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2022-07-20 China-Japan-Koreas

China's newly-launched aircraft carrier ‘doesn't have RADAR or weapons systems and is several years away from being ready for service'

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-20 07:43|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#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|| 2022-07-20 09:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Prediction:

It will still be a cheap Chinese knock off

Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-20 10:59|| 2022-07-20 10:59|| Front Page Top

I strongly recommend the PRC pay the upcharge and purchase German or Swiss fasteners. Just say'n.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-20 11:10|| 2022-07-20 11:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 11:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 11:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 the chinese have an historic strategy of massing offensives. think 1000 ICBM's, just sayin'

Posted by 746 2022-07-20 12:14|| 2022-07-20 12:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 13:34|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 14:00|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-07-20 20:24|| Front Page Top

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