Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
The demand for Helicopter is enormous I guess first priority is Anti Sub heli And with that many ship being built They will be hard pressed to keep up. Which shipyard is this Hudong Zhonghua?
I would expect the following air wing
6 x attack helicopters naval Z10
4 x SAR helicopters Z9D
6 x transport Z18
4 x AEW the Z18J
4 x ASW the Z18F
And 4 x Z8C new one also called Z8CJ
28 helicopters
A totally new fleet of rotary wing needs to be established for 4 x LHD
That’s over 100 helicopters
And what is the purpose of this airwing composition?I would expect the following air wing
This is a helicopter carrier
And what is the purpose of this airwing composition?
Then your composition can achieve none of them, because it doesn't carry enough helicopters of particular types.Air cover
Transport
Anti submarine
Search and rescue
Amongst others
His proposed airwing composition may not be perfect, but it directs to the perception of the common threat that these vessels will need to face in most of the scenarios the are intended to encounter. You get a sense of it once you've been following sino military developments for a while.Then your composition can achieve none of them, because it doesn't carry enough helicopters of particular types.
Focus it, the whole point of all carrier vessels is their flexibility, and ability to freely change airwing setups.
Then your composition can achieve none of them, because it doesn't carry enough helicopters of particular types.
Focus it, the whole point of all carrier vessels is their flexibility, and ability to freely change airwing setups.