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| New Chinese Aircraft Carrier |
Aircraft carriers are simple in concept - take a big boat, put a flat deck on top and load it with airplanes - but horribly complex in reality. The complexity arises from having numerous, large, complex systems crammed into a limited area AND then getting them all to operate together, all of which makes it very difficult to make them effective weapons. America has poured zillions of dollars and zillions of man hours into learning how to make them operate coherently. A few other countries have made a few, but I don't think any of them are as well prepared and effective as America's.
They are calling this an assault ship. There is a floodable well deck at the rear. It's 850 feet long. American nuclear-powered carriers are 1100 feet long. It has an electromagnetic catapult and possibly electromagnetic arresting gear as well. I suspect that the blue and white building sitting on the forward end of the flight deck is a temporary structure being used for the final fitting out.
Via Defence Blog
1 comment:
The problem with carriers is an awful lot of eggs in one basket. A well placed torpedo of missile and the loss is immense.
xoxoxoBruce
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