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Hendrik_2000

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Seem like CV 17 conduct night exercise in SCS. Anyone has the video?
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Aircraft carrier Shandong conducts night exercises, builds up combat-readiness
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Published: Dec 29, 2020 06:38 PM

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The picture shows aircraft carrier Shandong berths at a naval port in Sanya. China's first domestically-made aircraft carrier Shandong (Hull 17) was officially commissioned to the PLA Navy at a military port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province, on the afternoon of December 17, 2019, making China one of the few countries in the world that have multiple carriers. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning ceremony for the new aircraft carrier, which was named after China's eastern province of Shandong, and handed military flag to Senior Captain Lai Yijun, commander of the ship. Photo:China Military


China's second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, recently conducted a series of night exercises, as the warship is on its way to becoming combat-ready around-the-clock, analysts said on Tuesday.

Entry to several regions in the South China Sea is prohibited due to military exercises from Tuesday to January 7, and observers speculated the Shandong could be involved.


The Shandong recently underwent a series of test exercises in the Bohai Sea, focusing on training objectives including departing port at night, sailing through narrow water channels, maritime search and rescue and damage management, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.

It also strengthened training on aviation support and further boosted the training level of crew members under high-intensity logistics support, CCTV said.

The report showed scenes of the Shandong training at night to the public for the first time, military observers noted.

Night operations are crucial to any military unit, and many tactical and strategic opportunities and threats come at night, a Chinese military expert told the Global Times on Tuesday, requesting anonymity.

The night exercises show how quick the Shandong's progress is to gain round-the-clock combat capability, the expert said. "It won't be long before we see night fighter jet takeoff and landing exercises on the Shandong."


CCTV said that the night training was held in the Bohai Sea, and this means it likely took place before December 20, when the Shandong
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by the Bohai Sea, sailed through the Taiwan Straits and entered the South China Sea.

Senior Captain Liu Wensheng, a spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, said at the time that the Shandong aircraft carrier group will conduct exercises in the South China Sea, which is a normal arrangement in accordance with its annual schedule.

"The PLA Navy will continue to hold more operations like this based on training requirements," he said.

Foreign commercial satellite images and online photos taken by residents and travelers showed the Shandong arriving at a naval port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province. Recent overseas reports also suggest China's first Type 075 amphibious assault ship is also in Sanya.

Sanya's maritime safety administration on Monday released three navigation restriction notices, prohibiting entry of other vessels into waters in the South China Sea south, southeast and southwest of Hainan island.

Military observers expect the Shandong, possibly also the Type 075 amphibious assault ship and other warships, to participate in the 10-day exercises.
 

Tam

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On the second picture, there is another ship on the left side of the picture. Is that just another cruise ship or is that one of the barracks ships that is there to support the Shandong?
 

HaldilalSDF

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I don't knew it has been done before but still anyway.
This is the image of Shandong.
The red line represents overall length (315 meters) and the green ones represent the runways.
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Using basic ratio and proportion mathematics, the length of the runways are:
-runway 2 of Shandong: 0.67 x 315 212 meters.
-runway 3 of Shandong: 0.37 x 315 116 meters.

Note: This does NOT account for the curvature of the ski-jump ramp but it is nevertheless useful for rough comparison.

This comparison shows that the runways of the China's latest aircraft carrier!
This implies that the design of Shandong is as much maximizes the accourding to the design.
Note : longer runways = more payload & fuel for fighters = greater combat capability.
 

Intrepid

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The red line represents overall length (315 meters) and the green ones represent the runways.
Shandong has the same length than Kuznetsov and Liaoning: 305 meters.

And: there is a maximum speed for the ramp. It will be achieved with no wind on the longer runway and with wind over the deck on the shorter runway. If an aircraft uses the whole length of the carrier, it can not accelerate as much as possible because it would overspeed.
 

Tetrach

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For the Admiral Kuznetsov, the long airstrip port-side is 180 meters long, while the two shorter airstrips in front of the island are 90 meters long. We should have same length for the 002 and 001. length of the airstrip = ground roll, used to build up speed (Add to this the retractable supports that hold the main aircraft's landing gears until the desired engines performances are achieved).
 
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