CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[GiantPanda]

How the original photographer got away with this, I don't know.View attachment 137125

Loving the JL-10J!

 

[Deino]

By the way, maybe a stupid question, but the letter "J" ... for what does it stand literally (I know it means carrier-based)

 

[Alfa_Particle]

By the way, maybe a stupid question, but the letter "J" ... for what does it stand literally (I know it means carrier-based)

舰, jian.

 

[Deino]

舰, jian.

Ah, as such roughly translated as "ship"(based)? ... and another one: This Jian is different to the fighter designation 歼 (and there is also another Jian 殲 I found) ... I am confused!

 

[Alfa_Particle]

Ah, as such roughly translated as "ship"(based)? ... and another one: This Jian is different to the fighter designation 歼 (and there is also another Jian 殲 I found) ... I am confused!

Yup.

殲 is the traditional way of writing 歼. They're the same word.

The difference between 殲/歼 and 舰 is intonation. So yeah they're pretty confusing.

 

[CaribouTruth]

Ah, as such roughly translated as "ship"(based)? ... and another one: This Jian is different to the fighter designation 歼 (and there is also another Jian 殲 I found) ... I am confused!

Bit Off Topic but I highly recommend Zhongwen Chinese-English dictionary plugin if you're on a PC browser. It shows the Simplified/Traditional character and Pinyin along with the definitions when you hover over Chinese characters.


Very convenient.

 

[Deino]

Bit Off Topic but I highly recommend Zhongwen Chinese-English dictionary plugin if you're on a PC browser. It shows the Simplified/Traditional character and Pinyin along with the definitions when you hover over Chinese characters.
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Very convenient.

Thanks a lot! Will try it.

 

[jnd85]

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Those look normal to me.

How the original photographer got away with this, I don't know.View attachment 137125

Very impressive

 

[by78]

It looks like quite a few real J-15s are on the flight deck.

 

[Deino]

It looks like quite a few real J-15s are on the flight deck.

Hmm?? I think we have seen altogether one J-35 and two J-15 mock-ups before and this does not look as if there are more even more since it is too blurry to be sure