075 LHD thread
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antiterror13
Brigadier
no, China wouldn't need Mistral design ... but it is always useful to look at other good design like Mistral, you would always learn something from it
Mistral is just too small for China (~20k tons), China would build in my opinion about 40k tons LHD
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
but I thought the Chinese LHD was designed to be <40k more like 30k?
antiterror13
Brigadier
Not trying to assert I am certain of the projected tonnage of the first Chinese LHA, but among these three links, the National Interest article is based on a Minnie Chan SCMP piece again citing her "anonymous sources close to the Chinese military", the English Wikipedia entry cites Minnie Chan, a Sina article without references, and a Navy Recognition piece I am uncertain if is credible.
That leaves . If you click "read the full article" link it will be a "page not found" error.
Does anyone have any take on its credibility? Thanks in advance.
antiterror13
Brigadier
The link is totally fine, works just fine, it does show 40,000 tonnes
I don't think you get what I said.
works fine but does not give where or whom the tonnage came from.
Inside the link, there is a "" link, which is , and it cannot be found.
Also as I said the other two links (Wikipedia and National Interest) do not seem credible.
antiterror13
Brigadier
ok. It is totally up to you whether you would believe it or not ... not my problems unfortunately
ok. It is totally up to you whether you would believe it or not ... not my problems unfortunately
Going on eastpendulum site, I found that article:
It seems to be the one you are looking for. It seems accurate.
Yes, thank you.
The exact tonnage given in the article is 36,000 tons. That sounds reasonable, but is again not explained - I wonder how the author knew that's the plan.