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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: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 18 2022, @08:24PM (1 child)
The biggest problems the Russian tanks are having in the Ukraine is the lack of infantry and air support. They're meant to be used in a full-up combined-arms operation. Operating without that makes them very vulnerable, as the Ukrainians have shown.
Many modern tanks do have active missile defenses, although I don't know the status of that for Russian tanks; the main system I know if is Israeli, so it's not likely the Russians have much access to it. It'll probably be a bit before those systems are tested in any scale in actual combat.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 19 2022, @12:46PM
Thank you. The concept of combined arms has most definitely not been on display in the Ukraine war. While Russia does have a lot of mechanized infantry, those troops are not proper infantry unless and until they dismount. Tanks and similar vehicles have always been near to worthless on the battlefield, unless they have proper infantry screening. One sapper with as little as $100 worth of equipment can, and does, defeat millions of dollars in technology along with however many troops are inside the can of people.
On the other hand, Russia hasn't forgotten the concept of combined arms entirely. They seem to be using armor and mech to probe, then on contact, they fall back on artillery. I've seen no indication that the armor and/or mechanized actually press the attack while artillery works on the target.