00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread

[escobar]

 

[Owlfelino]

from

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

on weibo

(Side note: I can’t stand this guy’s subjective logic. He keeps insisting the reactor shielding is the ammo stash, and he thinks the reactor belongs in the engine room area. Just regard him as a source of photograph and nothing else.)

 

[Totoro]

I don't know about the "much faster progress" than 003 comment either. To me, progress seems roughly similar. 004 has been in the dock for almost 10 months. During the same time since 003 was first spotted, we also had very large blocks assembled. Perhaps shorter in length, but taller in height. So it's not an easy comparison, as building methods are different. But surely "much faster" is not the term I would use.

 

[Wrought]

I don't know about the "much faster progress" than 003 comment either. To me, progress seems roughly similar. 004 has been in the dock for almost 10 months. During the same time since 003 was first spotted, we also had very large blocks assembled. Perhaps shorter in length, but taller in height. So it's not an easy comparison, as building methods are different. But surely "much faster" is not the term I would use.

Well, given that 004 is by all accounts a more ambitious cleansheet design as well as a larger hull with nuclear reactors, progressing at the same pace as 003 is quite good.

 

[mack8]

What you guys think, based on the rate of construction can we expect a 2027 launch date?

 

[Owlfelino]

Since the bow and stern sections can be seen in the yard... Using CVN-78 as a benchmark for its similar structure, the hull reached the same construction milestones in roughly 10 months that took the JRF about 18 months in dry dock.

Having the hull ready by 2027 is highly probable,. The real wait will be the nuclear side—fueling and testing the reactor could take quite some time.

 

[Totoro]

What you guys think, based on the rate of construction can we expect a 2027 launch date?

Seems very ambitious to me. Given 003 timeline, late 2028 seems a safer bet. Even 2029 wouldn't be unlikely.

 

[Deino]

Allegedly its stern section is visible

 

[Chaos314159]

Same butt.



Compared to Fujian:

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Same butt.

View attachment 166457View attachment 166458

Compared to Fujian:

The butt is very Nimitz/Ford-esque.

Let's just say that we shouldn't be surprised if the 004 CVN turned out to be a Sino-Ford in the most literal sense (bar some amount of differences, here-and-there) - Which, is a good thing.