I think it CV-16 can carry 24 J-15s in real missions and CV-17 can handle 28, it would be pretty good already.
CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
shows China now has enough J15 and enough J15 trains pilots to launch a full decked carrier
this is a milestone and shows how far China and its carrier program has come
no doubt 003 should be able to do 36 x J15 on deck
and that video shows how serious China is taking the carrier programme very robust but we always knew that
this is a milestone and shows how far China and its carrier program has come
no doubt 003 should be able to do 36 x J15 on deck
and that video shows how serious China is taking the carrier programme very robust but we always knew that
antiterror13
Brigadier
probably only the US (of course) and now China have that capability currently to have that many fighters operating on the deck. I haven't seen the British and the French have that many fighters on the deck .. not Russian ..... let alone others (India, Spain, Italia, Brazil, Thai, etc)
Also remember that J-15 is a huge aircraft
I heard that Shandong can carry 27 to 28 J-15s, three or four more than Liaoning, benefiting from the larger hangar size, smaller superstructure and deck space optimization.
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Intrepid
Major
The hangars are the same size.
The original Varyag had twelve P-700 antiship missle canisters next to the hangar. The refit design to Liaoning had cancelled the canisters space.
The designers team of Shandong would definitely make their effort to optimize the deck space and enlarge the hangar as much as possible. I don't think the designers team would completely ignore the request for carrying more aircrafts and leave the hangar space same as Liaoning.
