075 LHD thread
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Yeah, I'd say we are still at stage 1 for whatever is meant to follow 001A at DL. Some rumours have suggested a second 002 at DL. But still early days because DL's drydock will likely be used to support 001A's sea trials over the next year or so until it's free to be used to construct whatever may follow.
That's what I thought too. It only takes months to build a bulker, short enough to fit between floating out 001A and docking her again. Then Liaoning might need a few months in dock. But after that a large naval vessel might follow and if it did the fabrication of modules modules would probably already have started and the rumours would have appeared. They haven't. Will this dock been kept available to dock large naval vessels which if there aren't accidents will be known sufficiently long in advance to fit in building a bulk carrier?
So if the rumoured Type 075 LHD is going to emerge one day from modules assembled in a dry dock, which of the many differing 'Fan-boy' art designs do we imagine to be the most likely? Or put more simply, 'does anyone know what the Type 075 LHD will look like?'
Bltizo I do not doubt your post..I do have questions;
Really? I must be behind the times. Well I'm kind of old..63 years young doncha know
.. Ok so if modules are being built where are the photos? ..and remember I stated;
Where is the ship being constructed?..Thank you!
p.s. the USN is having their second America class LHA constructed in Pasagoula Mississippi...I have photos! Oh my!..I just want to know how the PLAN ship compares...Thanks again!
Really? I must be behind the times. Well I'm kind of old..63 years young doncha know
.. Ok so if modules are being built where are the photos? ..and remember I stated;Where is the ship being constructed?..Thank you!
p.s. the USN is having their second America class LHA constructed in Pasagoula Mississippi...I have photos! Oh my!..I just want to know how the PLAN ship compares...Thanks again!
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Photos aren't available yet. The indications we have so far are:
- Insider with a good track record confirmed LHD construction began.
- The PLAN commander inspected the shipyard, which usually only happens when significant projects are being commissioned.
Where is the ship being constructed?..Thank you!
Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, one of two Shanghai shipyards of interest to PLA-watchers, the other being Jiangnan Shipyard.
Bltizo I do not doubt your post..I do have questions;
Really? I must be behind the times. Well I'm kind of old..63 years young doncha know
Where is the ship being constructed?..Thank you!
p.s. the USN is having their second America class LHA constructed in Pasagoula Mississippi...I have photos! Oh my!..I just want to know how the PLAN ship compares...Thanks again!
The modules should be fabricated at HDZH.
As for photos -- it will likely take a year or two to emerge.
Remember, back in late 2013 we had no photos of 001A under construction either but the rumours were saying that work on the modules had begun. Then in early 2015 we saw the modules starting assembly.
Many people in late 2013 and 2014 didn't believe the rumours about 001A under construction until they saw photos in early 2015, and even then many people didn't believe it was for 001A until late 2015 or even early 2016 when it was undeniably a carrier. Don't make the same mistake again for 075.
Please accept that for Chinese Navy watching, photos are only useful for confirmation, but being able to interpret the rumours gives us early warning for new projects.
The Chinese Navy isn't the US Navy, they don't gift us with clear press releases and pictures from early development to commissioning.
Just because some rumors turned out to be true does not mean it pays to believe all subjectively similar rumors.
Hendrik_2000
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If you hang along this forum long enough you will know the track record of reliable rumor . Not too many are missing their mark.
In fact the track record of socalled skeptic is abysmal starting from Liaoning construction. I still remember there is this one guy who predict there will be explosion in Liaoning because Chinese are genetically not dispose to learn carrier landing .They need a teacher since there is no teacher available so it is impossible to learn it by yourself without kaboom. Another one said it will take China 20 years if ever for them to master carrier landing
And many who are still here applauded and defended him
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