To be more accurate-"what difference China speed makes!!" Look at the reaction time of the rescue effort initiated by the Chinese gov't during the recent Xizang-Tibet earhquake -"Chubby Girls" Y20's were in the air within 30 minutes with aid/personnel.Love itWhat a difference a little over a year makes. From a few joined keel modules to her launch, the speed is impressive.
Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion
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If someone could produce a image where J15 or J35 fighter silhouettes are placed over the aircraft parking areas on the Type 76 flight deck and/or lifts, we might be able to see if operating heavy manned fighters from it is realistically possible. It looks pretty tight to me.
So they are basically like die-hard flat-earth believer equivalent of defense enthusiasts.
Well, to borrow a line from old Joe,
"You can't believe in competition only when you are winning."
Someone made a CG comparison illustration on Weibo of F-35Bs on an "Alpha Strike" flight deck (right) of an America LHA versus a hypothetical Chinese counterpart to the "Alpha Strike" flight deck with J-35s on the 076 LHD (left):
It should be noted that the PLAN neither considers nor envisions their LHDs to play the role of lighting carriers, as the LHDs (both 075 and 076) are primarily meant to conduct and support amphibious assault operations, and that the warplanes (manned and/or unmanned) carried are specially tailored towards supporting allied amphibious forces assaulting the enemy's shore-based forces and installations, plus securing allied beachheads. Hence, the above illustration should only be taken as reference.
Replace those J-35 and KJ-600 models on the 076 LHD's flight deck with those of the navalized variants of GJ-11 and WZ-10, and you would get a closer representation on how the 076 LHD should work in practice.
In theory, the J-15Ts could have a real tight fit on the elevator decks. But in practice, not possible.
And it's not just about the elevator decks either - There's also the issue on how these heavy-weight fighters are supposed to be moved around the flight deck and hangar deck of the 076 LHD, which are magnitudes smaller (and hence, more cramped) than those on the proper CVs of the PLAN.
This means that the presumably navalized variant of the J-XDS in the future (of which the land-based J-XDS itself is already at least as big if not even bigger than the Sino Flankers) wouldn't make it onboard the 076 LHD.
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asif iqbal
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Type 076 is a big warship
certainly can benefit from a fixed wing fighter jet
certainly can benefit from a fixed wing fighter jet
It is unbelievably exciting to see how they'll use the 076. It's really the first of its kind. A landing dock with a catapult.
Helos, fixed-wings, AEW, fighters, strike, manned, unmanned. Everything is on the table until we actually see the air wing!
Helos, fixed-wings, AEW, fighters, strike, manned, unmanned. Everything is on the table until we actually see the air wing!
Nice work dude. It seems from your image that 10-12 large fighters could be deck parked and still be able to have others land but deck maneuvering would be challenging to say the least of it. The lifts look too small as well although perhaps the Type 76 could be used in extremeis to land and launch manned fighters. GJ-11 is a much better fit