This is a pretty ambitious project for a country that hasn't seriously ventured outside its shoreline. Building them is one thing. But then what?
Posted on 02/13/2009 8:13:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
You’re so right. Packing the ship with advanced technology takes the assistance of the Clintons. Now showing as a Secretary of State in a country near you.
She’s going to Asia to finish the job of our hubby.
If they build them they are fighting the wars of the last 60 years. Unmanned aircraft launched from all classes of ships and loiterable drones are the wave of the next 20-30 years.
It’ll cost ‘em though.
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Popcorn, beer, lotion and glasses at 5 miles would be great accommodations.
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We still build them. They are still powerful symbols as well a foating theater command centers. Smaller navies use them as floating aid centers, rescue and evac, and amphibious deployment.
Much of it is symbolism. China wants to play on the world stage and in space.
This is a pretty ambitious project for a country that hasn't seriously ventured outside its shoreline. Building them is one thing. But then what?
If they build them they are fighting the wars of the last 60 years. Unmanned aircraft launched from all classes of ships and loiterable drones are the wave of the next 20-30 years.
also low cost ships with the ability to fire 100 cruise missiles rapidly.
Looks like they are going to build them with a curved up deck at the end so they can get a little bit of lift on take off, or am I interrupting the drawing wrong.
Hitlery will help out with this carrier business by meeting with General Qian Lihua, who is very excited about China’s new carrier plan. Hitlery will grease the rails for tech on nuclear powered steam turbine generators to stream from the USA to Shanghai. Someone is going to sell out America for big bucks.
The Taiwanese do not think much of General Quian Lihua. Her is an animated cartoon the Taiwanese put up ridiculing him:
Goodbye Taiwan.
Elections indeed do have consequences.
Chinese economy may soon implode..
Obama's gonna change that. Change the Red Chinese can believe in. Hope for the Jihadies.
The ski-jump basically give the airplane a little free lift until it can accelerate up to true flying speed.
Advantages of the ski ramp are that it doesn't take any maintenance and you don't have to design nose gear to attach to a catapult.
Disadvantages are not being able to carry as much weight, whether that be in weapons or fuel, than a catapult launched aircraft.
Rate of launch will be an open question. Catapults take a little bit of time to hook up, but catapult boats have four catapults to launch from. This boat has one ramp capable of lining up two aircraft for launch in sequence.
The other difference between this boat and American carriers is gross tonnage, deck space, and the ability to run cyclic flight operations. The super carrier give you the option to run constant flight operations as long as the crew can keep going. The bigger deck size allows for faster, bigger launches. That is the ability to launch protective fighters and a strike simultaneously. Smaller boats will have difficulty doing that.
On U.S. boats you can't shoot the waist cats or the bow cats simultaneously, but when in launch position the aircraft are spaced apart so you have the option of which to shoot first. We often shoot one waist and one bow simultaneously. That's nice if the other jet is your wingman, as you almost always get cleared by the "Boss" to join immediately.
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