At the dawn of the new year, trusted and validated sources on Chinese forums have unveiled information about the commencement of construction of a third aircraft carrier in Shanghai JiangNan Shipyards (Changxin Island). So far the detailed design is fully completed and drawings are being sent to the shipyard, the shipyard is now ordering materials and commencing pre-construction preps. The construction of blocks of the hull will commence indoors first and within two years blocks will be lifted to the dry dock to be concatenated.
It is said that the carrier will be concatenated in this dry dock after the current civilian ship occupying the dock is launched.
The source also stated, that the carrier will have steam-turbine powered 4-shaft propulsion with a total propulsion power of a little less than 240000 total shaft horsepower. The carrier will be considerably larger than the current Type 001/001A, it has a standard displacement of 60000-70000 tons and a fully loaded displacement of less than 80000 tons. The carrier is slightly smaller than Kitty Hawk, while it is comparable to the then so called "Super-carrier" Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier (60000t standard, 75000t full).
It is expected to carrier around 48 heavy naval fighter aircraft, probably variants of J-15 or even future 4th/5th gen naval fighters, along with other fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. It is much expected that a fixed wing AWACS platform would be matured by the time the first Type 002 aircraft carrier is commissioned.
Much dispute is there around the unveiled information by the same source claiming only two steam catapult will be installed on Type 002 aircraft carrier, due to limitations in power output and size of the catapult itself. The source also admitted that confidence on this piece of information (meaning the number of catapult to be installed) is not as robust. Possibilities exist that three or four steam catapults will be installed.
What's clear is that steam catapult will be installed on Type 002. Based on current information, it appears that the design of Type 002 will be somewhat similar to the French PA2 design.
This design shows technological influence from Type 001A and matches the description of the trusted source.
Based on an estimation of construction starting mid 2016 and a reasonable progress, the ship can be launched circa 2019, commission will take place circa 2021, combat capability will probably take shape after 2022~2023.
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The Type 002 will be a prelude for the Type 003.
Source:
http://defence.pk/threads/type-002-aircraft-carrier-news-discussion.416166/
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Cannot understand why sea surface ships are still being built when a single supersonic rocket/ super caviating torpedo/ nuclear ai robot sub can sink them.
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(Franco Iacch)
12/31/15
http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/larma-del-2015-il-primo-missile-balistico-sottomarino-del-mondo-lo-status-6-russo
It's never easy to try to establish a ranking of the most innovative weapons systems presented in the year now ended. Worse, try to decree the best understood as one that most amazed at conception, power, capacity and innovation. And why not, for "evil", understood as the ability to strike with devastating power survivors of a nuclear holocaust.
Officially it is not yet in service, in fact it is probably still a project on paper, but if it became reality, would be a nightmare for NATO and the US. Without a doubt, "the weapon of 2015" is the first ballistic missile submarine in the world: Status-6 Russian.
We are talking about a "monster". Specifically it is a radioactive nuclear-powered torpedo that could contaminate the economic targets of the enemy coast as fishing areas. According to official Moscow, the system "Ocean Multipurpose System: Status-6", is designed to "cause unacceptable damage, contaminating large areas of coastal enemy making them completely lifeless for long periods of time." The prototype should be ready by 2019 with sea trials scheduled for the following year.
"The weapon system of 2015" should have a range of 10,000 km, a capacity of immersion of one thousand meters and a speed of 100 knots. Two submarines suitably modified to launch the Status-6: the "Belgorod" and "Khabarovsk", evolutions of Oscar II class. And 'clearly an ICBM submarine with a header cobalt, strategic nuclear weapon.
Status-6 is designed to be an automatic retaliatory missile system. Rather, it is designed only for this purpose. If the US were to wipe out the Russian leadership with a preemptive strike, the Status-6 would be launched from the depths of the sea.
It 'clear reasoning by atomic war, with factions that now have nothing to lose. It seems clear that even if the US attacked previously, would still be affected, in the best case scenario, at least a hundred Russian nuclear warheads. Status-6 would be only one more thought, but certainly not the worst.
But the STATUS-6 is not only one of the many weapons inventory Russian strategic, but it is the final one for its ability to create "dead zones radioactive" in the long term. His head cobalt would be devastating to natural resources such as fishing and offshore oil fields. Status-6 is designed to starve the sea survivors of a nuclear holocaust. Nevertheless, doubts remain on Ocean Multipurpose System.
One wonders, for example, as can navigate in safety to a thousand meters in depth and at that speed. We know that the Russians have made huge progress in the super-cavitation, but the technology was then used on systems Shkval. But Shkval torpedoes are still tactical weapons designed to sink ships. Status-6 is instead a strategic nuclear weapon. Against it, there would be no defense.
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And there is still more to this.
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