CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

Blitzo

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taxiya said:
In my observation, most bridge windows are slanted inwards from top to down for easiness of keeping water off the glass regardless ship size or function.
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Indeed, and in terms of the available windows on 003 I expect most of them will slant inwards from top to down because the majority of the actual windows will be at the front (much more windows at the front).

However I do still very much expect there to be windows at the back.
It's possible they slant less than the image depicts, or perhaps they simply slant outwards from top to down. Either way, the alternative (not having windows there at all) would be far more unlikely imo.
 
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taxiya said:
If there is a rear bridge, the angle of its windows would be strange. The wall is canted in the wrong manner, see the orange lines, compared with the right manner (blue line) of the front bridge.

I know some ships do the same, but in those cases as I know the ship (actually boat) is very small so the window follows the angle of the deck house. I don't see that kind of constraint in a CV to do the same, nor is there a reason to do differently than the front bridge.

Any guess?
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First,I’m not 100%sure there is a rear bridge,but that would be too radical .If that is the rear bridge(99%?) for sure sight will be limited, I think that’s why they put it so low and the front bridge extended so much(just to reduce the rear part and make the island more compact).
CV-16 and CV-17 both did a few modifications on that part so I think PLAN is pretty serious about this problem and couldn’t possibly build a ship without a rear bridge.
Having said that,I’m actually not so confident about this design,there’s a good chance it will get modified too.
 
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Bltizo said:
Indeed, and in terms of the available windows on 003 I expect most of them will slant inwards from top to down because the majority of the actual windows will be at the front (much more windows at the front).

However I do still very much expect there to be windows at the back.
It's possible they slant less than the image depicts, or perhaps they simply slant outwards from top to down. Either way, the alternative (not having windows there at all) would be far more unlikely imo.
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I deleted my reply after rethinking, how it slant in the rear isn't a big deal since the rear bridge is for aircraft landing and clear view of aircraft many hundreds meters away isn't as important as watching the deck.
 
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KevinG said:
If the model is very close to real design, then the radar system looks more advanced then 055. Then why, it has AEW planes and it doesn’t have mid-long range air-defense system. Then what’s dual-band radar for?
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It has those AESAs because that is basically the highest place you can mount such huge AESAs, which easily eclipses the size, power and range of anything airborne.

The radar horizon from those arrays are going to be incredible, so it makes sense for the PLAN to want to put their biggest and best radar on it to maximise the benefit.

With modern data links and CEC, if one ship on the fleet can see something, every ship in the fleet in range can shoot it. Having no long range missiles on the carrier itself is entirely irrelevant.
 
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KevinG said:
If the model is very close to real design, then the radar system looks more advanced then 055. Then why, it has AEW planes and it doesn’t have mid-long range air-defense system. Then what’s dual-band radar for?
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Why do you think the radar system looks more advanced than 055?

055 has the same variety of arrays, if not more so.
 
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Can someone tell me if we've seen a similar internal framing for the Type 346 radar before? This seems to hint at 1 primary array flanked by 4 secondary arrays?
 
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