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China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 15 2019, @03:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the The-bigger-they-are dept.

Chocolate writes:

Who's is bigger? Russia or the good old US of A? Do we need to get out the measuring tape? Maybe we do, after China completes what looks to be the latest generation naval defense: the Type 002 aircraft carrier that is currently under construction in a floodable dry dock. Tinfoil hatters among us will be glad to hear that updates of the progress for the construction of this mighty vessel come from satellite imagery. Now that battleships are pretty much obsolete with maybe carriers to follow this latest addition to China's growing fleet may just be an expensive showboat.

Entry for the carrier on Wikipedia.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:33PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:33PM (#843941)

    Now, if you're counting marine landing craft with helos, you'll get closer to 20, but you don't launch fighters and bombers off those decks. Wasp size decks can't accomodate today's aircraft, unless you go with VTOL.

    The Wasp class is a class of Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy. Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via landing craft or helicopters as well as providing air support via AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters.

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