CV-17 Shandong - Type 002 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

[Beast]

still long way to go

China is not India. We do things fast.

 

[nomi007]

GOOD speed
any news about type-075b(type-081 lhd)

 

[Deino]

China is not India. We do things fast.

That might be indeed true but also China needs time especially to make things right. As such IMO we have a good chance to see this beast in the water by year end, but especially outfitting will take even longer.

Following this report :

On June 22, the Chairman of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation said at the Dalian Shipyard that it is half-completed.

https://defence.pk/threads/type-001a-aircraft-carrier-news-discussion.416441/page-12#post-8408040

IMO that sounds reasonable.

 

[Tiqiu]

If the big boss of CSIC said " all type of work (meaning fitting-out included) has been half-completed in half time of the project construction", then we can expect to see its completion date before 1 July 2018.

 

[nika]

 

[JSCh]

Military expert: China's second aircraft carrier not far from entering the water
(People's Daily Online) 15:03, June 29, 2016

Construction photo of the Chinese made aircraft carrier. (Photo from internet)​

When receiving an interview at a program of China's CCTV, military expert Cao Weidong said that based on the construction progress reported by the media, China's second aircraft carrier may enter the water at the end of this year or early next year.

According to a report made by CCTV, recently, many construction photos of China's second aircraft carrier were disclosed on the internet. The photos show that the hoisting of a section of the bow was finished recently. And based on the photos disclosed previously, the flight deck of the aircraft carrier has completed installation, and the construction of the ship has entered the final stage.

Based on the published construction photos and satellite photos, this aircraft carrier under construction is almost the same size as the other aircraft carrier, the Liaoning.

Speaking of when this aircraft carrier will enter the water and be deployed to the troops, Cao Weidong said that the construction of a ship usually has three stages: construction, entering the water and being in service.

Construction means the building-up of the ship body. Entering the water means the ship floats on the sea but cannot leave its pier, during which stage relevant equipment will be installed in the ship; this stage is also called the fitting-out. After this stage, the ship will go through sea trails to examine its speed and the precision of the weapons. If the ship passes the sea trails with all the indicators reaching the standard, then the ship will be deployed, namely, being in service.

According to Cao Weidong, after the flight deck is completed, it takes about a half year or nine months for the ship to enter the water for the fitting-out. So, based on the media reports on the construction progress, the second aircraft carrier will enter the water at the end of this year or early next year.

 

[Tiqiu]

 

[Tiqiu]

This new released photo shows a J-15 with the towbar on the plane's front wheels nose gear. Perhaps this new type001A has catapults system working in conjunction with the Ski-jump ramp.

 

[Tiqiu]

 

[lcloo]

New addition on Juy 2nd, angle deck. The area marked by red square. No actual photo but using CV16 for illustration.

KIV - waiting for graphic illustration from 星海军事

 

[Deino]

New addition on Juy 2nd, angle deck. The area marked by red square. No actual photo but using CV16 for illustration.

KIV - waiting for graphic illustration from 星海军事

View attachment 315474

... and reportedly these were added on 29. June already ....

 

[lcloo]

2016 July 6th, another piece of ski ramp.

 

[星海军事]

2016 July 6th, another piece of ski ramp.
View attachment 316056

This photo was taken at least a week ago.

 

[lcloo]

This photo was taken at least a week ago.

Has the last big hole at the centre of flight deck been covered? fzgfzy pointed out 5 areas to be constructed but he did not include the large deck opening in that 5 area.

Many people are waiting for your graphics.

 

[星海军事]

Has the last big hole at the centre of flight deck been covered? fzgfzy pointed out 5 areas to be constructed but he did not include the large deck opening in that 5 area.

Many people are waiting for your graphics.

We will update tonight