Chinas neuester Flugzeugträger sticht zum ersten Mal in See
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/china/china-navy-newest-aircraft-carrier-fujian-sea-trial-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
Chinas neuester Flugzeugträger sticht zum ersten Mal in See
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/china/china-navy-newest-aircraft-carrier-fujian-sea-trial-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
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Let’s steal it.
The fact that the PRC is investing so much in carriers could be good news for America. There has been talk about whether the PRC has the ability to sink American carriers. If the PRC really has a reliable way to do that, then they would know carriers are a thing of the past and wouldn’t be wasting money building their own.
US had a nuclear carrier *60 years ago* (and 11 in current service), and China’s newest build runs on *diesel*??˜
Jokes aside, one does not simply build a nuclear powered supercarrier out of the blue. The Fujian is clearly designed to be an advanced learning step towards the future class of nuclear-powered supercarriers. There are lessons for all involved: ship crew, navy pilots, designers, ship builders, logistics, etc.
Their first carrier was built in Ukraine and they got it to get some practise with a vessel of that class.
The second carrier was built by themselves but it was heavily based on an above design they already had experience with. They’ve started collecting proper ship-building and designing experience here.
The third carrier, Fuijan, is a first original fully domestic design with a mix of new ideas and old and proven technologies (conventional propulsion) to keep the complexity manageable.
Their fourth carrier is supposed to be a first proper nuclear-powered super-carrier and it will use the lessons learned on Fuijan.
This is not meant to go toe to toe with the US navy, but it will put pressure on China’s neighbors.
ITT: people who don’t know that China is the largest commercial shipbuilder in the world. We’d have a lot more ships with fronts falling off if we were to go by the comments here.
Pepsi rubbing hands together
China don’t need military they have TikTok
That looks like a very serious ship. The question I have is where is it that China intends to project power that is far enough away that it cannot get there from the shore? Australia comes to mind.
And in the event of war with Taiwan, the US Marine Corps will be deployed under a newly revised force deployment plan that leans heavily on light modular vehicles that are often equipped with… drumroll please…
A metric shit ton of anti-ship missiles. Enjoy, Fujian!
West Taiwan has an emotional support boat
But will it sail?
I don’t know what ChatGPT hell that article crawled out of but their information isn’t very accurate. For one, Nimitz-class aircraft carriers displace 100,000+ tons, not 87,000.
Fujian is a remarkable achievement for the PLAN, but they will need ten to fifteen years to even have an adequate understanding of how to effectively operate a blue water aircraft carrier. This includes everything from crisis handling, damage control, maintenance and air operations. That’s before even thinking about tactics. And nighttime air operations in rough seas while underway? Lol. Good luck.
What can I say? “Made in China.”
Why we don’t sink it immediately I won’t ever know. But I can’t explain our dumb politics either.