A J-15 fighter takes off from the deck of the Liaoning. (Photo/CNS)
Posted on 11/23/2013 1:14:28 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
During its three-week exercise in open seas, Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier was able to launch three Shenyang J-15 fighters simultaneously from its flight deck according to an article written by Greg Waldron for Flightglobal, a UK-based news and information website related to the aviation and aerospace industries.
Waldron said the Liaoning has a total of three jet blast deflectors. While two parallel deflectors are located immediately forward of the island superstructure, a third is located closer to the stern of the ship. With all three positions fully operational, the aircraft carrier is capable of launching three J-15s from its forward ramp at the same time.
The ability of Liaoning's crew to disassemble and reassemble J-15 jet engines aboard the carrier was tested as well during the three-week test mission. "Jet engine maintenance is a crucial element of maintaining an effective carrier air wing," said Waldron. "US aircraft carriers have extensive facilities for engine maintenance."
However, Waldron pointed out that the PLA Navy Air Force is unable to transfer new fighter engines to the Liaoning through a carrier onboard delivery aircraft like the Northrop Grumman C-2 operated by the US Navy. The Chinese defense ministry did not mention whether Liaoning was able to launch or recover fighters at night.
A J-15 fighter takes off from the deck of the Liaoning. (Photo/CNS)
From the looks of that shot, if just two take off simultaneously they meet each other right quick.
When they can launch 12 aircraft in under 4 minute like we use to do on Nimitz Class Carriers, then I might be impressed.
How fast do they take off underwater?
The Ford Class will improve on that.....
Paid for with your dollars when you choose to save $.25 over buying American.
While the US continues to gut its military, China and Russia are vastly expanding theirs.
The new weapons systems they are fielding are also quite capable.
They are able to produce "very good" military equipment in vast quantities while we produce very few "great" new systems - and even those are being slashed or eliminated.
We have a lot of armed chair warriors who lament that we should should continue to decimate our strategic forces, using such statements as "You don't need a nuclear powered aircraft carrier to fight some terrorist with an AK-47."
Yes, people actually to spew "clever" statements such as that one. They think it makes them sound erudite, and someone here on FR said it to me 2 weeks ago.
They cannot even contemplate that fighting the last war might be a mistake, instead of realizing our enemy in the next might not be the same.
Nor do they realize that that carrier launched air strikes against the same terrorist with the AK-47 that had our troops pinned down on some hillside, but don't use logic in these debates - it doesn't work.
That’s what it look like and after launching those two they drop the barrier and the third comes up from behind.
They launch 3 planes rather quickly, but not simultaneously.
I imagine the plane being launched from the stern catapult has a hard time navigating those forward blast deflectors as well.
This looks a lot like 1980. The difference is that in 1980, America voted to be put back to work and to be respected in the world again. In 2012, America voted for free abortions, free birth control, free government (tax payer) paid benefits, and gay marriage.
Your post accurately and completely sums up the sin and decay of our nation.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
