CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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Interesting, this picture (left in quote) was taken a while ago and not part of the recent repositioning/moving for sea trials, based on flight deck progress.
I take it, this image was only just recently released by the person who took it.
by78
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Good catch. Indeed it was released today but I missed the details.
Are you saying they can be the same thing?
what is this door at the back of the Fujian? Is there a well-deck?
I refer to this, kinda looks like the door in the back of LHD's to me. But I maybe wrong.
This doesn't require two posts to ask the question which can be easily answered by looking at the aft sections of other aircraft carriers and comparing their aft appearances.
So no, that obviously isn't for a well deck.
Seriously, this is a question which a few minutes of self directed image searching can answer.
Also, use some common sense -- is it likely that in 2024 when the ship goes on its first sea trial that a well deck would appear out of nowhere which we haven't been able to identify in the last half decade of closely following its construction.
The flight deck is laid out in a similar manner of a USN CVN. So if the crew is properly trained it should work well. What I like is the island with no mast. All the radars and sensors are integrated into the structure of the island. This gives the ship a sleek stealthy look. Will the design of the island work? Only time will tell.