GJ drones are not the only things that need to be carried in the Hangar. You also have helicopters.
With no tail, and wings that fold almost 180 degrees the short height would allow it to be double stacked in stowage.
Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion
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Is this a joke? This is extremely impractical and unsafe. Realize you are bringing up a photo of a carrier which served 85 years ago, fielding aircraft more than 2x lighter than the GJ-21. AND it was during this very same war that the US learned how impractical and unsafe this practice was, that is was completely discontinued moving forwards.
That photo was taken just before the US entered the pacific war, this practice was almost immediately discontinued just a year later due to how horrible it was. In combat, explosive shocks would cause the hanging aircraft to drop down on aircraft below killing sailors and igniting massive hangar fires.
The practice that was not combat proven could not even survive 1 year of use during ww2 before complete discontinuity. And you think China will take zero lessons from this?
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Your photo is from all the way back in the (pre-)WW2 era.
And here's the hangar deck of a Nimitz-class CVN taken in 2008. Nothing much has changed since then, other than the addition of some F-35Cs.
So what's your point?
Sichuan LHD likely getting moved to the new Hudong-Zhonghua site this morning. Posted by @上沪红枣 on Weibo.
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Sichuan has already conducted her 2nd sea trial in early December last year.
Whether she's being moved to the Changxing site for further fitting-out work or is starting her third sea trial is still unknown at present.