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Construction of Chinese Type 003 CV-18 aircrat carrier continues to progress at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai

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Construction of Chinese Type 003 CV-18 aircrat carrier continues to progress at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

Construction of Chinas 3rd aircraft carrier Type 003 CV-18 continues to progress at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The ship will be the largest surface warship that will enter into service with the Chinese .

Navy. The Type 003 will be the first Chinese aircraft carrier to use a CATOBAR system and electromagnetic (EM) launch catapults. The CATOBAR is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Under this technique, aircraft launch using a catapult-assisted take-off and land on the ship (the recovery phase) using arrestor wires.

According to Chinese military sources, the construction of the Type 003 aircraft carrier started in 2018, and satellite images published in 2020 have shown that prefabricated components of the vessel’s hull have been assembled. New pictures unveiled on May 30, 2021, showed that the flight deck is almost finished. The Type 003 could be commissioned as early as 2025.

The Type 003 will be longer than its predecessors, the Type 001 and Type 002, which each measure around 304 meters in length. The general layout of the Type 003 seems similar to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in service with the U.S. Navy. It will also be much wider to allow the transport of more planes.

西方國家軍事戰略家分析認為,中國海軍突破創新,在傳統動力的航空母艦,使用電磁彈射系統,將艦載機以短時間內派出作戰,實為當今海軍創舉,並且挑戰美國的航空母艦作戰模式,因此美國海軍視中國海軍無疑是唯一的挑戰者,一位北約不願意透露出姓名的退休海軍將領指出,中國CV-18.航空母艦在2021年底竣工下水,2022年測試,2023年交付海軍模擬服役,2024年加入近海軍事演習,配合海軍的航空母艦戰鬥群作業,甚至於可能提前在2025年正式服役,這樣一來就要依據艦載機J-35.的配置進度,更何況將來中國海軍的核子動力航空母艦服役就要改寫記錄喇.

stated that China’s Type 003 carriers may have a displacement of 80,000 tons to 85,000 tons. A November 29, 2020, press report, however, states that satellite images of the first Type 003 carrier under construction suggest that this estimate may be a bit low and that the Type 003 carriers will be closer in displacement to U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, which have a displacement of about 100,000 tons.

The Type 003 will be able to carry about 60 carrier-based aircraft.J-35.

China’s primary carrier-based fighter aircraft is the J-15 or Flying Shark, an aircraft derived from the Russian Su-33 Flanker aircraft design that can operate from carriers equipped with a ski ramp rather than catapults. China reportedly plans to develop a carrier-capable variant of its J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter and/or a carrier-capable variant of its FC-31 /J-35.fifth-generation stealth fighter to complement or succeed the J-15 on catapult-equipped Chinese carriers.

China reportedly is also developing a carrier-based airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, called the KJ-600. This aircraft seems similar to the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft. Citing military sources, the early warning aircraft equipped on the two Chinese aircraft carriers were all helicopters, and the radar detection range was limited, and the airborne time and range were limited. The KJ-600 fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft has improved radar detection range and range, and its flight speed is also fast, so combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

According to its size and load-displacement, the Type 003 will be able to carry about 60 carrier-based aircraft, and it can carry about 80 carrier-based aircraft in the extreme state.

20210818美國衛星照片顯示出3條艦載機電磁彈射系統已經安裝妥當.現正在加速艦島安裝施工以及內部裝修設備建置作業,如一切順利,按照施工計劃表,2021年底竣工下水不是難題....