CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[kwaigonegin]

My thoughts as well brutha ... And as far as this image is concern, if it is indeed a mockup of a future vessel as oppose to a children's playground, casino, baseball field or some other nonsense, then I'm thinking it's an actual future CV unlike liaoning or her sister ship currently being built.

We've always speculated that the Liaoning 'class' will consists of either 2 or 3 ship... I'm thinking it's just two now. With the advancement made in naval technologies and PLAN's ambition not to mention seemingly unlimited budget it would be foolish for PLAN to built a 3rd carrier based on a 30 something yr old pre Soviet carrier design when they have all the tools and resources to build a 80k flat deck carrier with all the bells and whistles.

My humble opinion of course!

Lol looking back at my post from 7 yrs ago. Those were fun times at SDF. Also pains me that Jeff is no longer here with us.

 

[Phead128]

Lol looking back at my post from 7 yrs ago. Those were fun times at SDF. Also pains me that Jeff is no longer here with us.

Interestingly, Jeff Head's last login was exactly two years ago to same day...

 

[kriss]

Lol looking back at my post from 7 yrs ago. Those were fun times at SDF. Also pains me that Jeff is no longer here with us.

His model video still occasionally get recommended on my youtube page. Feels missing without his new work whenever a new ship comes out.

 

[asif iqbal]

Lol looking back at my post from 7 yrs ago. Those were fun times at SDF. Also pains me that Jeff is no longer here with us.

I hear you good old days

and I wonder what he would think of the Russia-Ukraine war

and also todays PLAN inventory, every year he would do a review and predict the year ahead

 

[by78]

A flyover update. No visible changes that I can spot.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

CV-18 Fujian alleged to conduct sea trials in July 2023.

From @西葛西造舰.

 

[Deino]

CV-18 Fujian alleged to conduct sea trials in July 2023.

From @西葛西造舰.

Hmm ??? I only get this ...

 

[CrazyHorse]

Hmm ??? I only get this ...

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That’s how you know it’s legit info

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Hmm ??? I only get this ...

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His original Weibo account got suspended. He is using a new (and also current) Weibo account with the profile name @小西造舰.

However, I got that info regarding Fujian from his Youtube account using his old Weibo account profile name @西葛西造舰. I didn't see that info on his current Weibo account either.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Fujian viewed from another angle. Date unknown. Posted by @西葛西造舰 on Youtube.



Is the photo taken from the still-under-construction new Hudong-Zhonghua site?