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China Launches 'Fujian,' its Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier
China launches 'Fujian,' its most advanced aircraft carrier:
China launched its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday at a shipyard in Shanghai, in what state media called a "short but festive ceremony."
The 80,000-ton Fujian, named for the southern coastal province opposite Taiwan, is the first of China's three carriers to be fully designed and built domestically. Unlike China's Liaoning and Shandong carriers, which use ski-jump ramps, Fujian will launch planes using electromagnetic catapults, the technology used on current U.S. carriers.
"Although it will be years before the [carrier] enters military service and achieves initial operating capability, its launch will be a seminal moment in China's ongoing modernization efforts and a symbol of the country's growing military might," said analysts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, in an article earlier this month.
China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier: State Media - Times of India
China launches third aircraft carrier: State media - Times of India:
[...] However, it will take years before it reaches operational capacity, as the Ministry of Defence has not announced a date for entry into service. "Sailing and mooring tests will be carried out as planned after the ship is launched," CCTV reported. China has two other aircraft carriers in service. The Liaoning was commissioned in 2012, and the Shandong entering service in 2019.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Opportunist on Saturday June 18 2022, @08:19PM (5 children)
I feel like pointing out that the official Russian position on the sinking of the Moskva is that it was not sunk by Ukraine but that the Russian navy can't sail its own ships without sinking them.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday June 19 2022, @04:07AM
Do we have Russian trolls registered so that they can mod-bomb anything they consider anti-Putin? That's the only explanation I can think of for modding that post "troll".
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 4, Funny) by driverless on Sunday June 19 2022, @06:24AM (1 child)
It wasn't sunk, it was promoted to submarine as part of a Special Diving Operation.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday June 19 2022, @09:19PM
An operation special enough no bus is short enough for it.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 19 2022, @12:30PM (1 child)
Yeah, I read that spin work on the sinking as well. There seem to be kernels of truth in the propaganda.
The Moskva didn't sink in two minutes, unlike the HMS Sheffield. Two minutes is something of a critical time limit in the sinking of a warship. Among the very first things we learned in boot camp was, if a destroyer doesn't sink it two minutes, it's not going to sink.
So, Moskva was struck with a warhead. Damage control started immediately, and was ongoing. The ship was apparently under tow, and headed to port. The Russian claim is that a storm came up, the Moskva took on too much water, and was lost.
So, the propaganda is in line with naval doctrine.
And, there is no way that any of us will ever learn any further details on the sinking.
Regardless of any doctrine, or any propaganda, Moskva was hit with a missile, and was subsequently lost. Points to Ukraine, no matter how the story is spun.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday June 19 2022, @09:22PM
If that weather is considered a "storm" by Russia, my position stands: Their navy can't sail ships. I've been in worse weather with my 470.