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

[ChineseTiger1986]

How many 004 are they going to build ? 1 or 2 ?

The successor of the Type 004 gonna be the Type 005.

I guess the Type 005 will be more further improved from the Type 004, maybe its improvement might not be as much as the Type 004 from the Type 003.

 

[ety]

The successor of the Type 004 gonna be the Type 005.

I guess the Type 005 will be more further improved from the Type 004, maybe its improvement might not be as much as the Type 004 from the Type 003.

So, only 1 004 will be built ? It's not cost-effective for management.

 

[yusheng]

 

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[Corax]

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Great view of the aerofoil profile of the KJ-600 in that pic with it's wings folded.
Any chance the KJ-600 platform (does it have its own name or designation?) can be used as a carrier based refueling platform? The US carriers need a large number of aerial refuellers located across a wide network of land bases to support their operations, that's always been the weak point of long endurance, carrier-based force projection. Are there any plans by the PLAN to adopt a similar approach? Maybe the reef island bases?