CV-16 Liaoning - Type 001 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

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[Deino]

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Are they repainting partially the deck?

 

[lcloo]

Liaoning in South China Sea a few months ago, video taken by Vietnamese fishermen.

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In this clip, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning was seen sailing in the South China Sea in June, probably heading north to Sanya after passing through Sibutu Strait. Credit: Vietnamese fisherman.

 

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Via @JC边条翼 from Weibo

 

[Fsjal]

Does the PLA Navy have a set standard carrier-battle-group system in place for CV-16 Liaoning? It seems that the carrier is either on its own or has at least a couple of escort warships.

 

[lcloo]

Does the PLA Navy have a set standard carrier-battle-group system in place for CV-16 Liaoning? It seems that the carrier is either on its own or has at least a couple of escort warships.

I believe there are escorts on all voyages made by Liaoning. Some photos that showed Liaoning sailing alone because the camera angles were not wide enough to capture the escorts which could be many miles away. It is not unusual for an escort sailing 10km in front of the aircraft carrier, or at the flanks and behind.

 

[Fsjal]

I believe there are escorts on all voyages made by Liaoning. Some photos that showed Liaoning sailing alone because the camera angles were not wide enough to capture the escorts which could be many miles away. It is not unusual for an escort sailing 10km in front of the aircraft carrier, or at the flanks and behind.

I assumed that Liaoning would sometimes be underway alone especially if it's already within Chinese coastal zones since it's classed as a training ship and doesn't seem to be assigned to a flag-ship status.

No doubt carrier escorts are always dispersed, but with pictures of foreign carriers they're mostly taken from a bird's eye view from a helicopter thus displaying all the escorts, while it does seem that many pictures of Liaoning are taken from onboard a ship thus displaying the carrier only.

 

[LKJ86]

Via @镜海之滨 from Weibo

 

[Deino]

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Simply beautiful.

Finally, I've seen fighter aircraft on this aircraft carrier.

 

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By 齐晓东