing wet scrubbers and other filters though, just like how coal fire power plants prevent black soot from poisoning and darkening the entire city.
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Do you really think it is a "hold over" when it is a pretty big chunk of metal that reflects EM waves back to the sources?
Some copers think an additional conventional carrier for PLAN will be the end of the world. Learn to stop taking them seriously.
So, you are calling basically all of the trusted member of domestic PLA watching "copers"?
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There are likely space and weight restriction inplace that prevent that kind of solution. Separating the funnel from the rest of the structure would be easier in comparison.
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When there is clearly a funnel and some people insist it doesn't exist, are these people not copers?
Because that exact funnel structure has existed for 002 and the 003 mockups? By your logic 003 would've had two funnels, which is obviously not the case.
The existence of a funnel on the mockup does not guarantee the existence on the actual ship. As demonstrated with the ships in service already.
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Funnel structure exists because the mockups are for conventional carriers. There is nothing illogical about this. By extension, the latest mockup having a funnel means the next carrier will be a conventional one.
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By the same line of argument, the existence of a project for nuclear carrier doesn't guarantee the next build will be a nuclear one.