CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations

[TheNavigator]

I'm sure we will be getting new pictures real soon, but while we wait, i decided to clean up a little this one. Enjoy

 

[kwaigonegin]

An undated file photo of the carrier under construction, with its bulbous bow and hull covered by scaffolding. Photo: Handout

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That ain't CV17/001A

 

[kwaigonegin]

I'm sure we will be getting new pictures real soon, but while we wait, i decided to clean up a little this one. Enjoy
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Very nice 'cleanup' of her you did. Anyway kudos to PLAN. looks like everything went as plan with the 1st trial (no pun intended).
Next will be sensors, radars, electronics, then weapons systems etc and pretty soon we'll have the birds on her.

 

[Deino]

That ain't CV17/001A

Isn't this the USS Ford?

 

[TheNavigator]

Isn't this the USS Ford?

It is

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[by78]

High-resolution versions of some previously posted photos...

 

[Intrepid]

That ain't CV17/001A

That is what they want to imitate next.

 

[SteelBird]

Just a quick question popup in my mind; why not using rocket assist for full load take off? Isn't this tech been tested long time ago?

 

[Lethe]

Too expensive for regular use I would expect. Maybe for special mission launching an unusually large aircraft not normally carried...

 

[Deino]

Back in the drydock ... (via JSCh/PDF)