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Equation said:

I wonder if it will be going into the Arctic or Antarctic on her first mission.

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Well, most countries that need them have Coast Guard ice breakers, some navies have them, and then there are also commercial ones.

The US navy transferred all of its ice breakers to the US Coast Guard in the 1950s. Currently, the US Coast Guard has three large Ice Break Cutters and 11 ice breaking cutters (2 x 225' WLB and 9 x 140' WTGB) on the Great Lakes.

China has, in addition to these new PLAN cutters, one large cutter in the Polar research Institute of China.

The Russians have always had a very large Ice Breaking fleet. Right now it consists of six nuclear powered and 20 diesel-electric icebreakers. Their Navy is building four new diesel electric ice breakers, and they are building two new huge nuclear powered ice breakers commercially.

The JMSDF has one ice breaker, but also its Coast Guard operates several.

The Canadian Navy is building 5 or 6 Arctic Patrol Boats that will be able to perform ice breaking, but also have several in their Coast Guard.

The Royal Navy has one ice breaker, but also two aucillary service ice breakers.

Of course in most of the sea faring countries there are also commercial ice breakers which can assist when necessary.

This is an interesting news that an "electrical power integration/innovation team" of the Naval University of Engineering,PLA, had been awarded for breakthroughs in the field of electromagnetic launching system which "has" been applied in areas such as ships, railgun weapon, and satellite launch, etc...( see the very explicit drawing in the news)

danielchin said:

This is an interesting news that an "electrical power integration/innovation team" of the Naval University of Engineering,PLA, had been awarded for breakthroughs in the field of electromagnetic launching system which "has" been applied in areas such as ships, railgun weapon, and satellite launch, etc...( see the very explicit drawing in the news)

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They are using it to launch F-16s?

danielchin said:

This is an interesting news that an "electrical power integration/innovation team" of the Naval University of Engineering,PLA, had been awarded for breakthroughs in the field of electromagnetic launching system which "has" been applied in areas such as ships, railgun weapon, and satellite launch, etc...( see the very explicit drawing in the news)

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Communist propaganda?

Blackstone said:

Communist propaganda?

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No reason to think it. Not like the govt or military to boast about new technology if they're not at an advanced stage in development.
I think this is a project by Rear Admiral Ma.

Anyway, we've had rumours for the last few years of significant advancements in these areas, so if anything, these announcements should be expected.

siegecrossbow said:

They are using it to launch F-16s?

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Yep. One thing that is still ubiquitous to Chinese govt, military and state institutions as well as Chinese private business, is their inability to properly market something.

Blackstone said:

Communist propaganda?

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Why not capitalist? Since when does communist have stock market?

It is an award declaration. Here is the link:

团队创立了“电力集成”技术思想，研制的三代集成发供电系统，打破了国外技术垄断，奠定了我国舰船发供电领域的国际领先地位。首创舰船中压直流综合电力系 统，实现了我国舰船动力从落后到领先国外的跨越，并引领了国际综合电力技术的发展。研制的某电磁发射系统，填补了国内空白，取得了与世界最先进水平的同步 发展，并打破了我国导轨式电磁能武器技术始终徘徊不前的局面，取得重大进展。团队先后获得国家科技进步一、二等奖各2项、技术发明三等奖2项，军队科技进 步一等奖12项、二等奖8项。

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The important bits are in bold. The first is marine integrated electric system. The second is electromagnetic launch system.

Bltizo said:

No reason to think it. Not like the govt or military to boast about new technology if they're not at an advanced stage in development.
I think this is a project by Rear Admiral Ma.

Anyway, we've had rumours for the last few years of significant advancements in these areas, so if anything, these announcements should be expected.




Yep. One thing that is still ubiquitous to Chinese govt, military and state institutions as well as Chinese private business, is their inability to properly market something.

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They seriously need better fact checkers. To be fair, however, India and Russia made similar mistakes before with JF-17s and J-10s, respectively.

siegecrossbow said:

They seriously need better fact checkers. To be far, however, India and Russia made similar mistakes before with JF-17s and J-10s, respectively.

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To be fair, I can understand why they don't put much effort into marketing. After all they're not selling it to the public, nor do they particularly care about portraying their information accurately to the public, when it is the actual hardware which matters to the military, and marketing is unnecessary for the military itself.

Engineer said:

It is an award declaration. Here is the link:

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团队创立了“电力集成”技术思想，研制的三代集成发供电系统，打破了国外技术垄断，奠定了我国舰船发供电领域的国际领先地位。首创舰船中压直流综合电力系 统，实现了我国舰船动力从落后到领先国外的跨越，并引领了国际综合电力技术的发展。研制的某电磁发射系统，填补了国内空白，取得了与世界最先进水平的同步 发展，并打破了我国导轨式电磁能武器技术始终徘徊不前的局面，取得重大进展。团队先后获得国家科技进步一、二等奖各2项、技术发明三等奖2项，军队科技进 步一等奖12项、二等奖8项。

The important bits are in bold. The first is marine integrated electric system. The second is electromagnetic launch system.

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I've got to say the claims in the quoted paragraph are rather bold or astounding if true. For the marine IES, it says the system built by Ma and his team "has leaped forward and surpassed" that of foreign ones, and has become the vanguard of the international IEPS development. For the EMALS, it claims that their system has caught up with the "most advanced" international development (presumably the US EMALS).

Even if we discount somewhat these claims, they still represent significant developments in these fronts, given that Professor Ma and his team have won multiple awards - among some of the highest state and private ones - for their breakthroughs.

weig2000 said:

I've got to say the claims in the quoted paragraph are rather bold or astounding if true. For the marine IES, it says the system built by Ma and his team "has leaped forward and surpassed" that of foreign ones, and has become the vanguard of the international IEPS development. For the EMALS, it claims that their system has caught up with the "most advanced" international development (presumably the US EMALS)

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Those claims are actually pretty consistent with the reporting of these developments (IEPS and EM cat) in the last few years. By the consistent sound of things, it seems quite plausible that it is viable.

Reading between the lines, what they're essentially saying is that their development in IEPS and EM cat tech has reached the forefront of current international competition, which isn't too unrealistic given the relative lack of many major players in those domains, especially for EM cat.