New satellite imagery has shown that China may have started construction on a new aircraft carrier. This would be their second one, in addition to refurbished Soviet-era flattop they finished sea trials with last year. When the construction is finished, it’ll be China’s first carrier made in their country. But images leaked from The National Interest shows that it doesn’t look very much like a carrier at all, which is to be expected, considering that China doesn’t have the experience or skill to make anything like modern U.S. carriers. Perhaps this is why they’re so interested in hacking American intelligence.
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The Chinese can build just about anything you want. They get a rap for “cheap c**p” because…. if you want “cheap c**p” made, where do ya go?
or as our submarine fleet likes to call them, TARGETS.
So they’re still relying on ramps instead of steam catapults?
A carrier, is still a carrier. They might not be wanting to project power globally like we do but to control and influence their own immediate surroundings. If they build enough to hold us at arms length until they do what they want, that will be effective enough. They are smart people who are driven. There is nothing written in the stars that says they can’t.
The article reeks of overconfidence. The design looks innovative, where many U.S. Carriers are aging. This thing could be packed with cutting edge tech based on the latest stolen US research.
Hey, they are smaret, they are starting small and building up to the big ones like We have. Besides, I’d rather face two or three Larger carriers than two or three dozen nucler capable smaller ones, Too many targets to take them all out quickly or easily.
Send a SEAL Team. Sink it at the pier.
Obviously the writer never saw teh British Carriers designed to handle the Harrier — which was a Vertical take off aircraft — Tee sloped deck allowed the plane to “JUMP” off in take off– it was cheaper to build than our super carriers and still met the tactical requirements of the British Navy — I sense China is employing a VTO type plane as well !!!
Ye gads someone took a report and turned it into a (badly written) propaganda piece. China doesn’t have the ability to build CV’s equal to ours ATM. Thats what these ships are for, to GAIN that experience. As to not being able to build ships of the size required. Has this idiot ever seen a Supertanker? They are MUCH larger and China’s ship building industry is more than capable of that feet. (Maybe I should say Fleet?)
YOUR RIGHT! #giantfishingbober