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Lieutenant General
definately flat top components!
PLAN Carrier Construction
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
How can people tell that it's a carrier component?
Engineer
Major
From left to right, the first module is the demo module for the carrier. The second is the belly of a ship, and the width is much bigger than that of the demo module and so unrelated to the demo module. The third is an unknown, but most likely the bottom part of the stern of a ship. The forth is actually two modules, and they are obviously the sides of a civilian vessel. The last component is the superstructure of a container ship or an oil tanker.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
Somebody pointed out that HuiTong has updated the blog, saying that there are two indigenous carriers under construction and the J-15 is getting AESA for them.
And that the first production variant of J-15 won't have AESA but rather a modified radar from the J-11B...
Rumours abound.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
Strange, especially when the test pilot Lei Qiang already stated that the J-15 has AESA. Perhaps it's another "temporary" configuration, just like how initial batches of the J-20 might have Al-31 instead.
Skywatcher
Captain
If I have time this weekend, I will post about the latest GE update (8/11/2013) on the Changxing module (got that one wrong, it's still 50 meters wide).
That being side, there is something very interesting about the "catapult trough" and hangar height...
That being side, there is something very interesting about the "catapult trough" and hangar height...
Dalian's mysterious module. Looks like another demonstrator module.
I am not convinced the ramp like thing is even a demo module for a carrier. I don't see what is so complicated about a ramp or even the whole stem of a carrier that a proficient ship builder would need to build a demo module to prove it could do the job. There are fundamental structural parts to a large carrier that would clearly require something outside immediate fabrication experience of any Chinese ship builder, and which if not fabricated correctly could haunt the carrier for its entire service life. Example might include the machinery space and after body of the 4 shaft hull, which is unique in modern ship building and in whose design and fabrication oversight and imprecise fabrication could lead to life long vibration problems and speed restrictions for the ship.
If they really need to prove they can build a carrier right, I would think they would demo the construction of a module around the engine room, the after hull, around magazine, etc, not the extreme bow and structurally simple ramp.
I think this ramp thing is a case of naval enthusiasts seeing what they want to see.