China Launched Their Third Aircraft Carrier

[Chrishaune]

When you're friends with Russia.....

 

[Wubzy]

China's navy has been growing at an insane rate. They'll probably be peer to the USN in 2-3 decades

 

[ORDER_66]

What’s funny? How else you think planes get to lift off speed off a ship?

I thought old school catapaults like

 

[HabitualChiller]

China's navy has been growing at an insane rate. They'll probably be peer to the USN in 2-3 decades

4-5. They have a LOOOONNNG way to go in becoming our peers. However, they'd need 2-3 decades (as you said) in order to rival us WITH homecourt advantage (in the SCS). That carrier gap is extremely vast, and they don't have any 5th generation aircraft either available, or being produced in large quantities.

 

[Chronic]

Didn't they purchase the others from Russia?

From Ukraine

4-5. They have a LOOOONNNG way to go in becoming our peers. However, they'd need 2-3 decades (as you said) in order to rival us WITH homecourt advantage (in the SCS). That carrier gap is extremely vast, and they don't have any 5th generation aircraft either available, or being produced in large quantities.

They already have 120+ J-20

I'd say they could achieve superiority in SCS by mid 2030s and parity with USN by 2050.

 

[Son Goku]

shyt was made in China, right?

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

China's first CATOBAR carrier launched.

• 80,000+ tons
• AESA radars
• Electromagnetic catapults and arresting gears
• 3 catapults and 2 elevators
• Steam turbine powered
• 4 gatling CIWS and 4 RAM style missile launchers
• Carrying J-35 fighters, J-15B fighters, J-15D EW airplanes, KJ-600 AEW, and Z-20F ASW helicopters
• Largest warship constructed in Asia to date

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

It's diesel-powered...nothing more to see here folks...

Make sense.

If a nuclear reactor on a US Carrier breaks or becomes damaged, abandon ship?

Not so on a diesel carrier

 

[HabitualChiller]

From Ukraine

They already have 120+ J-20

I'd say they could achieve superiority in SCS by mid 2030s and parity with USN by 2050.

That's a 4.5 Gen, fam.

 

[Chronic]

That's a 4.5 Gen, fam.

It's 5 Gen, in fact they claim the latest two seater version for UAV control has better avionics and could be considered 5.5 Gen.

 

[Mike809]

Is that an LGBTQ carrier ?

Too many rainbow colors for my liking

 

[HabitualChiller]

It's 5 Gen, in fact they claim the latest two seater version for UAV control has better avionics and could be considered 5.5 Gen.

There's no way in hell I'm believing China's word on their own military...

Let me get back to you on that one.

 

[TRUEST]

There's no way in hell I'm believing China's word on their own military...

Let me get back to you on that one.

Looks like a jet I designed back in 3rd grade. They better not step to us. We the boss.

 

[Mike Nasty]

Good news. INshallah they pass this God-forsaken country in military might too. Unipolar world needs to die.

Ugh, get that 2'' Chinese dikk out your mouth.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

While China is primarily primarily concerned with patrolling the South China and East China Seas, 75% of their oil is imported. If they do get into a conflict, a blockade of Saudi oil to China will stranglehold the country and then they have to choose between filling up their carriers or their airplanes. Not the best position to be in.

Russia is now China's biggest oil supplier. The war in Ukraine has lifted trade between Russia n China by 55%+
CNN wont tell u that though

Russia replaces Saudi Arabia as China's biggest crude oil supplier

The imports into China, which include supplies pumped through the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and shipments by sea, totalled nearly 8.42m tonnes last month

www.business-standard.com