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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: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Saturday June 18 2022, @11:51PM (1 child)
>You can also have a worn out rust bucket, but with an excellent crew and leadership, it can pull off the most amazing feats.
Back to the movie theaters for you.
If that worn out rust bucket isn't supplied well, your excellent crew and leadership will have limited fuel, limited mobility, limited armament, and limited ability to deploy those arms. They may pull off a surprise attack or two with what they've got on hand, but they're not going to be boarding enemy vessels and sabotaging them, not in today's world.
Crew matters, logistics supply chain matters more.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 19 2022, @08:38AM
Bollocks! Everyone can work wonders if supplied well.
An excellent crew will propel the ship by paddling with their feet, will catch and eat raw fish while doing so and will inflict terrible damage with the fish bones.
Otherwise it's not an excellent crew.