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China's homegrown aircraft carrier begins second sea trial, top destroyer tested
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/26 16:03:39
China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier. Photo: VCG
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Type 001A embarked on its second sea trial on Sunday, two days after the Type 055, China's first homegrown 10,000-ton class missile destroyer, made its first sea trial.
Chinese experts said on Sunday that the timing shows the vessels will likely form an aircraft carrier battle group once they are commissioned by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Assisted by several tug boats, the aircraft carrier set out from the Dalian Shipyard in Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday morning after a display of fireworks, according to videos and photos on Sina Weibo on Sunday.
"The carrier's second sea trial will focus on dealing with issues that arose during the first one," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday.
While testing the ships' power systems is the main focus, the second sea trial will involve heavier payloads and other system diagnostics including command, communication and damage management, Song said.
More sea trials will be conducted before the carrier is delivered to the PLA Navy, which may be within one year thanks to the experiences accumulated during the development of the country's first carrier Liaoning, Song said.
The carrier's sea trial came shortly after China's first Type 055 made its maiden voyage on Friday.
Photos on Sina Weibo on Friday show the domestically built 10,000-ton missile destroyer leaving the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai for the first time.
"Type 055 is China's top-level surface vessel, which will boost the PLA Navy's high-sea combat ability," Song said, noting that the missile destroyer can also greatly increase China's sea-based anti-missile capabilities.
The timing of the Type 001A and Type 055 sea trials indicate the two are likely to be delivered to the PLA Navy together to form an aircraft carrier battle group, with the destroyer serving as an escort vessel, significantly increasing the group's combat capability as a whole, Song said.
The Type 001A embarked on its first sea trial on May 13. The first Type 055 was launched on June 28 but had not undergone sea trials until Friday.
More Type 055 vessels are currently under construction. Chinese experts said the PLA needs to commission at least 10 Type 055 missile destroyers in the future.
China's homegrown aircraft carrier begins second sea trial, top destroyer tested
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/26 16:03:39
China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier. Photo: VCG
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Type 001A embarked on its second sea trial on Sunday, two days after the Type 055, China's first homegrown 10,000-ton class missile destroyer, made its first sea trial.
Chinese experts said on Sunday that the timing shows the vessels will likely form an aircraft carrier battle group once they are commissioned by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Assisted by several tug boats, the aircraft carrier set out from the Dalian Shipyard in Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday morning after a display of fireworks, according to videos and photos on Sina Weibo on Sunday.
"The carrier's second sea trial will focus on dealing with issues that arose during the first one," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday.
While testing the ships' power systems is the main focus, the second sea trial will involve heavier payloads and other system diagnostics including command, communication and damage management, Song said.
More sea trials will be conducted before the carrier is delivered to the PLA Navy, which may be within one year thanks to the experiences accumulated during the development of the country's first carrier Liaoning, Song said.
The carrier's sea trial came shortly after China's first Type 055 made its maiden voyage on Friday.
Photos on Sina Weibo on Friday show the domestically built 10,000-ton missile destroyer leaving the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai for the first time.
"Type 055 is China's top-level surface vessel, which will boost the PLA Navy's high-sea combat ability," Song said, noting that the missile destroyer can also greatly increase China's sea-based anti-missile capabilities.
The timing of the Type 001A and Type 055 sea trials indicate the two are likely to be delivered to the PLA Navy together to form an aircraft carrier battle group, with the destroyer serving as an escort vessel, significantly increasing the group's combat capability as a whole, Song said.
The Type 001A embarked on its first sea trial on May 13. The first Type 055 was launched on June 28 but had not undergone sea trials until Friday.
More Type 055 vessels are currently under construction. Chinese experts said the PLA needs to commission at least 10 Type 055 missile destroyers in the future.
Wow, that's fast. Looks like they've pretty much added everything to the control tower. I still think they should have built another one of these ships to train the shipyards and to ensure this won't be a class with no future in the PLAN. There is quite a step up from this to their next generation carriers and considering the short time it took to build this one, building another wouldn't be that more of an expense, and it would provide economies of scale in maintenance and training, etc.
They seem to want to try a lot of things at once with their next carrier design. Construction techniques, deck operations with the catapult, maybe even propulsion. If there are any issues, not having more of these improved Kuznestov carriers, that they already have experience building, could cause problems in the short term. Kinda reminds me of the single ship class Type 051B destroyer.
They seem to want to try a lot of things at once with their next carrier design. Construction techniques, deck operations with the catapult, maybe even propulsion. If there are any issues, not having more of these improved Kuznestov carriers, that they already have experience building, could cause problems in the short term. Kinda reminds me of the single ship class Type 051B destroyer.
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It is not going to be 051B simply because China industrial base has advanced so much. Type 051B was not meant to be serial production. it is a trial run for new hull and new electronic but it fail miserable on the electronic part because when she was built the electronic industry in China was weak. But 20 year of breakneck speed in civilian electronic and way much bigger research budget coupled with explosion of STEM graduate there won't be type 051B fiasco
AS far type 03 and 04 I think they have been working on the design for many years and they were ready to built in 2016 but get delay because they the EM catapult research make substantial break thru giving it a 2nd chance at the competition with steam catapult
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From Oedo blog. I don't care what they say in western press. It is beautiful piece of engineering
Beautiful pic too against the backdrop of modern Dalian symbolize China advance
From Oedo blog. I don't care what they say in western press. It is beautiful piece of engineering
Beautiful pic too against the backdrop of modern Dalian symbolize China advance
Considering the aimed number of the next-gen carriers (CV-18 & 19), one might suggest that they're but to gain practical experience (and expertise) in many ways. I think we can call some of the former warship classes such as Type 051B and Type 052/B/C as trials since they eventually paved the road to Type 052D and Type 055 platforms.
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