CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations
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Maybe call it "Project 002" instead. Which would mean that Type 001 should also be renamed to "Project 001" as well. We could add in the type designations if and when the PLAN ever bothers to let anyone know, assuming type designations even exist for these carriers.
Is this for sure the case, or someone's speculation? If true that should mean either Project 002 is also Type 002, or otherwise some people in the PLAN are smoking crack.
Global times wrote TYPE 001 A
and the Global Times ( 環球時報 / 环球时报, Huánqiú Shíbào) is protected by Renmin Ribao - so we should stay at the semi-official Type 001 A.
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Type 001A undergoing final outfitting, system debugging
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A few months ago - and this was also noticed by Odeosoldier - pop3 said CV-17 never had a 'type' designation so we know for sure that CV-17 was, and likely still is, referred to as "Project 002 Domestically-built Carrier".
However, pop3 did not clarify whether the CV-17 later got a 'type' designation. Thus, for all we know, the CV-17 might simultaneously be Project 002 and Type 002, similar to AFVs which are given an industrial designation like WZ-123 and later an in-service military designation like Type 99 MBT.
If we want to be 100% correct, then the thread should be changed to "Project 002" because that's completely 100% confirmed. Whether we should add "Type 002" is completely up to you. The designation could exist but we can't be sure.
Definitely not. The Global Times exist solely as a tabloid for ultra-nationalists to vent steam. Its statements should not be taken as anything remotely authoritative unless they're referencing another more reliable source.
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Time will tell if it is #17. May be, it is #1?
That's actually what I've been saying this whole time.... ;-P
In which case we could just switch to whatever pennant number ends up being painted on the hull.
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