"Sea Trials for Chinese Carrier" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 15 May 2018 9:44 p.m. PST |
China's first homebuilt aircraft carrier has left for its first set of sea trials on Sunday, according to state-controlled media… link |
| GROSSMAN | 15 May 2018 10:27 p.m. PST |
That will make a very nice reef. |
 Cacique Caribe  | 15 May 2018 10:44 p.m. PST |
"according to state-controlled media" Does that mean that it's already been tested, to avoid any embarrassment at the publicized "sea trials on Sunday"? :) Dan |
 aegiscg47 | 16 May 2018 6:55 a.m. PST |
There definitely ramping up their naval operations. I think Japan is going to get into the aircraft carrier business soon and this will only add fuel to the fire to the arms race going on in that area. |
| Lion in the Stars | 16 May 2018 9:35 p.m. PST |
Technically, Japan is already in the Aircraft Carrier business, but due to the post-War Constitution, the MSDF is calling the ships "Helicopter Destroyers". 20+,000 ton "destroyers". I think they have the appropriate deck modifications to handle V22s and F35Bs. |
| 28mm Fanatik | 17 May 2018 7:18 a.m. PST |
There are helicopter/VTOL carriers and there are full fledged supercarriers. The Russian-style ski-ramp carriers are somewhere in between. China's next aircraft carrier will be a US-style, catapult-launching supercarrier. But they won't have the number that we have. |
 ochoin | 17 May 2018 9:54 a.m. PST |
" They won' t have the number we have." Of course the Chinese only spend a fraction on armaments that the US does. But, of course, to be a challenge, they won't need as many super- carriers.
As the US has a global presence, they need to spread their forces around the world. The Chinese Only need a local superiority. In naval terms, this is what gained the US navy a superiority over the British in 1812 ( until the Shannon settled matters) . So exactly how many carriers do the Chinese need? |
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