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Best wishes! :china:

Thanks for the update, but what's the difference?

Probably Ford aimed for less water resistance and Type 003 wants more capacity. At least it tells us Type 003 will have enough engine power. :-)

Exactly, but the width at the stern of Ford was apparently smaller than 003.

Not really a surprise compared to Type 002/Shandong. Dec. 2015: May 2016: I believe the designers at the 701st institute must have evaluated the water resistance of different hull shapes by experiments and computer simulations. I think the choice was a compromise of speed and stability at...

The width at the bow increases rapidly with the level/floor going up. Ford in the picture seemed to be two floors higher than 003, at some sections. See the suddenly increased shadow width right after the tip at the bow. Anyway, as Deino pointed out, the hull shape of the two ships are still...

Why is landing a bigger problem? CV-16/17 will not be just like coast guard and under the support of land-based forces forever, they will have to go deep in the ocean especially before PLAN gets enough Type 003/004s. And because of the importance of AWE and its much superior capability over...

Liaoning and Shandong have longer runways than the Indian CV, so KJ-600 should be able to carry more fuel, especially if it's equipped with WJ-10 which is more powerful than the T56 on E-2C.

If the Indians had checked maps first to see how far Guilin was from Taiwan they would have not made such a stupid lie. :rofl:

It's called 'the ART of leak' :omghaha:

Obviously. China's GDP is 5 times of India's.

Number of VLS units might be important, but I think it's more important (and urgent) to get new mid-range SAM to fit 4 into one VLS unit. Given the larger size of the VLS unit compared to MK56, this new missile should be capable enough compared to ESSM. Ideally it should be double 5 (top speed 5...

I don't think so, but It may already be available for testing on the planes.

Not sure about the prototype which might be using some WJ-6 variant at first even if WJ-10 is already available. You probably don't want to test a new airplane especially a new design with a new engine at the same time. But The production version must have WJ-10. It's not like using D30 for Y-20...

It's flatter because the tank under the floor has been moved to side.

I dug a little deeper and found something that could support my claims. Northrop Grumman had been trying to sell India E-2C/D for years. The Indians want to operate E-2D on their new indigenous carrier in a few years. Obviously it has no catapult...

UPDATED - I don't have English sources but it's from an article in a Chinese magazine (舰载武器 Shipborne Weapons, published April 2012) which cited a paper on Naval Engineers Journal with the result of a US Navy test conducted in 2005. According to that article, E-2C at 55000 lbs could take off...

I still think KJ-600 will serve on Liaoning and Shandong. If E-2C and KC-130F can take off without catapult, why cannot KJ-600?

See photo #1. There is no better place than the wide forehead at the bow of 075 for advertisement. :rofl:

Some estimation on the size of KJ-600. Also, based on the color of the radome, the radar might be rotating like on ZDK-03 and different from the fixed one on KJ-500.