00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread

[PLAwatcher12]

It’s the land training facility built as a carrier mockup, plenty of pictures of it before and not an actual shipbuilding facility.

ok mskes some sense but it doesn’t fully explain why it looks like a normal building

 

[sheogorath]

ok mskes some sense but it doesn’t fully explain why it looks like a normal building

Because it is a normal building shaped like the current carrier design

 

[PLAwatcher12]

Because it is a normal building shaped like the current carrier design

In front of a town and what carrier design goes straight up like that?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

In front of a town

Correction - Wuhan is a large city of 13+ million people, not just a town.

In the meantime, that mockup structure is a good 15-20 kilometers from downtown Wuhan. So I don't see a problem with that.

and what carrier design goes straight up like that?

Which modern-day carrier design doesn't? I haven't seen a carrier with its island superstructure that goes horizontal or downwards, for instance.

 

[Tomboy]

Can someone check GE? I'm away from my computer

thx

 

[def333]

Can someone check GE? I'm away from my computer

thx

 

[mack8]

So what are we looking at?

 

[Deino]

So what are we looking at?

Exactly my question ... I'm still not sure if the shape could be an aircraft carrier! Something - esp. in length - is missing ...

 

[HailingTX20]

More details from the yard and the dry dock itself:

 

[Deino]

Thanks and as it seems some are angry or frustrated on X that I'm perhaps being too skeptical or critical, but my gut tells me something here doesn't fit with a CVN, and therefore a simple rule of "explain or follow" isn't quite so simple ... here's an attempt at an explanation: The beam may be fine at around 42m, but the length at the waterline of 270m is too short for a CVN—especially since it's claimed to be at 120kt.