Yes, that is how the QE class was designed.
PLAN Carrier Construction
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Yes, that is how the QE class was designed.
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Lieutenant General
So there are sort of two metal structural layers on top of the QE? How do they going to put in the catapult trench when they want to go to CATOBAR mode or is it already been built into it?
No cats installed on the QE, just provisions for them.
At this stage, I doubt seriously that they will revert to it in the future. But, if they had the right politicians and environment...they could. But it would be very costly. With all of the F-35B buys they will make, they are absolutely most likely to keep it STOBAR.
So then maybe it is not inconceivable that PLANs first indigenous carrier is STOBAR (Since that is what J-15 is designed for, and the J-15 will be used for all their worth), but with provision to change her quickly into a CATOBAR later down the track, eventually fielding an all CATOBAR carrier force with the exception of Liaoning.
The UK government did decide to go for cats and traps and changed the order from F-35B to C, but then, suddenly, it was much to expensive and they went back to ski ramps. The story was that the cats and changing the carriers to fit the cats were together too expensive. And that was before the first carrier was assembled. How much would it then cost to disassemble a large part of a carrier to remove a ski ramp and fit the cats with their associated power system? I think the last part would be the main problem.
Rumour is dalian.
lol. This is weird, people drawing over a photo showing an aircraft carrier to avoid censorship. I guess that could only happen in china
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Tyrant King
sounds beyond far fetched to me. I mean even if it were done I don't think that Chinese Security are that stupid. If they see evidence that someone connected to a Secret program is leaking even "drawings". the Poor SOB is likely to be getting a visit by some very unhappy and unfriendly characters.