Chinese Aircraft Carriers - Liaoning, Shandong, Fujian and the future

[Michael]

Taiwanese media reports:

The Fujian aircraft carrier has crossed the Taiwan Strait and is heading north.

 

[nang2]

Taiwanese media reports:

The Fujian aircraft carrier has crossed the Taiwan Strait and is heading north.

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Gee, media in Taiwan don't have color cameras?

 

[Michael]

Gee, media in Taiwan don't have color cameras?

The original image comes from the optical pod of a Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet.

Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets took off to monitor the Fujian aircraft carrier, but they did not dare to get too close.

 

[Deino]

Whatever it will be … Allegedly its stern section is visible

 

[Michael]

Two aircraft carriers were spotted at the Qingdao naval base.

 

[Michael]

Official confirmation:
Destroyer #101 Nanchang(Type 055) serves as the command ship for the Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group.


Special note:
The command ship of the Chinese aircraft carrier strike group is designated dynamically based on mission requirements, rather than being a fixed attribute.

 

[Michael]

 

[Hussain]

 

[Hussain]

Taiwanese media reports:

The Fujian aircraft carrier has crossed the Taiwan Strait and is heading north.

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[Deino]

Via @CHINAPLA1 on Twitter

 

[Michael]

Via @CHINAPLA1 on Twitter

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We should be able to see its main deck next year.

 

[Deino]

We should be able to see its main deck next year.

Indeed … by the way, a good comparison of the roughly similar State of construction of the Shandong and Fujian (made by Captain小潇)

 

[Michael]

In most photos from Chinese state media, Chinese warships appear very small. Even aircraft carriers look small in their pictures.

However, this photo is an exception. I didn't expect it to be so big......

 

[yusheng]

FROM: 头寸评论


Power Compartments of 004 and Ford-class:

1. The reactor compartment of 004 is akin to the nuclear island section of a nuclear power plant. It is where the reactor shielding box and other nuclear equipment are installed and housed. This constitutes secondary shielding. (Figures 1 and 2)
2. The reactor shielding box inside the 004 reactor compartment is where the reactor pressure vessel and steam generators are installed and housed (integrated reactor with built-in steam generators). This serves as primary shielding and also requires thermal insulation. (Figure 1)
3. The engine compartment section within the 004 power compartment is similar to the conventional island section of a nuclear power plant. It is where conventional mechanical power equipment such as steam turbines and turbo-generator sets are installed and housed. (Figure 3)
4. Depending on the generation, reactor pressure vessels may feature external or internal steam generators. Reactors with external steam generators naturally have larger reactor shielding boxes. (Figure 6)
5. The so-called reactor compartment of the Ford-class only houses the reactor pressure vessel and steam generators. Their steam generators are distributed externally within the shielding box in a scattered configuration. (Figures 4, 5, and 6）
6. Other nuclear equipment in the Ford-class is installed and housed together with conventional mechanical power equipment, such as steam turbines and turbo-generator sets, within the power compartment. This scattered and disorganized arrangement often leads to nuclear leakage incidents, resulting in poor safety and reliability. (Figure 4)
7. The power compartment structures of 004 and the Ford-class are entirely different. They are fundamentally products of different eras.

 

[Yommie]

Four carriers is far insufficient for a country the size of China. In order to establish global prestige, China would need at least 8 carriers.