PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

MIGleader · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

Jeff Head said:
I think they will have more DDG's, possible some new ones. The carrier and LPD are definitely possible too. We shall see.

well, the chinese navy recieved priority funding those last five years, which allowed them to build the 52bs, 52cs, yuans, songs, and buy those kilos and sovs.

with these next five years, the army gets the cash, so the plan will need to save money for important tasks. ithink the plan already has enough modrn ffgs and ddgs for now. it can also spend a some money to modernize some of the jianhus and jiangweis. but most of that money needs to go to building an lpd, yutings, and a medium carrier.

tphuang · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

MIGleader said:
well, the chinese navy recieved priority funding those last five years, which allowed them to build the 52bs, 52cs, yuans, songs, and buy those kilos and sovs.

with these next five years, the army gets the cash, so the plan will need to save money for important tasks. ithink the plan already has enough modrn ffgs and ddgs for now. it can also spend a some money to modernize some of the jianhus and jiangweis. but most of that money needs to go to building an lpd, yutings, and a medium carrier.

the army isn't going to get money any time soon. They just had another 200,000 cut back recently. The money is going where it should be going - developing new planes and building new ships. With the growing shipbuilding technology in China, it's not as expensive as you might think (or at least much cheaper than buying souvremmy).

Jeff Head · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

MIGleader said:
with these next five years, the army gets the cash, so the plan will need to save money for...building an lpd, yutings, and a medium carrier.

I believe the PLAN will continue getting the cash. Now that the infrastructure for modern naval shipbuilding has been built up...I see them pouring on the coal as opposed to backing off.

Just my opinion.

Jeff Head · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

tphuang said:
With the growing shipbuilding technology in China, it's not as expensive as you might think.

I agree and I believe the PLAN will keep getting the cash to do just that.

We shall see. Time will tell.

MIGleader · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

no guys. the plan may get the some more cash than it usually may, but the army gets most of it. 200000 isnt alot

the funding is done in cycles in 1990-1994, the army got funding
1995-99, the airforcer got it(the mkks, the su-27 deals, release of j-10)
2000-2004, navy got it. now its army's turn. its just how it works.

Jeff Head · Oct 9, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

MIGleader said:
now its army's turn. its just how it works.

Perhaps so...but to build up all of that infrastructure, technology and capability and then basically stop the funding for eight years seems rather shortsighted to me.

Better to keep funding at a constant rate so you can avoid the lapses and resulting loss of tehcnology and expertise.

We shall see.

sumdud · Oct 9, 2005

Re: AWACS for future chinese carrier

J-8? You can't use that thing on a carrier. Its engines are still too weak, and its gears are too flimsy. And who will do the processing of the data? This is AWACS, not AEW, you need communication. How can you even do that in the su-33KUB? (Well, maybe you can give it the Prowler config and a tail radar, but the Tail radar won't do you much.)

I still go with the An-71 as the best choice.

Jeff Head · Oct 10, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

Sczepan said:
Jeff, thanks again

You are welcome. I hope to get newer actual pics of the Varyag on this thread at some point. Seems like there have not been too many lately.

Jeff Head · Oct 10, 2005

Latest Varyag Pics

Here are three of the latest Varyag pics I could find. They have her getting all painted up and nice for sure.

I believe that is shaping up to be the standard PLAN paint scheme.

Thoughts, comments?

Jeff Head · Oct 10, 2005

Re: What will the 1st PLAN Carrier Battle Group (CBG) look like?

PLABUDDY said:
does anyone know what is the PLAN doing with Varyag..we havent heard about that giant carrier for a while now.:nono:

Here are the latest pics I could find. Looks like she is being made ready for something.

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