CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Somehow they can always find an angle to make these monster warships look like fishing boats

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80000 tons doesn't look that big

You're absolutely right!

One more:


"Wait, what do you mean that the pressure gauges are actually more mighty and imposing than our 80 thousand-ton, fully-fledged warship?"

Same energy as:


"Here is the battle stance of Nanchang (a Type 055-class large destroyer/cruiser)"

 

[by78]

All high-resolution images.

 

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[xiabonan]

I still remember the days of when we were following Liaoning being fitted out on this forum. Feels like it’s only yesterday. Now we have this. Time sure flies!

 

[Intrepid]

I remember the days when the rusty Varyag was towed to the shipyard and many people thought that the Chinese would never manage to build up their own carrier force without outside help. Now they are halfway there and the doomsayers have stopped blaspheming: yes, they will do it! They are pursuing their path with determination, calmness and good structure. Project management at its finest, spanning generations.

 

[KampfAlwin]

Kinda nostalgic to go back a few hundred pages in this thread to see her progress from then to now. SDFers were still debating her appearance and specs based on an early blurry CGI. How far things have come!

 

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[BoraTas]

It has large optical detectors on the deck level and AESA radars for CIWSes. These are very probably in response to the LRASM and JSM.
I annotated examples here. The green circle is for an AESA radar intended for the Type 1130. The red circles are for optical systems.