CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[lunlunqq]

Do you have the link to the original Reddit post ?

Here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/r26vec

 

[lunlunqq]

Neither one is finished. It'll still take months to launch.

True. But there doesn’t seem to be any heavy components that still need to be lifted onboard. Given how busy the shipyard is, I think they want to launch her soon to free up precious dry dock space.

 

[overview]

Neither one is finished. It'll still take months to launch.

These videos were outdated.
The 21/11/25 photo showed no more shelters on the port side catapult.
Possibly it's already finished.

 

[Deino]

Neither one is finished. It'll still take months to launch.

Indeed ... and also it seems as if they just laid down something new behind the 003

 

[Chin evan]

Damn if you look at the stern in front of the 003, looks like carrier , second video

 

[Intrepid]

The covering over the waist catapult seems to be gone ...

The picture is to blurry. May be, the covering is still there.

 

[Rachmaninov]

The picture is to blurry. May be, the covering is still there.

The cover for the waist catapult was clearly still there in @Deino ’s post - just look at the shadow cast towards the north (quoted below).

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[antiterror13]

So the Japanese LHD converted to aircraft carriers for the F-35 are not that capable?

far from it .. even less capable than HMS QE and 001

 

[iantsai]

A good comparison:

 

[Paulo R Siqueira]

A good comparison:
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