CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[grulle]

I must say, the side profile of a catobar carrier looks much more imposing than a stobar carrier. perhaps because it looks exactly like the US supercarriers lol.

 

[asif iqbal]

Wow I am a bit late to the party but I have been following the news today its a big day

this is now a fully fledged flat deck and the 1st one designed and built by China

you what I mean by CV-16 being a template for CV-17

flat deck and CATOBAR

true blue water Carrier

 

[xiabonan]

Just in: CV-18 Fujian starts sea trial today

 

[davidau]

Chinese Military Forum has already shown CV 18 being towed out to open sea yesterday

 

[Lime]

some snapshots of 003 carrier from CCTV13 live video.

 

[apple747]

 

[Blitzo]

Chinese Military Forum has already shown CV 18 being towed out to open sea yesterday

Are you talking about the towed/tug boat images, because that was not moving to the open sea but rather being repositioned in the shipyard

 

[by78]

High-resolution images from yesterday.

 

[luosifen]

News segment posted on bilibili:

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我国第三艘航母福建舰今日首次海试​

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| 2024年05月01日 07:59

今天上午，我国第三艘航空母舰福建舰出海开展首次航行试验。

△福建舰资料画面
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福建舰，舷号“18”，是我国第三艘航母。福建舰是我国完全自主设计建造的首艘弹射型航空母舰，采用平直通长飞行甲板，配置电磁弹射和阻拦装置，满载排水量8万余吨，于2022年6月下水。
据军事专家张军社介绍，航母的建造和使用有以下几个阶段：
●航母建造完成后进入舾装阶段。

●在港口码头上进行系泊试验，测试静态下航母动力系统、武器装备系统等各系统运转情况，系统之间有没相互干扰；系泊试验主要是由工厂来进行。

●海试阶段，主要由海军官兵和工厂人员共同完成，在真实的海况下进行，甚至要经历一些大风大雨等高速、机动的情况。
●等海试期间发现的问题解决，下一步便正式交付海军使用。

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Views from the upper section of Fujian's island. Posted by the official Weibo account of the PLAN.




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