| Tango01 | 24 Jun 2014 10:54 p.m. PST |
"Photos of a possible new carrier design indicate a change in strategy for China's navy. Recently featured imagery on Chinese internet forums appears to indicate — with the usual caveats — what China's first indigenous aircraft carrier might look like. Apparently taken at a shipping exhibition held in China's Guangdong province from June 6-8, the same exhibition where a model of a possible new variant of the Type 032 Qing-class submarine was displayed, the pictures of the model aircraft carrier may possibly provide some insight into China's naval ambitions…"
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| GeoffQRF | 25 Jun 2014 3:27 a.m. PST |
So… a bit like most other aircraft carriers really :-) |
 Doms Decals  | 25 Jun 2014 3:43 a.m. PST |
Big and grey with a flat top – yep, that ought to work…. ;-) |
| Wellspring | 25 Jun 2014 5:38 a.m. PST |
Meh, this could mean anything or nothing. With that said, to me the big news is this. Notice that there's no ski jump? And that's an AWACS plane on the right. I don't see how they could do that without going nuclear. I mean, it's possible, but with modern jets? China's been talking about blue water power projection and naval aviation for a while now. But there's many a slip twixt a model and reality. |
| VonTed | 25 Jun 2014 6:01 a.m. PST |
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| Mardaddy | 25 Jun 2014 6:54 a.m. PST |
Yea, ambitions are great. |
| CorpCommander | 25 Jun 2014 10:59 a.m. PST |
Given how quickly they modernized China in the last 2 decades I would not be surprised if this pans out at all. While it is bizarre the way China has grown, it has grown. I'm sure other countries looked at the US the same way back at the turn of the last century as we do at China at the turn of this one. |
| David Manley | 25 Jun 2014 12:12 p.m. PST |
"With that said, to me the big news is this. Notice that there's no ski jump? And that's an AWACS plane on the right. I don't see how they could do that without going nuclear. I mean, it's possible, but with modern jets?" Easily possible without nuclear power. |
| Lion in the Stars | 25 Jun 2014 2:12 p.m. PST |
The Brit's QE-class carrier could handle a small AWACS bird like the E2 Hawkeye or a converted S3 Viking. Might even be able to fly a Hawkeye off the Hyuga-class DDH (all 650ft of her), if she steamed into the wind at 30 knots. 2 years is about normal from launch to acceptance for service, even in the US Navy. |
| dirtysnowball | 25 Jun 2014 3:58 p.m. PST |
Flying Hawkeyes off ski-jump carriers was looked at in the hope some could be sold to the Indian Navy for use on Vikramaaditya, which already operates MiG-29s using a skijump for launch and conventional arrestor wires for recovery.
It seems to be just about possible, at the cost of a heavily restricted fuel load and a guarantee of disaster if an engine fails on take off. |
| Tazman49684 | 26 Jun 2014 8:58 a.m. PST |
Building a carrier is one thing, running it and maintaining it without losing all your pilots in accidents plus landing, refueling, etc. is another. There's a lot to it…… Plus no nuclear, 3 days max without refueling….
Respectfully,
Gunny |
 Legion 4   | 26 Jun 2014 11:39 a.m. PST |
Well it is a nice model … even if it is Made in China !  |
| Lion in the Stars | 26 Jun 2014 6:19 p.m. PST |
Flying Hawkeyes off ski-jump carriers was looked at in the hope some could be sold to the Indian Navy for use on Vikramaaditya, which already operates MiG-29s using a skijump for launch and conventional arrestor wires for recovery.It seems to be just about possible, at the cost of a heavily restricted fuel load and a guarantee of disaster if an engine fails on take off. Any naval aircraft that loses an engine on takeoff is a guaranteed disaster, full stop. |
