00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread

Blitzo

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Tenders are usually not given in multiple years in advance. I am not going to call it until I see the modules but this is quite significant in my opinion.

That entirely depends on what the use of this particular tender is.

If this tender is for a test rig, then naturally it doesn't mean it is for the actual ship in turn meaning we wouldn't expect the actual ship to be under construction.


There's a reason why for PLA watching it is good practice to be more cautious than over-enthusiastic. For big ticket developments and milestones (such as "commencement of construction of a new carrier") multiple correlating and reinforcing rumours and sources should be necessary to be viewed as "significant".
 

by78

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A better image of that alleged model of the nuclear carrier from Dalian shipyard. It's fishy to me that the label "CSCC Dalian" is not fixed to the base of the model.

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ZeEa5KPul

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People become chimpanzees on the slightest exposure to mathematics, so don't do it.

Srs tl:dr, we need to interpret these tender documents correctly. If they are for a component of the carrier, it's good evidence that construction has begun or will begin shortly. If they're for a test, then it's actually evidence against the carrier starting construction soon. Unfortunately, like the vast majority of evidence we get from the PLA, it's shitty and ambiguous.
 

Kalec

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Some wild rumors emerge on Chinese interest, suggesting some China-related content in the new batch of leaked document. (which I can't find them)

Given the very poor choice of word in Chinese, I would say at least it was from English sources, directly translated into Chinese and now I translate it back.
五角大楼泄密文件更新:

中国的003型航母将只有一艘,即福建号 (CV18) ,尚未公之众的新型航母是003型福建号的改良升级版 。因为相关设计已经成熟,中国船舶工业集团公司(CSSC),这家中国最大的国营军工承包商,将在大连与上海的两家子公司同步建造新型航母。情报部门预测建造筹备工作已经展开,新的分段可能在2024年第一季度首先在大连造船厂出现,正在对福建号进行测试工作的上海江南造船厂会在稍晚时候进入船坞建造阶段。对于新型航母的设计及建造周期,情报文件并未阐释。
Pentagon Leaks Updated:

China will have only one Type 003 aircraft carrier, the Fujian (CV18), and the new carrier, which has not yet been made public, is an improved and upgraded version of the Type 003 Fujian. China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), China's largest state-run military contractor, will build the new carrier in parallel with its two subsidiaries in Dalian and Shanghai because the design has matured. Intelligence sources predict that construction preparations are already underway, with new segments likely to appear first at the Dalian shipyard in the first quarter of 2024, and the Shanghai Jiangnan shipyard, which is conducting test work on the Fujian, to enter the dockyard phase later. The intelligence documents do not elaborate on the design and construction cycle of the new aircraft carrier.
 

FairAndUnbiased

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Some wild rumors emerge on Chinese interest, suggesting some China-related content in the new batch of leaked document. (which I can't find them)

Given the very poor choice of word in Chinese, I would say at least it was from English sources, directly translated into Chinese and now I translate it back.
if its 003G, then that means its probably conventional?
 
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