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CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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I'm not sure where to post this question, so I'll just put it here.
I noticed that all PLAN CVs so far (maybe including 003) only featured HQ-10 and type 1130 CIWS. The US and French CVs, however, also have short-medium range SAM on their arsenal (ESSM for the US, Aster 15 for France).
So, I want to ask; How likely is the addition of future Chinese ESSM equivalent to extend PLAN CV defense bubble range?
I noticed that all PLAN CVs so far (maybe including 003) only featured HQ-10 and type 1130 CIWS. The US and French CVs, however, also have short-medium range SAM on their arsenal (ESSM for the US, Aster 15 for France).
So, I want to ask; How likely is the addition of future Chinese ESSM equivalent to extend PLAN CV defense bubble range?
Maybe he referred to CVN and copied the F/A-18s model directly. By the way, I seem to be mistaken, they are two different authors lol
Correct me if I am wrong. So, in carrier ops, no aircraft should be landing on the angled runway when there's aircraft taking off on the left catapult, right?
The two rectangle holes near the starboard Catapult would be for weapons elevator ?
if the sketch of the catapult is accurate. these rectangular holes seem too close to a catapult to be weapon elevators. They would be unusable when an aircraft is on that catapult.
The weapon elevators should serve aircraft brought up on the elevator and awaiting their turn to be launched, or just landed and waiting to be struck down. so they located maybe half way between the aircraft elevators.
There is also advantage to separate weapon elevators from the places on deck where aircrafts are being pushed around and handled. so it might be on the outboard side of the island, or very near the island,
The weapon elevators should serve aircraft brought up on the elevator and awaiting their turn to be launched, or just landed and waiting to be struck down. so they located maybe half way between the aircraft elevators.
There is also advantage to separate weapon elevators from the places on deck where aircrafts are being pushed around and handled. so it might be on the outboard side of the island, or very near the island,
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If you're talking about #5530, it's not far off.
Nimitz class has an ordnance elevator between the two catapult launch positions in a similar location.
Annotation number 2 below
