PLAN Carrier Construction
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AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
Yeah how did people miss it. You'd figure better pics would've surfaced.
Yeah how did people miss it. You'd figure better pics would've surfaced.
Blackstone
Brigadier
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
Anyway to get a Google Earth shot of the area?
Anyway to get a Google Earth shot of the area?
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
But looking at blow ups, it is not at all clear that that is what those are.
We should know sooner or later if it is as far along as that appears.
Or...it could just look like a LHD/LPH and actually be something else.
I have to admit that it is intriguing.
Could be an LHD/LPH if the starboard structure amidships is an island, and if the port, aft quarter indentation is an elevator.
But looking at blow ups, it is not at all clear that that is what those are.
We should know sooner or later if it is as far along as that appears.
Or...it could just look like a LHD/LPH and actually be something else.
I have to admit that it is intriguing.
kwaigonegin
Colonel
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
Agreed! How come people missed something like this? OTOH that picture albeit taken from a distance and not super detailed sure does look like some sort of LHA/LPD type ship to me. Definitely not civilian nor tanker, cargo ship etc. AFAIK China isn't building this type of ship for anyone else either.
This could turn out to be a very interesting picture going forward! IMHO an almost finished brand new class of 40K ton etc LHA/LPD would be an even bigger news than Liaoning but I'll wait till clearer pictures/news to be sure!
Agreed! How come people missed something like this? OTOH that picture albeit taken from a distance and not super detailed sure does look like some sort of LHA/LPD type ship to me. Definitely not civilian nor tanker, cargo ship etc. AFAIK China isn't building this type of ship for anyone else either.
This could turn out to be a very interesting picture going forward! IMHO an almost finished brand new class of 40K ton etc LHA/LPD would be an even bigger news than Liaoning but I'll wait till clearer pictures/news to be sure!
Equation
Lieutenant General
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
Now these looks more like a construction of a large cargo ship. The mysterious picture shows a more completed flat top and island.
That is what in Jiangnan-your guess is as good as mine
Now these looks more like a construction of a large cargo ship. The mysterious picture shows a more completed flat top and island.
Re: PLAN LHD/LPH/LHA discussion
Not saying that is the case, but it could also be an explanation.
Time will tell.
Another possiblility for these pictures is that this is a cross sectional major structural support, with the hanger deck being the cutout through it, and the flat top above being the flight deck.
Not saying that is the case, but it could also be an explanation.
Time will tell.