CV-16 Liaoning (001 carrier) Thread II ...News, Views and operations

[kwaigonegin]

Yes the J15s are huge when looking at them in perspective. They would look huge even on CVNs.
The Liaoning CSG is looking very good. Looks very clean and in good order.

 

[Jeff Head]

That top view of the carrier with the parked J15's really put into perspective how large the planes are and the little room for error available. I can uderstand where Kwai is coming from on the question of why there has not been any evidence of night landings

The J-15s are large, but the US Navy has operated larger aircraft and done so successfully.

Look up the Vigilante and the Sky Warrior. They all operated at night.

Big aircraft.

RA-5C Vigilante:



A-3 Sky Warrior



The E-2C/D is a large turboprop aircraft and it does the same.

I believe the Chiense are doing well with the J-15...but would like to see their night operations if they are doing any.

 

[WestRiver]

Another HD photo from the thirteen-J15 occasion

 

[Jura The idiot]

Yes the J15s are huge when looking at them in perspective. ...

they look huge even if you came close, I guess:

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(shows how huge the missiles actually area)

(it's an Su-33 on the Admiral Kuznetsov

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but still)

 

[A.Man]

 

[Jura The idiot]

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a sub around, huh?
do you have a link to the video?

 

[Tyloe]

So it was a transit, not a 1 week pacific exercise since 903A and 056A didn't cross island chain. Maybe next time.

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[Intrepid]

My understanding is that, in early days like before and during WWII, it was necessary to keep the lights off in night to hide the CV from the enemy's naked eyes. Now with radars and other modern sensors widely used, darkness alone is no longer as effective to keep CVs under covered. Why would modern CVs still need to operate in such darkness?

They can illuminate the flightdeck and sometimes do so. Commanders decision.

The task is not to find an object. That is easy to do with radar. The task is to identify the object. May be, it is a merchant containership?

 

[KIENCHIN]

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Can we tell what sub it is, looks like it has a hump but not as pronounce as a 094 or is my eyes playing tricks in me.

 

[Hyperwarp]

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Looks a bit like an SSBN.