PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

planeman

planeman

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Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

I didn't draw the last pics of the British carrier BTW.


Having a bigger flight deck and hanger doesn't necessarily mean you have to operate bigger air wings or for longer. 55,000 tons is not small.

Here's something just for Golly
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Roger604

Roger604

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Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

bd popeye said:
Roger, in your opinion do you think the Varyag will ever be operational?? In any mode..either training or operational? If so what will become of the Varyag??
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I think the Varyag was intended to be made seaworthy for training, but when work actually started they found that repairing the ship was harder than expected. At the same time, they figured that the progress on making the indigenous carrier was better than expected. So a decision was made to abandon the Varyag plan.

I think the Chinese naval flanker will be ready to be put into service soon, but it won't have a ship to fly on. They can train on land (for the next 5 years :() but it wouldn't be the same. It would be remarkable if they could sign a deal with Russia to train on the Kuznetzov, but I don't think the trust is quite there.
 
Roger604

Roger604

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Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

bd popeye said:
Roger, in your opinion do you think the Varyag will ever be operational?? In any mode..either training or operational? If so what will become of the Varyag??
Click to expand...

I think the Varyag was intended to be made seaworthy for training, but when work actually started they found that repairing the ship was harder than expected. At the same time, they figured that the progress on making the indigenous carrier was better than expected. So a decision was made to abandon the Varyag plan.

I think the Chinese naval flanker will be ready to be put into service soon, but it won't have a ship to fly on. They can train on land (for the next 5 years :() but it wouldn't be the same. It would be remarkable if they could sign a deal with Russia to train on the Kuznetzov, but I don't think the trust is quite there.
 
Roger604

Roger604

Senior Member
Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

bd popeye said:
Roger, in your opinion do you think the Varyag will ever be operational?? In any mode..either training or operational? If so what will become of the Varyag??
Click to expand...

I think the Varyag was intended to be made seaworthy for training, but when work actually started they found that repairing the ship was harder than expected. At the same time, they figured that the progress on making the indigenous carrier was better than expected. So a decision was made to abandon the Varyag plan.

I think the Chinese naval flanker will be ready to be put into service soon, but it won't have a ship to fly on. They can train on land (for the next 5 years :() but it wouldn't be the same. It would be remarkable if they could sign a deal with Russia to train on the Kuznetzov, but I don't think the trust is quite there.
 
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