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

[Sczepan]

So Liaoning escort the SSBN ? Looks like her job is also to defend the Sub-Bases ...

 

[vesicles]

So Liaoning escort the SSBN ? Looks like her job is also to defend the Sub-Bases ...

What?! I thought it was the other way around. The SSBN escorting the Liaoning.

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Remember this rendering of Fanboy dream


Little do we know that in span of 4 years it become real

 

[Jura The idiot]

Remember this rendering of Fanboy dream
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Little do we know that in span of 4 years it become real

LOL I think I joined the SDF right in time (three and a half years ago) to watch the convincing raise of Chinese naval power, which will grow ... I'm looking forward most to Type 055 Destroyer

by the way in six minutes 2017 starts in China

 

[bd popeye]

The flight deck was pitch dark! Was it on purpose for PR or is keeping the CV in dark still useful in war time? I'd think that doing so won't be able to hide the CV from enemy's radars afar, right?

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It is an honest question. I wasn't kidding. Neither was I to dismiss necessity and usefulness of such night CV ops back then.

But given that there are more and better sensors that work in night as well as in daytime, is it even possible to hide such a busy CV by simply turning off its lights?

Sorry I misunderstood you.

The USN conducts flight operations at all times of the day or night in almost any type of weather. No PR shots here. The general American public has little knowledge of the USN carriers.

Aboard the carriers I served we sometimes conducted strictly night operations. Particularly in the Persian Gulf region.

 

[SanWenYu]

Sorry I misunderstood you.

No need to. My OP wasn't clear to begin with.

 

[Sczepan]

What?! I thought it was the other way around. The SSBN escorting the Liaoning.

this would be the first time, I ever heard, a Boomer will escort a Carrier.
Boomer are lonesome riders. But they (only) have to be escorted by leaving the sub-base.

 

[KIENCHIN]

this would be the first time, I ever heard, a Boomer will escort a Carrier.
Boomer are lonesome riders. But they (only) have to be escorted by leaving the sub-base.

Maybe the carrier and it's escort is there to make sure the boomer gets to the open water without picking up a enemy sub. Could be one way of breaking out of the first island chain in time of crisis.

 

[vincent]

this would be the first time, I ever heard, a Boomer will escort a Carrier.
Boomer are lonesome riders. But they (only) have to be escorted by leaving the sub-base.

Pretty sure the dude was joking

 

[Jeff Head]

Maybe the carrier and it's escort is there to make sure the boomer gets to the open water without picking up a enemy sub. Could be one way of breaking out of the first island chain in time of crisis.

The original idea behind the Kuznetov carrier for the Soviets was for them to protect SSBN bastions and keep American ships and subs from penetrating to them.

That's why the arrier was designed the way it was. It did not have the force projection goal in mind. It had a defensive measure in mind.

The Chinese are using that carrier for different reasons...they are emulating the US carrier purpose...but started with the Varyag which they turned into the Liaoning, because it was so cheap to acquire and allowed them to start without much risk.