This is an interesting comparison. The Liaoning carrier took 5 years to complete its first 1,000 takeoffs and landings, and another 2.5 years for the second 1,000. In contrast, the Shandong achieved its first 1,000 in 3 years and the next 1,000 in just 7 months.
CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)
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I had misread the figure and my calcs were wrong
It's actually quite interesting from the recent guancha guy episode. They mentioned that CV-17 was basically just flying from spot 3 take-off in the recent deployment. It's quite possible they were trying to see what kind of sortie rate they can generate from longer runway.
Again, mentioned up to 10k take off/landing on Shandong in 5 years.
The fact that they are talking about this now maybe indicating that Shandong has achieved full operating capabilities?
IIRC, guancha folks said PLA only considered Liaoning to have achieved that status in 2021.
very interesting here, they mentioned that on more advanced future carrier, you can expect to not only see drones but also other unmanned/autonomous platforms like AI robots an autonomous vehicles to replace some of the tasks that crew members are doing. That would certainly reduce the pressure on recruitment
The fact that they are talking about this now maybe indicating that Shandong has achieved full operating capabilities?
IIRC, guancha folks said PLA only considered Liaoning to have achieved that status in 2021.
very interesting here, they mentioned that on more advanced future carrier, you can expect to not only see drones but also other unmanned/autonomous platforms like AI robots an autonomous vehicles to replace some of the tasks that crew members are doing. That would certainly reduce the pressure on recruitment
