I would think they studied everything they can about the Russian carriers and operations because the Liaoning was a Russian carrier and she still has a sister ship up north. but when it comes to developing their own system they must have adopted all the USN practices, probabley even down to the smallest details. because if you're going to learn you have to learn from the best, it don't make sense to learn from the 2nd best. perhaps it wont be surprising that after 15 years china will have the 2nd best navy in the world in terms of capability. and they will be like a miniature version of the USN.
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I would think they studied everything they can about the Russian carriers and operations because the Liaoning was a Russian carrier and she still has a sister ship up north. but when it comes to developing their own system they must have adopted all the USN practices, probabley even down to the smallest details. because if you're going to learn you have to learn from the best, it don't make sense to learn from the 2nd best. perhaps it wont be surprising that after 15 years china will have the 2nd best navy in the world in terms of capability. and they will be like a miniature version of the USN.
Al-31s for first batch.
The one's in production are probably being either test flown or flown at the land based carrier training bases.
Or maybe the PLAN will surprise us and reveal they've been flying a full squadron for the last few months and only hadn't given us pictures. lol.
I suppose we'll get confirmation or denial either way once we get pictures of the Liaoning's deck on this little training expedition.
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It'd be better if Liaoning make a stopover at HK during whatever part of its transit, since its about the same length, alas a bit wider, than that of the Wasp-class LHD, the cruise ship terminal at Harbour City is the best place to flaunt Liaoning...
But that's wishful thinking really.
Do you have a source for the AL-31 ? Because those AL-31's China got won't last very long on the open ocean as they are not specially adapted for naval ops. Unless they pulled apart the AL-31's and spray them with a special layer to protect them from the salty sea air.
that video clip where captain mentions 36 planes dates from september. it may be from that visit to US that he made, where also he mentioned 36 planes. i think its possible he just meant 36 is the planned number of aircraft carrier will operate once its ready. obviously rignt now its not operating as many.
I doubt the Liaoning can carry 27 Flankers. China operates a carrier with one of the smallest hangar decks in the World even smaller then the one on the 42000 ton Charles De Gaulle. And at the same time China operates the world's biggest deck based fighter the J-15 a Flanker. The Russian Kuznetsov has 14 SU-33's and 4 SU-25's and another 17 helicopters. China maybe able to fit 20 to 24 J-15's and another 12 to 16 helicopters on board.
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asif iqbal
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well theres 24 shelters on land so it means 24 x J15
and counting the parking spots on the deck and the area of the hanger 24 is actaully a conservative number and easily do-able
total of 36 means all aircraft including helos
and counting the parking spots on the deck and the area of the hanger 24 is actaully a conservative number and easily do-able
total of 36 means all aircraft including helos
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