PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)
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Well they obviously have enough to make those big white Chinese characters on the carrier deck awhile ago. Probably around 1500 for a 'give a feel' crew.
I will blowup and enhance the photo to see...but counting shadows in one line from the pic as shown gives approximately 65 to the line...and there appear to be 22 lines.
So that would be1430 personnel right there...which is probably not the entire crew.
But...that is just an estimate.
vesicles
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Ok, I now know where his photo came from. It's actually a scene from the CCTV Chinese New Year Eve Gala, an annual entertainment extravaganza organized by the CCTV. It's usually over 5 hours long and is aired on the evening of the Chinese New Year Eve. This tradition started in the early 1980's and has become a fixture and a tradition. On the New Year Eve, you eat a big meal with family and watch the gala on TV.
And the CV-16 scene shown above is from the gala, where the sailors said "happy New Year". So I don't think this can be evidence of where the carrier is now since the scene should have been shot long before the gala and simply edited into the show.
I would imagine this was created a few days ago and I can't imagine her going to sea again to spend the New Years festivities working. Quite likely she has been at sea ever since leaving Dalian months ago until a few days ago.
Looking at the shadows I think it cannot be at her Northern base so it must be in the South where indeed we would expect her to have been through the winter.
antiterror13
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I am always in the impression that the size of the crew is about 2,000, which is quite small due to automation
Oh, my goodness, you really spent time and counted the number. Don't work too hard, the Old Man, but thanks!
antiterror13
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no, he didn't. Jeff is way too smart, he used his super intelligent and experience to count it
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