Well, how did kittyhawk work out?
Enough to show that they don't need it anymore. After all, what type of propulsion is the USS Reagan?
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Well, how did kittyhawk work out?
But KittyHawk still perform well during its service time.Enough to show that they don't need it anymore. After all, what type of propulsion is the USS Reagan?
A 'rolling takeoff' is when an aircraft is capable of taking flight on its own power. A 'ramp assisted' takeoff treads the line between a 'rolling takeoff' and an 'assisted takeoff'. A catapult launch is a full 'assisted takeoff'.Only when it is full steam ahead
But KittyHawk still perform well during its service time.
The Kittyhawk performed well but as you noticed all of our carriers are nuclear now.
That is doesn't mean all others shall follow blindly.
It is just the natural development progress. Let's not be over enthusiastic about China's technical know-how. Patience is another virtue.And yet China plans to have a nuclear carrier instead of sticking to conventional only since they will never be sent far from home. Guess nuclear power outweighs the cons.
It is just the natural development progress. Let's not be over enthusiastic about China's technical know-how. Patience is another virtue.
I think Type 001, 001A and 002 will be for regional patrols of the SCS and Sea of Japan.
Type 003 will be for global patrols. I'm sure only the Type 003 (100,000, nuclear powered, EMALS) will be built in multiple numbers. I think China needs 5 of these.
1 x Type 001
1 x Type 001A
1 x Type 002
5 x Type 003
Total aircraft carriers: 8
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Dear moderators ! I have no idea why type001A and type002 Aircraft Carrier Building should merge into one thread ? No sence in there, two different threads for two China aircraft carrier projects ... chaos ?
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iFirst to carriers are going to be fitted with steam believe it, EMALS will be fitted on the Type 003. I was hoping they skip it as steam catapults are expensive.
Your wrong on this. It's going to take 5-10 years before the PLAN can even match the Royal or French Navy forget about being the second best.
With 20. China. Carrier. In. Near. Future. Come. How. English. France. will doBoth the Royal and French Navy are better trained and more experienced. They can project power way beyond their respective sealines. The Royal Navy was sent 8000 miles to fight in the Falklands, France can project power all the way into the Persian Gulf and most recently Syria. Neither Japan nor the PLAN have this capability, even Russian Kuznetsov has a better power projection than the PLAN. I'm being a realist, the PLAN may not face the royal or french navy but they have a greater capability than the PLAN.
Type 001 Upgraded Liaoning > Type 002 Kitty Hawk > Type 003 Nimitz.
But in near future China with. 20carrierHaving bases alone doesn't give them capability they still have to use support ships to maintain that capability overseas it does have a military factor in it. There are areas in which the PLAN is more dominant but overall still behind both navies.
But in terms of training and experience China is behind both navies and behind or on par with Japan, what I mean is neither China nor Japan have the projection capability.
What I'm saying is Kuznetsov still has a greater power projection capability despite it's shortcoming than the PLAN. As of now China's Navy remains regional. The Liaoning itself has problems, carrying heavy weapons on the J-15 and being a ski jump carrier. Its a better carrier than the Kuznetsov.
Call me a skeptic, but I'm open to a wider perspective, could the PLAN overtake the Royal & French Navy yes right now no.
True indeed. China is a newbie in carrier ops. Even during Imperial Japan, they had many carriers to use, while Chinese are stuck in ground war resistance. Japan and USA have a long carrier operating experience.To compare it to the US is too far fetch. After all the USN has been at the forefront of carrier ops & tech. for many decades. While it is always nice to compare the ships vis a vis, it's better to focus on the specific role each nation intended for their aircraft carrier. I expect our ships to be more for escort duties, albeit like those light WWII aircraft carriers guarding the merchant fleet.
True indeed. China is a newbie in carrier ops. Even during Imperial Japan, they had many carriers to use, while Chinese are stuck in ground war resistance. Japan and USA have a long carrier operating experience.