075 LHD thread

[crash8pilot]

I mean STOVL in the same sense of F-35B's where you have fighters with very capable sensors and very capable warfighting abilities to provide operations such as SEAD for the helicopters and etc. It adds another dimension to 075's capabilities. Adding a 5th gen VTOL would also give 075's a role in fleet defense too.

But I understand it would be incredibly expensive to develop.

Someone had the amazing idea of small EMALS for drones. That would provide similar capabilities as a STOVL while maybe not taking up as much room. Not too sure if that's possible for the 075.

Just trying to point out that the 075’s ability to project power in the South China Sea goes beyond its warfighting capabilities. The world sees China’s growing military might as a threat, and having the 075 could really deliver on the humanitarian front to help change that narrative, especially in building allies around Southeast Asia.

I’m not a military strategist of any sorts, but you’d think that air defenses would’ve been eliminated or destroyed, and air dominance secured by fighters before the PLA rolled in hovercrafts and helicopters from the 071s and 075?

It would seem as though the US has to include F-35Bs and previous Harrier jets on their Wasp class LHDs because it had interests all over the world, and it isn’t always that easy sending out a full carrier strike group. As far as we know, China’s current military interest extend out to the second island chain. As such I can’t see any of the three 075s sailing far away from the Liaoning, Shandong, or the future 003 carrier. Using this line of thinking it would seem as though having STOVL fighters on the 075 creates mission creep for the PLA (for the time being anyway)?

Pretty sure it’s mentioned on the 076 LHD thread, and while the 076 program is still in it’s infancy, EMALs is going to be incorporated on the 076 that rather than the 075.

 

[by78]

A satellite update on the lead ship. It looks like some deck markings have been painted, although I can't say for sure due to the graininess of the image.

 

[Tam]

A satellite update on the lead ship. It looks like some deck markings have been painted, although I can't say for sure due to the graininess of the image.

I would wish she can get her funnel 'fixed'. But she also has been staying in the water for a while and should need to have her hull cleaned off from the barnacles. With a clean hull, she can get to her maximum speed better.

 

[H2O]

I would wish she can get her funnel 'fixed'. But she also has been staying in the water for a while and should need to have her hull cleaned off from the barnacles. With a clean hull, she can get to her maximum speed better.

Have the shipyard stated that the funnel won't get altered? The surrounding facilities should be able to handle it.

 

[Tam]

Have the shipyard stated that the funnel won't get altered? The surrounding facilities should be able to handle it.

This particular shipyard specializes in conversions and refits. So if you want to do an alteration, you come to the right place.

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That's "if".

Going to the issue on the barnacles, you have substantial growth on the hull, which can happen if the waters are nutrient rich (like these yellow waters from the Yangtze --- among the most nutrient rich in the world) and if the ship has been sitting still on the water for sometime, like the time the 075 launched and moored on the side of the river for her fitting. A substantial growth would impose drag on the hull, which can affect her speed, so you may not reach your top speeds properly in your trials. So the hull needs to be cleaned thoroughly so she can reach her full speed.

 

[by78]

Fresh magazine scans.

 

[EdT586]

Also very useful for natural diasters when the PLA just need to transport their choppers to the coast of the provinces to provide aid or humanitarian evacuations.

 

[crash8pilot]

Also very useful for natural diasters when the PLA just need to transport their choppers to the coast of the provinces to provide aid or humanitarian evacuations.

Picture a natural disaster kicking off in Southeast Asia, and a Type 075 pulling up to shore with transports as well as a PLA marine expeditionary group to provide humanitarian aid - That'll help China win hearts and minds, building up relations and allies

 

[lcloo]

During the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that hit Phuket and Ache, Indonesian government asked foreign countries not to send navy war ships to help in disaster relief though they welcome all helps in any other ways.

So, not all countries like to see foreign war ships in their water, even in disaster time.

 

[crash8pilot]

During the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that hit Phuket and Ache, Indonesian government asked foreign countries not to send navy war ships to help in disaster relief though they welcome all helps in any other ways.

So, not all countries like to see foreign war ships in their water, even in disaster time.

The Royal Navy rushed the HMS Daring and HMS Illustrious to the Philippines to provide humanitarian aid in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan back in 2013. They also helped out during the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

Just saying it's nice for the PLAN to have the tools and mission capabilities to provide effective humanitarian aid as a means of building relations with China's neighbors (should they ask for it of course) and hopefully turn them into key allies, especially when Southeast Asian countries situated near the Intertropical Convergence Zone tend to be more prone to natural disasters.

The concept of the Anti-Access Area Denial strategy is to make it more challenging for the Americans to send carrier strike groups across the Pacific and traverse around China's waters. The development of humanitarian mission capabilities (especially in the Type 075 and 071s) allows China and the PLAN to reinforce the A2AD strategy, allowing amphibious expeditionary units (that have both warfighting readiness and humanitarian capabilities) to deploy year-round and patrol the South China Sea without coming across as necessarily hostile to the international community. Moreover it'll allow China to step up to the vacancy left as a result of the US adoption of the "America First" isolationist policy.