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CV-18 Fujian - Type 003 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

According to some reports, this image is the most recent one showing the Type 003 carrier at Jiangnan Changxing shipyard in Shanghai.
Interesting, the scaffolding around the island is gone.

(Image via @蓑蓑雨任平生sjs from Weibo)

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Beautiful! A lot of workers are working on the deck to clean up. I think the launch date should be very closed.
 
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Someone made the picture more clear. It looks like the deck is opened again?
 
Shanghai tide table. The tide on June 15th and 16th are the highest for the next 30 days. So keep your fingers crossed. on the other hand, China MSA has not issued any announcement on navigation warning on waters around the shipyard, so don't put too much hope to see a launch.

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A simply stunning image of the Type 003 aircraft carrier taken on 14 June.

Image by Planet Labs
Report by BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK via


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Besides the banners and the flags, the top deck of 003 has been painted a fresh layer of coating. and the 2 lifts previously painted in white is now having same colour of gray paint as the top deck.
 
Besides the banners and the flags, the top deck of 003 has been painted a fresh layer of coating. and the 2 lifts previously painted in white is now having same colour of gray paint as the top dec
Besides the banners and the flags, the top deck of 003 has been painted a fresh layer of coating. and the 2 lifts previously painted in white is now having same colour of gray paint as the top deck.
According to the Weibo, it is likely to be launched by June 16. It is said the Vice Chairman of CMC, Zhang Youxia has been arrived Shanghai.
 
It’s interesting how speculation on a Chinese project on PDF (as seen by the start of this thread) started in 2014, construction began in 2018, and launch is happening in 2022, with IOC probably achieved within the next 2 years. A ten year cycle that is replicated across many Chinese military projects if we go back to through the threads. Looking over the horizon at projects to come and how quickly speculation becomes reality; Just an interesting point and something to ponder about. :moil:
 
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