That's brilliant, 4 reactors is kind of idiot
00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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That's brilliant, 4 reactors is kind of idiot
Newest picture. From the ground this time:
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And an interesting comparison to the Enterprise:
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And an interesting comparison to the Enterprise:
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How could it be anything but the 004? It's clearly military and not civilian. It's clearly bigger than all other military ships in the fleet. So what else could it feasibly be?
I understand wanting to be skeptical and there's no absolute, clear-cut proof yet, but the circumstantial evidence is so strong it could bench press the USS Ford.
I understand wanting to be skeptical and there's no absolute, clear-cut proof yet, but the circumstantial evidence is so strong it could bench press the USS Ford.
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by78
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A large floating nuclear power plant, which for years the big shrimps said China would build first before moving onto building a nuclear carrier?
No way a floating power plant can be THAT large, it is pure nonsense. If you have most space for reactor that will be larger than land power stations.
It is possible but not everything aligns with that. There is evidence in the photo it’s meant to be connected together and might have in that photo that could be the bow/stern and when you compare it to the USS enterprise, that section looks almost identical and it’s also we know Dalian shipyard is for mostly naval projects
by78
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It won't just be a simple power plant. Some designs have large desalination plants onboard to supply water for populated islands, such as the ones found in the South China Sea. I recall seeing (exploratory?) designs in the 75,000 to 85,000-ton displacement range almost a decade ago. The big shrimps back then said China is implementing a three-phase plan for nuclear propulsion: in phase I China will develop and put into service small- to medium-sized floating nuclear reactors to provide electricity to oil and natural gas drilling platforms; phase II will see the building of very large ocean going power plants to provide electricity and other support services to islands in the South China sea; and finally in phase III, China will build nuclear-powered military vessels.
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given the fact it looks module what naval ships are and you might be able to see the bow/stern and when compare to the USS enterprise it looks almost identical pointing to something similar to that, not an large floating nuclear power plant with a desalination plant onboard it. If you can point to evidence in the build that leans your towards that idea, it will be helpful