CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations

[SteelBird]

Let's not exaggerate too much, I don't think this is even an embarrassment, it's a minor snafu for whoever does this kind of outreach work, and is surprisingly common among militaries.
What would be an actual embarrassment is if they had taken five years to construct this carrier, or if it was launched incomplete without and island and flight deck, or if it takes five years to fit out or something.

I think your finger pointed to somebody next door.

 

[jobjed]

Rudolph Shandong the red-nosed reindeer carrier...

A pair of helium balloons lifting a dangling banner... hmm....

Sailors marching in for the ceremony (or rehearsal)

Police began patrolling the surrounding areas since yesterday

 

[jobjed]

Tug boats have arrived!

I think today's ceremony is legit. The billboard at the front of the stage says "aircraft carrier launching ceremony".

Yup, yup, very legit. Five tugs standing by in addition to one doing the towing.

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Yup
Tugboat is ready.

 

[jobjed]

All tugs ready to pull!

001A completely draped with red stuff.

Flag raised.

 

[jobjed]

LAUNCH HAS BEGUN! All vessels at port sounded their horns to salute the carrier!





Gap evidently increasing!

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Thanks keep us updated Is Xi dada arrives yet?

 

[Blackstone]

LAUNCH HAS BEGUN! All vessels at port sounded their horns to salute the carrier!

Woot! Woot! Woot! Good luck to the CNS Shandong and all who sails on her!

 

[weig2000]

I think "inconsistent" in terms of their competence is a better way of describing it. Sometimes they produce decent PR material and are able to provide CCTV with decent videos as part of the military channel's updates on military exercises and what not (even if they never show us anything interesting deliberately), but other times it's obvious that someone inexperienced with military matters and PR received the job.

The various propaganda departments (the more westernized term is PR department; interestingly enough in China, most corporations have PR departments whereas governments have propaganda departments) in Chinese government are usually not staffed with top-caliber people. PR in the modern sense is not a second nature of the governments, more like after-thought. Granted, they have made a lot of progress in recent years, but still have a long way to go.

By the way, the (in)competency of these propaganda departments have no relationship with the competency of PLAN itself, which are made up of different type of people.

 

[SinoSoldier]

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