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The notice mentioned the launch of civilian ship today but there is no mention of CV-XX/003.
We will know in a few days' time, if there is photo coming out.
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The notice mentioned the launch of civilian ship today but there is no mention of CV-XX/003.
The notice mentioned the launch of civilian ship today but there is no mention of CV-XX/003.
We will know in a few days' time, if there is photo coming out.
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Anything over 80k tons will be nuclear powered.
What level of completion do you think the 003 is using the 002 construction as a reference? I'm estimating around mid-2015 level of 002 completion for the current 003.And so it begins:
As it seems this is the first confirmed image of one of the Type 003 aircraft carrier's mega-modules in dry dock no. 4 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. (image via @微博铁幕君SSS at weibo)
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What level of completion do you think the 003 is using the 002 construction as a reference? I'm estimating around mid-2015 level of 002 completion for the current 003.
u can not possibly be serious.
My guess is 003 will be able to be launched around middle of next year since most modules have been fabricated, and as such the main works now is to assemble the modules by welding and installation of machinery. I am expecting some fast pace work from now onwards.
What nuclear reactor do you envision for the 003 carrier then?Anything over 80k tons will be nuclear powered.
What nuclear reactor do you envision for the 003 carrier then?
Btw, the current prevailing, even overwhelming opinion is the 003 will still be a CV instead of a CVN. It applies in this forum, and it's even more tilted in the neighbour one, SDF. Thus have no wonder that most people will have heavy scepticism on your CVN notion!ACP100
I think I have mentioned this before.
It is a quite mature technology, and less risky than to develop a whole new steam boiler system that powers a ship that outweighs the Kitty Hawk class by 20,000 metric tons.
Yes but ChineseTiger also said the 003 will use a EM catapult even at a time when everyone was claiming a steam catapult. It is a wait and see game ... never exclude anything 100%!Btw, the current prevailing, even overwhelming opinion is the 003 will still be a CV instead of a CVN. It applies in this forum, and it's even more tilted in the neighbour one, SDF. Thus have no wonder that most people will have heavy scepticism on your CVN notion!
I choose to let it be an opened idea, will only cease to do that when there is undeniable fact about the actual decision (be made known to the public). Nonetheless I appreciate your firmness to voice differently, even though it may be a lone voice in the desert. Time will reveal, and it won't be long, just in matter of months!
Btw, the current prevailing, even overwhelming opinion is the 003 will still be a CV instead of a CVN. It applies in this forum, and it's even more tilted in the neighbour one, SDF. Thus have no wonder that most people will have heavy scepticism on your CVN notion!
I choose to let it be an opened idea, will only cease to do that when there is undeniable fact about the actual decision (be made known to the public). Nonetheless I appreciate your firmness to voice differently, even though it may be a lone voice in the desert. Time will reveal, and it won't be long, just in matter of months!
Yes but ChineseTiger also said the 003 will use a EM catapult even at a time when everyone was claiming a steam catapult. It is a wait and see game ... never exclude anything 100%!