PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)

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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

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Jeff Head said:
Well, one day, we will see this on the high seas. And it is not too far distant either. I give to you Liaoning and her sister:

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That's the best CGI of the Liaoning with her new sister I have seen...and that is what the vessel building in Dalian right now is going to produce.
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Now THAT is what I am talking about !! Throw in a Type 901 tanker for good measure lol
 
plawolf

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Jeff Head said:
Everything I have heard to date indicates that it may be the same basic design...perhaps a little smaller, and certainly, based on what we have seen at Wuhan, a different sensor configuration matching what is on that mock-up now would be my guess.

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But we should see soon enough in Dalian.
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They modified the existing mock up at Wuhan rather than build a brand new one right?

In which case it might not be the best reflection of what 001's Island will look like.

But as you say, we will just have to wait and see. Probably not long now given how quickly work has been progressing so far.
 
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bruceb1959

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Jeff Head said:
Everything I have heard to date indicates that it may be the same basic design...perhaps a little smaller, and certainly, based on what we have seen at Wuhan, a different sensor configuration matching what is on that mock-up now would be my guess.

Like so:

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But we should see soon enough in Dalian.
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one can never see enough spoons :)
 
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Mirabo

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Gentlemen, I present to you my first post-- and an update on the Type 001A under construction.

Courtesy of Big Cat. :)

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Don't know how reliable a source this is, I personally would be surprised and find it an unnecessary and overly aggressive move even if just for show if China did deploy a CVBG to the SCS unless someone else deploys a CVBG, ARG, or equivalent first (think Japan "helicopter destroyers").

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Beijing 'to continue to use carrier capability for South China Sea operations'

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International
28 January 2016

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China intends to use aircraft carriers for defence of its territories in the South China Sea, says academic
Recent operations by the United States in the area have validated the need for an aircraft carrier there, he argues

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is likely deploy at least one aircraft carrier for permanent operations in the South China Sea once its second ship is fully operational, a Chinese academic told IHS Jane's on 28 January.

Professor Chu Shulong, who is currently the director of the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, was speaking to IHS Jane's after giving a lecture on Chinese military modernisation and security strategy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. Chu is also a professor at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Party School.

"For the Northern Sea, Yellow Sea, and Eastern Sea, China does not need an aircraft carrier. Chinese land-based [aircraft] are capable of reaching places like the Diaoyu Islands", said Chu, in reference to the territories also claimed by Japan and known in Tokyo as the Senkaku Islands.

However, the same cannot be said of China's territories in the South China Sea, the professor argued. "Should the Americans send their [aircraft] and ships into the South China Sea, China currently does not have the [aerial] capacity to deal with such a challenge", said Chu; he added that it will take about an hour for Chinese fighter aircraft from the nearest airbase on Hainan Island to reach the southern regions of the South China Sea.

"These challenges [from the United States] will most likely take place very frequently in the future", said Chu. The US Navy (USN) Freedom of Navigation (FON) operations, notably the sailing of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lassen past Subi Reef in October 2015, has convinced Chinese military leaders that the deployment of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea is necessary going forward, he continued.

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Blitzo

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PanAsian said:
Don't know how reliable a source this is, I personally would be surprised and find it an unnecessary and overly aggressive move even if just for show if China did deploy a CVBG to the SCS unless someone else deploys a CVBG, ARG, or equivalent first (think Japan "helicopter destroyers").

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Deceptive title. Professor Chu obviously meant it in the sense that a carrier would only really be deployed there in the context of (or in response to) continuing perceived US challenges.
 
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PanAsian said:
Don't know how reliable a source this is, I personally would be surprised and find it an unnecessary and overly aggressive move even if just for show if China did deploy a CVBG to the SCS unless someone else deploys a CVBG, ARG, or equivalent first (think Japan "helicopter destroyers").

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A flattop base was already built in Hainan so it would be odd the the professor denied that aircraft carriers were relevant in SCS. On the other hand the way he said it might well have been very different from the way it is portrayed by Jane's.
 
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