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

[Beijingwalker]

Bold of you to talk when your fishing fleet navy cosplay can't even stop bumping into reefs. PLAN’s got more accidents than you’ve got fake islands—stick to harassing unarmed boats. In recent years, China’s PLAN lost two nuclear-powered subs, both under "mysterious" circumstances—colossal screw-ups. One of these disasters reportedly involved a catastrophic flooding accident. Turns out, copy-pasting Russian designs doesn’t teach you how to operate or maintain them. What about the second incident? A failed air supply system suffocated the entire crew—an engineering fail so basic it’s downright humiliating for a country claiming to challenge global navies.

And these aren’t isolated incidents. PLAN’s maintenance culture is notorious for being sloppy at best and reckless at worst. Submarine operations require finesse and discipline, not just brute numbers. But hey, when you're rushing to churn out vessels for propaganda points, accidents are bound to pile up, right? Your navy’s nothing but a floating junkyard with a fancy coat of paint. Y’all can’t even keep your nuclear subs from turning into underwater coffins. Two of them went poof in recent years—flooded one and suffocated the crew on another. PLAN’s engineers are basically running a high-stakes science fair, slapping duct tape on stolen blueprints and hoping no one notices when stuff breaks down mid-operation. Nuclear subs accidents, flooding disasters, systems failing—PLAN’s engineering department should rename itself to "Department of Trial and Error."

Haha, if your Indian fantasy were true, the whole world would be in big trouble now.

 

[GiantPanda]

Indian carriers and the MiG-29 barely operate.

Meanwhile, Japan's defense recorded over 1000 takeoffs and landings by the J-15 in the Pacific Ocean (not including South China or East China Seas) in just six months this year:

I don't think India had even 100 carrier launches of the MiG-29 since they received the plane in 2010. They don't seem to operate at all while the Liaoning and Shandong are patroling in contested waters and their activities tracked by the likes of Japan, US and RoC.

I've never seen a Pakistani or Bangladeshi mil report on an Indian carrier doing anything.

Indians need to console themselves by using made-up stories of Chinese nuke sub losses.

 

[Deino]

As it seems, the PLANS-18 „Fujian“ was spotted yesterday and if I‘m not mistaken, then these white dots - either the mock-ups or maybe even real aircraft - are visible on deck again.

(via by78/SDF)

 

[johncliu88]

As it seems, the PLANS-18 „Fujian“ was spotted yesterday and if I‘m not mistaken, then these white dots - either the mock-ups or maybe even real aircraft - are visible on deck again.

(via by78/SDF)

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She is speeding again, lol.

 

[nang2]

She is speeding again, lol.

Apparently attempt to shake off those little pesky "flies" on the deck.

 

[Michael]

Tire marks appear on the deck.

 

[yusheng]

 

[Michael]

Four KJ-600 at an airport.

 

[Deino]

Four KJ-600 at an airport.
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In fact there were even 5 at the same time but this image is old ... at least from March 2023

 

[Deino]

Safety lines - also known as „foul lines“ - have been added on the flight deck of the PLANS-18 “Fujian“. (Image via @Jsport_三汽 from Weibo)

 

[Vi-va]

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[iblini]

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[Vi-va]

J-15DH on shandong

 

[100%_Guest]

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[Michael]

Total cost of the Type 003 Fujian Carrier battle group as assessed by Chinese social media:

Type 003 aircraft carrier: 50 billion CNY

Carrier air wing: Total Price 47.2 billion CNY

Aircraft type	Quantities	Price of Item	Total Price
J-35	24	0.8 billion CNY	19.2 billion CNY
J-15T	24	0.6 billion CNY	14.4 billion CNY
J-15DH	4	1 billion CNY	4 billion CNY
KJ-600	6	1.4 billion CNY	8.4 billion CNY
Z-20F	6	0.2 billion CNY	1.2 billion CNY

Other warships: Total Price 66 billion CNY

Warships type	Quantities	Price of Item	Total Price
Type 055 Destroyer	2	6 billion CNY	12 billion CNY
Type 052D Destroyer	4	4 billion CNY	16 billion CNY
Type 054B Frigate	2	2 billion CNY	4 billion CNY
Type 901 Supply ship	2	6 billion CNY	12 billion CNY
Type 093B Submarine	2	11 billion CNY	22 billion CNY

Total cost of the Carrier battle group: 163.2 billion CNY

All prices are assessed by Chinese military fans. For military fan entertainment purposes only.

Off-topic:
China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) will pay a total of 1.52 trillion CNY in taxes to the state in 2023. The total cost of an aircraft carrier battle group is roughly equivalent to 1.5 months of taxes paid by the company.
As I write this, I light another cigarette ......