CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Intrepid]

Where are we in the construction of Type 003?

The last aerial photos I know of the building site date from 04 DEC 2019: *clickme*

 

[Appix]

Someone should edit wikipedia page about Type 003. There is 1 under construction. Not two. I have been banned from editing Wikipedia for one year (10 June 2019 - 10 June 2020).

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[asif iqbal]

Forgot Chinese wiki

Total
Shambles

 

[Intrepid]

Someone should edit wikipedia page about Type 003. There is 1 under construction.

We do not know how many aircraft carriers of this type are to be built. We know of one, but more could follow.

 

[antiterror13]

Forgot Chinese wiki

Total
Shambles

please elaborate ... what do you mean?

 

[by78]

Screen captures of a list of carrier equipment purchases and tenders from the Chinese military procurement website. Disclaimer: I have not been able to locate the list myself (too many pages of items and the search function is horrendous), but the Weibo user who posted this has been very reliable. I don't have the time to translate the entire list, so I'll give a brief summary. Many of the items are for firefighting. Others are for flight deck snow-clearing, electrical generation, hangar lighting, airplane tugs, fueling, flight deck sprinklers, and even a retractable flagpole.

 

[by78]

A summary of construction progress for 2019.

 

[asif iqbal]

We might start seeing the whole thing come together

but I doubt launch will be in 2020

most likely 2021

btw when did we first identify the first module ?

 

[asif iqbal]

We do not know how many aircraft carriers of this type are to be built. We know of one, but more could follow.

my prediction is this

CV-16 and CV-17 with 24 x J15

CV-18 and CV-19 with EMALS with 36 x J15

and as of now seems like CVN 100,000+ tons project is on hold over technical issues

but I would say

CVN-20 and CVN-21 with 48 x J15 or FC-35

 

[Richard Santos]

CVN project will likely not really commence until conventional catapult carriers have proven the basic design.