Wow! It seems to me that the deck is all cleaned up and ready to commission. Let's wait and see then.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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Let me go off-topic for a moment.
Now I’m eagerly looking forward to footage of the J-15T being catapult-launched from China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier!
This is truly a rare sight—until the advent of China’s Type 003, no Soviet-origin carrier-based aircraft had ever enjoyed the benefit of a catapult launch from an aircraft carrier.
Admittedly, calling the J-15T a "Soviet-origin" carrier aircraft might not be entirely accurate—but in terms of appearance, it really does resemble one.
The only instance I’m aware of actually comes from fiction: in the opening cinematic of Ace Combat 2, released in 1997 on the PlayStation 1, there’s a scene where a fighter that closely resembles the Su-33 is launched from what appears to be a U.S.-style aircraft carrier using a catapult.
Although it was just a fictional depiction back in 1997, it’s now becoming a reality on China’s Type 003: a Soviet-style carrier aircraft taking off from an electromagnetic catapult-equipped carrier.
Ace Combat 2 scene now feels almost prophetic.
Those CATOBAR operation footages on Fujian are CG video (mainly made by 高山CG) and not actual video footages.
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If it's fake, then why post it in this thread?
No one is interested in fake footage. If it has to be posted, there is a dedicated CGI/art thread elsewhere in the forum.
There is also Evangelion, where the UN's fleet had US Nimitz carriers with Su-33 and Yak-38's. And the latest remake, has what seems to be a Gerald Ford with Su-34, as you do...