"China Says Its Second Aircraft Carrier Is Ready To Be" Topic

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Tango01	29 Oct 2020 11:58 a.m. PST
…Deployed "China has claimed that its second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is now military ready after soldiers carried out a series of live-fire drills. The country's state broadcaster this week released a dramatic video, which shows the 50,000-tonne warship launching ammunition to blow up enemy targets during an exercise…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
15mm and 28mm Fanatik	29 Oct 2020 12:12 p.m. PST
I'm more interested in their third carrier, which is supposed to launch planes by EM catapult.
mjkerner	29 Oct 2020 12:38 p.m. PST
I was going to say…sunk.
Col Durnford	29 Oct 2020 1:33 p.m. PST
Yes, looks like they misspelled destroyed.
arealdeadone	29 Oct 2020 2:44 p.m. PST
Kitted out with lots of flags which is its primary purpose.
Thresher01	29 Oct 2020 6:40 p.m. PST
Ready to go to sea is a lot different than being fully operational. I wonder how the pilot training for these is going? Last I read there were major issues with the Chinese-built Sukhoi engines, and they were thinking they might need to opt for a smaller, jet fighter, Mig-29 derivative.
arealdeadone	29 Oct 2020 7:17 p.m. PST
Both the MiG-29K and Su-33/J-15 are trash when operating off carriers. They simply can't carry a reasonable fuel or weapon load to be useful for anything other than point defence (which should be covered by escort's SAMs anyhow).
15mm and 28mm Fanatik	30 Oct 2020 7:43 a.m. PST
they were thinking they might need to opt for a smaller, jet fighter, Mig-29 derivative. The J-15's are too big and plagued with problems for carrier ops. The fighter that the Chinese may end up adopting is the FC-31 (copy of the F-35 incorporating local modifications): link
Andrew Walters	30 Oct 2020 8:17 a.m. PST
"Deployed" seems optimistic. I would believe "sail around". 50,000 tons, I guess that counts as a carrier. That's exactly half the weight of a Nimitz…
Tango01	30 Oct 2020 11:43 a.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
Old Glory	30 Oct 2020 12:30 p.m. PST
I would say something, however to quote Wellington in the movie Waterloo-- If there is one thing I know absolutely nothing about, it is aircraft carriers!" Russ Dunaway

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