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is it 1940-built bigger than Liaoning ?
Shinano underway during her sea trials in Tokyo Bay.
Career (Empire of Japan)
Name: Shinano
Namesake: Shinano Province
Builder: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down: 4 May 1940
Launched: 8 October 1944
Completed: 19 November 1944 (for trials)
Fate: Sunk by the submarine USS Archer-Fish, 29 November 1944
General characteristics
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 65,800 metric tons (64,800 long tons) (standard)
69,151 metric tons (68,059 long tons) (normal)
Length: 265.8 m (872 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam: 36.3 m (119 ft 1 in)
Draught: 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
12 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion: 4 × shafts
4 × geared steam turbines
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 2,400
Armament: 8 × twin 12.7 cm Type 89 dual-purpose guns
35 × triple 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
12 × 28 – 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers
Armor:
Aircraft carried: 47
- Waterline belt: 160–400 mm (6.3–15.7 in)
- Flight deck: 75 mm (3.0 in)
The displacement is similar, but Liaoning is much more advanced and compact in design compared to a WWII supercarrier.
We are in the 21th century, nobody will be retarded to replicate a WWII supercarrier.
Lol. Dont twist statements to suit ur wish. US and Russia's 3rd, 4th and 5th gen classifications of aircrafts are clearly shown and classified.
Even a basic wiki read would reveal such knowledge. If Chinese have separate standards of classifications, so be it. Kindly dont compare with other countries to suit ur needs of posting.
US has followed Russia's classification standard on this one.
While China remains its own classification standard.
Still, they put J-10A into their 4th generation category.
Fourth-generation jet fighter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J-11B and J-16 are 3.5th gen for China and 4.5th gen for the rest.