PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

Jeff Head

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Registered Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Large oil tankers are a lot larger than even the US carriers, about a quarter of the Nimitz's length extra plus nearly twice as wide. [/i]
Ahh...but this is not an oil tanker...at least not the design I put forward based on the commercial vessel. That design is based on a container ship.
 

Neutral Zone

Junior Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

There's a difference between sending a CV unescorted and making it RELIANT on escorts.

Yes, but if like the USN you have no shortage of escort ships then you can gain the maximum air potential of your carrier and use the escorts to provide all the ASW/anti surface/anti-air capability that you need. If you're a smaler navy then you'll need the big ship to have a greater degree of self reliance. ;)
 

Neutral Zone

Junior Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

There's a difference between sending a CV unescorted and making it RELIANT on escorts.

Yes, but if like the USN you have no shortage of escort ships then you can gain the maximum air potential of your carrier and use the escorts to provide all the ASW/anti surface/anti-air capability that you need. If you're a smaler navy then you'll need the big ship to have a greater degree of self reliance. ;)
 

Neutral Zone

Junior Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

There's a difference between sending a CV unescorted and making it RELIANT on escorts.

Yes, but if like the USN you have no shortage of escort ships then you can gain the maximum air potential of your carrier and use the escorts to provide all the ASW/anti surface/anti-air capability that you need. If you're a smaler navy then you'll need the big ship to have a greater degree of self reliance. ;)
 

planeman

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Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is), then two landing strips and two take-off runs becomes quite easy to fit onboard:
supercarrieroj9.jpg
 

planeman

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VIP Professional
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is), then two landing strips and two take-off runs becomes quite easy to fit onboard:
supercarrieroj9.jpg
 

planeman

Senior Member
VIP Professional
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is), then two landing strips and two take-off runs becomes quite easy to fit onboard:
supercarrieroj9.jpg
 

Jeff Head

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Registered Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is)
Yes indeed, something bigger is possible. One of the concepts the US has studied is the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) which can move (albeit slowly) to its area of operations and then change its position once there. Very big...like 5,000 feet long and representative of a true offshore airbase with full facilities, as well as a provisioning point for Amphibiuos assault or other naval task forces. Depicted here:

mob-flex_b_full.jpg


But something like this is a long, long way off for the PLAN, and is only being studied in the US, probably never implemented
 

Jeff Head

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Registered Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is)
Yes indeed, something bigger is possible. One of the concepts the US has studied is the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) which can move (albeit slowly) to its area of operations and then change its position once there. Very big...like 5,000 feet long and representative of a true offshore airbase with full facilities, as well as a provisioning point for Amphibiuos assault or other naval task forces. Depicted here:

mob-flex_b_full.jpg


But something like this is a long, long way off for the PLAN, and is only being studied in the US, probably never implemented
 

Jeff Head

General
Registered Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

If we agree that building a CV/CVN much bigger than the Nimitz class is technically feasible (it clearly is)
Yes indeed, something bigger is possible. One of the concepts the US has studied is the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) which can move (albeit slowly) to its area of operations and then change its position once there. Very big...like 5,000 feet long and representative of a true offshore airbase with full facilities, as well as a provisioning point for Amphibiuos assault or other naval task forces. Depicted here:

mob-flex_b_full.jpg


But something like this is a long, long way off for the PLAN, and is only being studied in the US, probably never implemented
 
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