IF it's being prepared then maybe one last coat of paint / inspection / maintenance before commissioning.
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IF it's being prepared then maybe one last coat of paint / inspection / maintenance before commissioning.
And so the question now is, when will it be handed over and commissioned and will it enter the dock for a final inspection, some maintenance and - besides adding the number - a last coat of paint?
asif iqbal
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LHD launching
And 002 handing over
Now let’s get back to 003 at JNCX
No shortage of projects to follow
LHD launching
And 002 handing over
Now let’s get back to 003 at JNCX
No shortage of projects to follow
In hindsight, it wasn’t very smart to build 1 more Liaoning type ship.
Building flat top ships seems to take less time, and there would be less compatibility issues too if every naval plane in the fleet just used the electric catapults.
I think the ski jump concept was dead on arrival. The QEs and Liaonings (to say nothing of the vikrant) are unsuitable for combat against a peer opponent.
If we assume equal time/ton for a supercarrier as the 075, and then add 2 months for the catapults and additional equipment, the ship would enter into service at a similar time as the 001A is doing now if they had built it instead of the 001A.
Once it enters service, China would have a true multirole capability at sea and be able to train new pilots to use EMALS catapults.
As things are now, China will be stuck with 2 ski jump carriers with less relevant experiences, and USN will leapfrog PLAN in training their pilots with EMALS at sea.
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