CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Hendrik_2000]

Remind me please, cars and ships and aircrafts and tanks and trucks today are using oil or coal?
Without sufficient domestic capability to turn coal into oil China simply isn't safe enough from oil embargo(blockade, even with all the coal in the world.
Better relations with KSA ( yeah right, if there's US puppet... ), Iran ( and what did China ever did for Iran, they blocked the sanctions against them in UNSC? ) and Russia? OK with Russia, but how to transport that oil? Can Russian supply satisfy Chinese demands? About Iran and Saudis, even if that's the case, what to do when US parks it's aircraft carrier in Strait of Malacca? You think that tankers from KSA or Iran shall be able to dive under?

Allright, the West will have an inflation, that's sure, but what about China? When Chinese cars, ships, aircrafts, trucks dont drive/sail/fly, when factories stop working? When employees get fired because there's no job for them?

You forget that China has domestic oil and gas well and refining capacity supplying 40% of the domestic need. Most of the oil based product are used for transportation due to burgeoning use of personal car. China also has well developed transportation system in urban or intercity railway system. Worst come worst people just forego car and use transit system. It is tough but manageable ! They are greatly enhancing the pipe line network from Russia and central asia. Right now they are supplying 25% of China need. but in the future they can go as high as one third

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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[Michaelsinodef]

You forget that China has domestic oil and gas well and refining capacity supplying 40% of the domestic need. Most of the oil based product are used for transportation due to burgeoning use of personal car. China also has well developed transportation system in urban or intercity railway system. Worst come worst people just forego car and use transit system. It is tough but manageable ! They are greatly enhancing the pipe line network from Russia and central asia. Right now they are supplying 25% of China need. but in the future they can go as high as one third

Not to mention China can implement policies of reduced driving of ICE cars.

It's been done in Beijing at least before, and not hard to imagine it being done all over China in case of some blockade or the likes (since that basically will be war time).

And besides all of that, China's oil storage is like enough to 4 months of current full use? Might have been expanded.

 

[Blitzo]

Back on topic.

This isn't a thread about oil.

 

[abc123]

Back on topic.

This isn't a thread about oil.

Allright.

 

[taxiya]

Someone noticed the 003's bridge windows are widened. Maybe it could just be a compression artifact of the heavily zoomed in camera?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1535216336753655808

Just compression artefact on top of lens/motion blur.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Just compression artefact on top of lens/motion blur.

*LukeSkywalkerScreamingNOOOOOO!* I refuse to believe it. Until I see a new picture with the crappy old windows, I'm clinging to the belief that the PLAN corrected a hideous mistake.

 

[Lime]

There is a rumor that 003 will launch soon, probably 6.16 or 6.17.
If this is true, I think the former rumor 003 will be launched at 6.3 is the check date for ship launching determined by shipyard.

 

[davidau]

There is a rumor that 003 will launch soon, probably 6.16 or 6.17.
If this is true, I think the former rumor 003 will be launched at 6.3 is the check date for ship launching determined by shipyard.

How reliable is your info? and where you got it from? I read somewhere it is in July sometime. Hope you are right!!

 

[Squidward]

There is a rumor that 003 will launch soon, probably 6.16 or 6.17.
If this is true, I think the former rumor 003 will be launched at 6.3 is the check date for ship launching determined by shipyard.

Interesting, I heard from the same source that it was supposed to be launched on February 30th.