asif iqbal
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Question is what else would they be building in that dry dock ? A cargo ship not built there
That's leaves warship construction only
That's leaves warship construction only
PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)
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I think that there has been a civilian ship constructed there recently. Check GE historic pictures of that place. Right now i dont have acess to GE, so cant answer with certainty.
Intrepid
Major
What can be seen now, is the hull up to the hangar floor. The overhangs only start from this level, so you can not see it now.
In American carriers the hangar floor is the main deck, everything about it is regarded as superstructures. In British carriers, the flight deck is the main deck. Chinese (and Russian) carriers appear to be built in American style.
Here is the vessel zoomed in:
I still see large openings in the center of the vessel extending to the level of current construction.
If this is well up towards the flight deck, I see no openings there on the starboard side for the elevators.
Blackstone
Brigadier
Good points, Jeff, and without openings for elevators, it probably isn't CV001. A 40kt AOR perhaps...?
Ahh..I've conferred with popeye and we think that this is an unknown type of ship under construction. We can see no definitive signs that this is or is not a CV/LHA. I do believe the Chinese have the ability to construct an CV.
The photos so far have proved nothing to us other than this is a large ship under construction..That stated.... Show us a stern shot with the ship out of the water and I'll tell you guys if it is a CV/LHA or not. Of course a CV/LHD type ship would need at least two screws to operate at the speed necessary to launch and recover aircraft...
Now we must say if it does turn out to be a CV/LHA we would not be surprised.
Enough said.
The photos so far have proved nothing to us other than this is a large ship under construction..That stated.... Show us a stern shot with the ship out of the water and I'll tell you guys if it is a CV/LHA or not. Of course a CV/LHD type ship would need at least two screws to operate at the speed necessary to launch and recover aircraft...
Now we must say if it does turn out to be a CV/LHA we would not be surprised.
Enough said.
JayBird
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But with so much clutter on top of the deck, and we are looking from the port side of the hull only. We can't really tell if there are openings on the starboard side or not. Besides, it could easily psed off by the original poster and we still can't tell much difference from this distance.
I don't get the because China never built a carrier before, therefor they can't built it this fast argument. They've spent many years studying the Liaoning and gettting experinece from refitting it.
And don't forget they've also built sample modules of the carrier before they even start building the real thing. I think they've got enough information and experience to built pretty much an enlarged version of Liaoning no problem and good speed especially with the help of the modern shipbuilding tools and technique that was not available in the past.
I don't get the because China never built a carrier before, therefor they can't built it this fast argument. They've spent many years studying the Liaoning and gettting experinece from refitting it.
And don't forget they've also built sample modules of the carrier before they even start building the real thing. I think they've got enough information and experience to built pretty much an enlarged version of Liaoning no problem and good speed especially with the help of the modern shipbuilding tools and technique that was not available in the past.
Intrepid
Major
There are still missing three or four more decks to the flight deck. What we see is the hangar floor with openings to install the machinery below.
Hmm...compare this picture with the most recent picture we had prior to this one.
Notice that the point of view is somewhat similar, and that the "bridges" betwen the 2 sides of the hull are still there. The square that we noticed on the "bow" in the earlier picture is there without the blur, but those red strutures obstruct us to see what it is inside that square. Does anyone knows what does this square means and if this is normal for carriers or what???
Beyond that, it doesnt appear that the construction made too much progress betwen the pictures, IMO.
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