China Secretly Constructing an Aircraft Carrier(54planes,13choppers,deployment in 2008)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 06/30/05 | Song Ui-dal

[TigerLikesRooster]

So it is a secret which is not so secret. The carrier will be ready in time for Beijing Olympic Game, maximizing "patriotic ferver."

I am sure many Chinese would be impressed with the sight of fighters taking-off and landing on the carrier's flight deck.:-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Dog Gone]

They can sure build them cheaper than we can.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"I am sure many Chinese would be impressed with the sight of fighters taking-off and landing on the carrier's flight deck.:-)"

If they fly like that idiot that midaired the EP-3 back in 2001, whoever's working deck crew will be hating life.

[AppyPappy]

Yeah. They have so much experience with carrier landings.

[PubliusEXMachina]

Hmmmm.....Come on at us Chicoms, perhaps the Japanese can instruct you about the futility of going against the USN.

[rlmorel]

LOL! Speaking as former flight deck crew, I can second THAT!

[Thebaddog]

$390 Million, is that like an Essex class carrier?

[EagleUSA]

Only one? This should surprise no one. China will continue to build their military machine as another chess piece on the world-wide chess board. Nobody is being fooled by these oppressive commies...not at all.

[GBA]

I wonder when we will start taking the Chinese seriously. The companies I used to work for gave away the farm to set up manufacturing and distribution in China and I keep wondering when that short sightedness will come back to haunt us.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"One of the largest carriers of WWII, Shinano was originally planned to be the third installment of Yamato class battleships. The construction of this monstrous vessel was started soon after the Japanese defeat at Midway and was completed on Nov. 19, 1944. Its overall length stretched to 266m and it displaced 62,000t. It was well protected with heavily armored sides, inherited from Yamato, and a reinforced flight deck able to withstand the direct blast of a 500kg bomb. On its way to be fitted out however, it was spotted and torpedoed by an American submarine, later capsizing off the shores of Shionomisaki."

[Moorings]

Can we secretly destroy it?!!

[handy old one]

Sub target practice to start in 2008 in the China SEA. HE HE HE HA HA HA.

[GBA]

No angled deck?

[kerryusama04]

390 million!? We have radar systems that cost more than that.

I thought you needed 40 knots of wind to launch a plane? I guess they are banking on head winds.

[muawiyah]

It's really difficult to build an Air Craft Carrier in secret.

[19th LA Inf]

Yeah. They have so much experience with carrier landings.

I believe every American carrier pilot since the early 1930s has been trained somewhere along the way by men who had experience in deck landings with whatever was "hot" in their day. Never been able to imagine how China, Russia or any other nation could start from scratch.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I'll almost feel sorry for them when a 688 sinks that sucker with a full spread of Mark V torpedoes. If it's anything like the Charles DeGaulle, it'll be fun to keep around for awhile, though.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Slave labor has a way of keeping your costs down.

[Right Wing Assault]

"...has top speed 30 knots per hour..."

Translation problem. It should say "top speed of 30 knots". You don't say "knots per hour."