PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)

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joshuatree

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plawolf said:
These ships should last 40-50 years, so it would be best to design them to still be useful and relevant that long down the line.
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If the two STOBARs became carriers strictly for UAVs, does it negate the need to convert them as some decent weight reduction due to lack of pilot(s) and associated gear will offset weight restriction that comes along with a ski-jump ramp?
 
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plawolf

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strehl said:
A look at flight ops on the Liaoning. There is a shot of taking off in rough seas (1:35) but not landing. I see air-air missiles loaded but I don't recall seeing a takeoff loaded with bombs. I would guess the lack of an organic tanker aircraft prevents swapping fuel weight for bomb load.

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Anyone else see the Easter egg? ;)

At 1.36 onwards, you can see the periscopes of the escort sub on the top right of the shot, just beyond the ski jump.
 
Engineer

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plawolf said:
Anyone else see the Easter egg? ;)

At 1.36 onwards, you can see the periscopes of the escort sub on the top right of the shot, just beyond the ski jump.
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What you saw are the meteorological stations. There is a metal truss that come off the starboard bow, and at the tip of that truss are two meteorological stations.
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