CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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MwRYum
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I still place my assessment at the "after China commissioned its 1st nuclear-powered icebreaker" marker, thus I don't understand why all of a sudden those "Type 003 will be a CVN" came from...Apparently someone on reddit claims that the 003 is nuclear powered:
Should I be getting my hopes up?
MwRYum
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Picture take from flight in/out of Shanghai Pudong Airport. Look at how the runways of Pudong Airport lined up to Changxing Island (where the shipyard is) at the northwest you'd understand.
It's not sudden. Actually CVN theory gains popularity as soon as EMAL is comfirmed.
Also I don't know why so many people are so into the nuclear powered icebreaker first thing. Only soviet union has followed this routine. As a matter of fact russia is the only country ever built any nuclear icebreakers. French just directly went from SSN to CVN. So does US. First nuclear cruiser commissioned in 1961 the same year as enterprise. One year later for their nuclear merchant ship. And even for russian it's more likely because first they had a higher demand of capable icebreaker, and second their carrier program was severely delayed by political reason while they were already behind other countries.
Not to say 003 would be conventional or nuclear powered. Just this whole icebreaker or whatever smaller nuclear ship first thing is not really a good argument.
I dont understand chinese so i use translator.
Does anyone knows where the forum member who posted this analysis got those numbers? he mentions 295*41*11 meters (i assume the waterline length, waterline beam and the draft).
Don't believe these guys who are confused by art students
你敢这么说尖头猫? how dare you
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anyone know how many more carriers after this third one the PLAN will build?
