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| China's newly-launched aircraft carrier ‘doesn't have RADAR or weapons systems and is several years away from being ready for service' |
| 2022-07-20 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 This common in large ship building. At this point, it's not a ship, it's technically called a 'hulk'. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-07-20 20:24 |
| #10 The Chinese do not have a long tradition of high intensity naval operations, damage and fire control like the west does. I suspect if a Chinese ship gets hit it will go down very fast. So a new submarine...or reef |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-07-20 14:00 |
| #9 Not as impressive when you keep in mind that most of those, if not all, are installed after launch. Journalists. The smartest people in the room. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-07-20 13:34 |
| #8 the chinese have an historic strategy of massing offensives. think 1000 ICBM's, just sayin' |
| Posted by: 746 2022-07-20 12:14 |
| #7 One thing the Chinese have not figured out is how to sustain high operational tempo. The US, Brits, French and to a degree the Indians can all sustain a high tempo of planes constantly taking off, landing and being refueled and rearmed for several days at a time. So far the Chinese can only launch a few planes before stopping. Granted this may be due to the ramp on their other carriers and the J-15 being an underpowered piece of shit that can't carry a full combat load so it can launch. The Chinese do not have a long tradition of high intensity naval operations, damage and fire control like the west does. I suspect if a Chinese ship gets hit it will go down very fast. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-20 11:37 |
| #6 #5 And keep in mind -- the US entered WWII with 19 years of experience operating aircraft carriers. This is China's first. Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-07-20 11:27 Rob, Exactly. To put it in our frame of reference, it's like going from LANGLEY (CV-1) to ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) in about ten years... Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-07-20 11:29 |
| #5 And keep in mind -- the US entered WWII with 19 years of experience operating aircraft carriers. This is China's first. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-07-20 11:27 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-20 11:10 |
| #3 Prediction: It will still be a cheap Chinese knock off |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-20 10:59 |
| #2 Yep, once they christen it and smash champagne on it the ship isn't fully built. It still needs a few years of work and a year or two of sea trials before being declared as an operational ship for the fleet. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-20 10:59 |
| #1 ...Not as impressive when you keep in mind that most of those, if not all, are installed after launch. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-07-20 09:58 |