PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)

I don't doubt the ships ability to repair aircrafts. It would be pretty incompetent if they don't already setup such team to do the task.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2015) Sailors perform maintenance on an MH-60 Seahawk, assigned to the "Blue Hawks," of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Washington is deployed as a part of Southern Seas 2015. The eighth deployment of its kind, Southern Seas 2015 seeks to enhance interoperability, increase regional stability, and build and maintain regional relationships with countries throughout the region through joint multinational and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Nelson/Released)

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WATERS OFF THE COAST OF GUAM (Sept. 21, 2015) Aviation Machinist Mate Airman Aaron Clement, from Potsdam, N.Y., performs a leak check on an F414-GE-400 engine on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman MacAdam Kane Weissman/Released)

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RED SEA (Nov. 5, 2015) Marines attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) download a JDAM 500lb guided bomb from an AV-8B Harrier on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 26th MEU, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Preston/Released)

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bd popeye said:

Can the PLAN do these operations? Probably..but I've NEVER seen it. Have any of you?......and YES I've made this sort of post previously.

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Bltizo said:

We've also never seen a J-15 be refuelled aboard Liaoning, we've never seen an 052D launch an HHQ-10 SAM, we've never seen 056 deploy its VDS... so on and so forth, but there's also no reason to suspect that they cannot.

Come on Popeye, there's reasonable skepticism and then there is being needlessly pedantic.

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GreenestGDP said:

...why is PRC & CCTV & all other Chinese media being TIMID and wishy--washy yet AGAIN, and why stop at ISIS in Syria ?

Why not go after the MASTER villain by going all the way to the Uyghur malicious scoundrel masters in Ankara, Turkey.

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Intrepid said:

Have the aircraft of Liaoning a ground attack capability? Has Liaoning appropriate storage space for the required weapons in his magazines? Can the deck crew prepare and loaded such weapons? Can the deck crew unload such weapons and disarm, if appropriate? When has the Chinese Navy practiced to fly land attacks?

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JayBird said:

Big shrimp is a general term for those who are well respected with high reputation members (Some insiders) in the Chinese forums. Big Cat is just fzgfzy's nick name and no one else because his avatar is a cat.

We've seen at least 14 serial production painted J-15s pics already, it's not a surprise if there are 20 of them with Liaoning right now. It was mention by one of the big shrimp in CJDBY.

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Bltizo said:

J-15 has been seen carrying various bombs and anti ship or stand off missiles before, and during Liaoning's trials we also had pictures of various piece of armament (possibly mock ups) aboard Liaoning.
I expect the ship and crew would be capable of performing all those tasks, but we will probably not receive confirmation of it for many years, if at all.

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bd popeye said:

I remember those photos. I also remember thinking that we all would see more transparency from the PLAN with photos and video of CV-16. Specifically after those first videos about three years ago...remember? Oh well. Life goes on.

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JayBird said:

I go back to CJDBY forum to re-check what JFMaverick posted the other day on the number of J-15s thread, he actually just said there are 20 J-15s, but he didn't said all of them are on Liaoning carrier at this point. It was just me assuming all the J-15s are on board the Liaoning. My apologies for misquoting JFMaverick.

But we've seen pictures of 15 serial production painted J-15s already, it's not out of question that there are few more J-15s out there that we haven't seen. No pictures doesn't mean is not there, just mean that we haven't seen it in pictures. Same thing with the number of J-15s onboard Liaoning, we've observed five J-15s the most on the flight deck of Liaoning also doesn't necessarily meant there is only five on the carrier, whose to say how many J-15s is in the hangar?

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