China's new aircraft carrier can't land planes

[Jarlaxle]

A refitted Essex could handle modern jet aircraft...the only reason they weren't modified to do so (would have needed upgraded catapults, arresting gear, and blast deflectors) is that the US Navy had newer, larger carriers...and the fact that all of the Essex-class carriers were, by the time the large carrier aircraft came into service, more than thirty years old! Midway and Coral Sea (also a WW2 design) could and did operate F/A-18 Hornets. They were front-line ships into the late 1980's...Midway was even deployed for Desert Storm. (The third Midway, the USS Franklin Roosevelt, was never fully modernized...a combination of that, a low hangar height, and troublesome engines meant Roosevelt was retired in 1977.)

 

[mamooth]

The Midways were too small to handle F-14s, and they retained their F-4s until the F/A-18s arrived.

The Essex class were even smaller, being unable to manage an F-4 or A-6. Their 1960s airwing was F-8J Crusaders and A-7 Corsairs.

 

[techieny]

oops

of course NOT. It can only land rlains!

 

[Jarlaxle]

The Midways were too small to handle F-14s, and they retained their F-4s until the F/A-18s arrived.

The Essex class were even smaller, being unable to manage an F-4 or A-6. Their 1960s airwing was F-8J Crusaders and A-7 Corsairs.

The F-14 has been retired.

The Essex class COULD handle the F-4, but would have required major modifications to their aircraft handling equipment to do so. The ships being 30+ years old and the hulls approaching the point of needing to be essentially rebuilt, this was not deemed worthwhile.

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd says dat's how dey gonna get dat 200 million man army over here...

China 'ready to build more carriers'
Nov. 20,`12 (UPI) -- China State Shipbuilding Corp. asserts that it is ready to "build more carriers."

The People's Liberation Army Navy recently commissioned its first carrier, the Liaoning, after extensive sea trials.

The Liaoning is the former Soviet 67,500-ton Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier, originally named Riga but renamed Varyag after the December 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union.

In 1998 China's Chong Lot Travel Agency Ltd., a small company in Hong Kong, paid $20 million for the nearly finished craft.

Towed to China, the vessel has undergone extensive refitting by the China State Shipbuilding Corp. "China is the only one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council not to have an aircraft carrier wholly developed by itself," China State Shipbuilding Corp. Chairman Hu Wenming said in a China Daily report. "We must enhance our independent weapons and equipment research and production capacity to match the country's clout, and independently build our own aircraft carriers."

Read more: China State Shipbuilding Corp. to build additional carriers - UPI.com

 

[RoccoR]

waltky, et al,

Has anyone seen it launch aircraft?

The People's Liberation Army Navy recently commissioned its first carrier, the Liaoning, after extensive sea trials.

If so, what kind?

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[Moonglow]

The Chinese can use it for flying kites off of the deck.

 

[HUGGY]

oops

Good news for the Chinese aircraft manufacturing industry!

Should keep their pilot schools busy also.

 

[longknife]

It's amazing when one realized that one modern nuclear air craft carrier brings to bear more destruction than the entire Pacific Fleet of 1944.

 

[Meathead]

Update!

A Chinese-made J-15 fighter landed on the 300m (990ft) former Soviet carrier during recent exercises, China's defence ministry said on Sunday.

The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, entered into service in September.

China says the vessel has had extensive sea trials and will increase its capacity to defend state interests.

Analysts say the aircraft carrier will allow Beijing to help project its military might in territorial disputes.

China's state TV showed a hook on the rear of the J-15 catching hold of a cable on the deck of the vessel to slow the plane to a halt during the drill.

BBC News - China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier

 

[Unkotare]

oops

You were saying?

China lands first jet on its aircraft carrier | Fox News




Gee, what a great time to slash the hell out of our own military. No, no, our face didn't really need a nose anyway...

 

[Unkotare]

oops

of course NOT. It can only land rlains!

...................

 

[Franticfrank]

Even if they managed to land a J15 on a carrier, it will be years before they can work up a proper airwing. And I presume they are just using this carrier for training anyway. This Soviet-era hulk cannot compete with anything in the US Navy.

 

[Unkotare]

And in the meantime, the democrats will be gutting our own navy to give China a chance to catch up. How nice of them.

 

[HUGGY]

And in the meantime, the democrats will be gutting our own navy to give China a chance to catch up. How nice of them.

No worries...just go spend a few thou this christmas at Walmart and be glad China won't be getting any money from the USA to build their military!

 

[Unkotare]

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