Let’s wait for a few hundred takeoffs on 003 before using the word “master”.thanks and could you provide a translation of the signs
i still cannot believe how China has mastered the EMALS when the USN is having so much trouble
unbelievable
Let’s wait for a few hundred takeoffs on 003 before using the word “master”.thanks and could you provide a translation of the signs
i still cannot believe how China has mastered the EMALS when the USN is having so much trouble
unbelievable
Come now, I think PLAN and even hobbyist like us all understand that having a lift on the port side is for redundancy reasons. The point of Shilao demonstrating many CVV proposals was to show that nearly all of them insists on a lift on the port side, even for designs that call for two lifts. In the book he was showing there was only one proposal that had two lifts, both on the starboard side:
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Two lifts and two catapults.
The other proposals all had various number of lifts and catapults in different combinations, all of them had a port side lift:
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It's clear that USN thinks this redundancy is very important, even for small carriers with two lifts. But just because USN weighs this requirement very highly does not mean PLAN do so too, and in the case of Fujian here were the decision was made to stick with two lifts we can then infer that PLAN believes more deck space is actually more important for them.
Well, you have to start somewhere, poverty or not.Submarine reactor for nuclear carrier? Poverty symptom much? You talk as if American have all IEPS on their destroyer because they run full nuclear carrier line up.
Even pumping out more type 003 would scare those haters enough.Well, you have to start somewhere, poverty or not.
Remember that the USS Enterprise CVN-65, the first ever nuclear-powered aircraft carrier/supercarrier of the US Navy (or in fact, the world's first), has 8 nuclear reactors. It was only from Nimitz onwards that the number went down to 4, and then from Ford onwards that the number went down to 2.
In essence, Enterprise CVN-65 is a sort-of prototype carrier that tests marine nuclear propulsion technology for carrier usage. After Enterprise CVN-65 was comissioned in 1961, it wasn't until 1968 when the Nimitz was laid down.
Although I hope that China would fast-track build an improved version of conventionally-powered 003 following the Fujian in light of the present deteriorating geopolitical situation in the Western Pacific, I believe a mixed conventional-nuclear propulsion system for the 004 is also a good way to advance the mastering of carrier-based nuclear propulsion operations by the PLAN.
But if the PLAN has mastered nuclear propulsion technology for carrier usage and are confident of their capabilities, then a full-on nuclear propulsion system for the 004 is also a good way to go.
(Although we all hope that China could just pump out those (005) nuclear-powered supercarriers to scare the shit outta everyone else, lol)
Therefore, I really do hope that the PLAN could operate at least 4 carriers before 2030. This is because IMO, the 2027-2030 range would be the best time for the final act of reunification of a certain southeastern island into China proper, should all avenues for a peaceful reunification have been exhausted. Plus, cunducting said reunification at that period while the USN is at their weakest, before their warships could ever bounce back in numbers when going into the 2030, would give a bigger edge for the PLAN in the Western Pacific.
(Side note: IMHO, now, China just should go with a second 003 that would rectify and mend any mistakes found on the Fujian, further improving the Fujian design, while buying enough time for China's marine nuclear propulsion technology to mature for carrier usage)
Well, you have to start somewhere, poverty or not.
Remember that the USS Enterprise CVN-65, the first ever nuclear-powered aircraft carrier/supercarrier of the US Navy (or in fact, the world's first), has 8 nuclear reactors. It was only from Nimitz onwards that the number went down to 4, and then from Ford onwards that the number went down to 2.
In essence, Enterprise CVN-65 is a sort-of prototype carrier that tests marine nuclear propulsion technology for carrier usage. After Enterprise CVN-65 was comissioned in 1961, it wasn't until 1968 when the Nimitz was laid down.
Although I hope that China would fast-track build an improved version of conventionally-powered 003 following the Fujian in light of the present deteriorating geopolitical situation in the Western Pacific, I believe a mixed conventional-nuclear propulsion system for the 004 is also a good way to advance the mastering of carrier-based nuclear propulsion operations by the PLAN.
But if the PLAN has mastered nuclear propulsion technology for carrier usage and are confident of their capabilities, then a full-on nuclear propulsion system for the 004 is also a good way to go.
(Although we all hope that China could just pump out those (005) nuclear-powered supercarriers to scare the shit outta everyone else, lol)
Whoops, thanks for pointing out my mistake.For the record, Nimitz has 2 reactors, not 4.
Maybe because they have a well-functioning secret service, were aware of American problems early on and didn't have to make the same mistakes.... i still cannot believe how China has mastered the EMALS when the USN is having so much trouble ...
In fact, in the past, with additional deck edge elevators, available deck space has increased.Additional elevator does not necessarily take away deck space. It merely means there Is the same deck space which can, when needed, also be utilised as an elevator.