China's first indigenous carrier CV17

[J20!]

Painting completed and Dry dock slowly being flooded.

 

[J20!]

The dry dock's fully flooded now. Launch appears to be imminent:

 

[Vinod DX9]

Chinese launched their Second overall, and first domestic Aircraft Carrier, Type 001A class.

State media said the unnamed ship was "transferred from dry dock into the water" in the north east port of Dalian. Previous reports said it would be operational by 2020.

Work started in 2013. The ship has a displacement of 65k tonnes and is expected to carry J15 as its air wing

 

[lcafanboy]

China launches its first homegrown aircraft carrier
By Steven Jiang and Ben Westcott, CNN
Updated 2:05 AM EDT, Wed April 26, 2017

Story highlights

• Vessel isn't expected to go into service until 2020
• China existing aircraft carrier was bought from Ukraine and refitted

(CNN)The first aircraft carrier designed and built in China was launched Wednesday amid streamers and champagne.

The as-yet unnamed vessel is China's second aircraft carrier. Early on Wednesday morning it was towed from Dalian Shipyard, Liaoning, to a nearby wharf, China's Ministry of National Defense said.

China first announced the construction of its new carrier in late December 2015. State media said it would be "independently designed in China."




News of the launch comes as tensions mount over North Korea, China's unruly neighbor and ally. However, the carrier isn't expected to enter active service until 2020.

A ship is launched when it is first put into the water -- but the carrier still requires considerable work to complete it. Once operational, the new carrier will likely be officially commissioned in a separate ceremony.

Construction began in November 2013, and just over three years later the main hull has been completed, as well as a number of the vessel's primary systems, including power supply.

"Next, the aircraft carrier will debug its system devices and conduct fitting-out as planned, and start mooring tests," China's military said in a statement.



Analyst: China wants 'blue-water' capacity


China's first carrier, the Liaoning, was bought from the Ukraine in 1998. After years of refurbishing and outfitting, it was finally put into service in 2012.

China has the second largest military budget in the world, estimated at $148 billion after a 7% spending increase announced early in 2017.

Analysts inside the country have previously said China needs at least five to six aircraft carriers. The United States currently has 10 aircraft carriers in service, with another about to be commissioned.

The Chinese government's military build-up has unsettled its neighbors and Washington, particularly as Beijing has taken a more robust stance in territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

According to Yvonne Chiu, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, China's navy is trying to enhance its ability to operate globally across open oceans.




"China seeks to become a major world power, and one of the hallmarks of such a status is blue-water capability and the ability to project military might globally," Chiu wrote for CNN in March.

The launch of the new carrier was celebrated with an early-morning ceremony, where the national anthem was played before a bottle of champagne was broken over the vessel's hull.

The ceremony was attended by Gen. Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, who gave a speech.

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[J20!]

Series of pics as she's pulled out of her flooded dry-dock at launch:

Aaaaaaaaaand she's pier side ladies and gents:

 

[J20!]

A youtube video of the launch:


Different shots from an RT video:

 

[J20!]

Hi @Kunal Biswas

May you please merge this thread and the one on CV17's launch. Perhaps make it a sticky?

 

[aditya10r]

@J20! What will be her carrier air arm??????????
How many jets will she carry and what ships will be complementing the Carrier strike group????

 

[J20!]

@J20! What will be her carrier air arm??????????

Since she's a STOBAR design, it's pretty safe to say that her air-wing will probably be the same as the CV16's.

J15's.

There are three batches aircraft being produced for CV16 and CV17/001A batches 1(100-109) and 2(110-120) are complete and pictures of the third batch are slowly coming out(121-?):

1.

2.

Note third batch production bort number 122:

3.

Z18 heavy transport helicopters:

ASW variant of the Z18 the Z18F:

An AEW variant of the Z18, the Z18J:

Z9D's for SAR, fitted with search lights and hoists on the starboard side( the hoists seem to be standard on all helicopters embarked on Liaoning):

It's expected that CV17/001A's air-wing will look pretty similar to what Liaoning has embarked... Anything more than that is just speculation. Hope that answered your question.

 

[Neo]

A youtube video of the launch:


Different shots from an RT video:

Congrats China, what a beauty!
Would love to see her in Gwadar in near future

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Thread is sticky, Name changed ..

 

[J20!]

The best pic of the launch I've seen so far:

 

[roma]

I doubt the pay load capacity of the su 33 fighters taking off from the aircraft carriers. They are heavy not suitable for carrier aviation.

there's one part of this forum we should be careful about
shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it

.
From Malakka Straight to Pacific lies American presence...
From Malakka Straight to Africa, you'll hardly see any American ships, in ME you'll find USN............
Ever head of string of pearls, whic.

..errrr you ever heard of Diego Garcia underwater facilities ??

China is a foolish country and making same mistake what US did. Maintaining 10 aircraft carrier is too costly. Shrinking chinese economy will find it difficult to maintain

there's one part of this forum we should be careful about
shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it

DO you want to deny that China manipulated GDP DATA?
Do you deny that Chinese GDP growth inspite of manipulation is lowest in last two decades?
Do you deny that a huge chunk of foreign currency wiped out from chinese exchequer some time ago?
Do you want to deny that china borrow 6USD to add 1 usd to its GDP?
Do you want to deny that china keeps its currency artificially low to stay relevant?

Answer this than we can take the discussion forward.

shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it

Congrats China, what a beauty!
Would love to see her in Gwadar in near future

yeh should be funnn ....lets get tariq Teddy and Nasir chinyoti as well .....can have Punjabi Totay on that ship ....reember to invite a few balochi fishermen , they will be impressed

 

[rizwan78]

there's one part of this forum we should be careful about
shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it



..errrr you ever heard of Diego Garcia underwater facilities ??



there's one part of this forum we should be careful about
shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it




shhhhh never mind , dont tell them , let them go ahead with it



yeh should be funnn ....lets get tariq Teddy and Nasir chinyoti as well .....can have Punjabi Totay on that ship ....reember to invite a few balochi fishermen , they will be impressed

Lol.... How u know about tariq taddy and nasir chinyoti? Those guys are monsters of jokes..

 

[Welcome]

They are making every thing ignominiously and we are still importing everything almost everything. our most of projects are still on paper. DRDO only ask money for projects and they fool indian. DRDO is just a bunch of fools and jokers. what they have build after DHRUV , TEJAS , INSAS or ARJUN etc........... 95% of DRDO projects are under development stage or rejected by armed forces.....

 

[roma]

Lol.... How u know about tariq taddy and nasir chinyoti? Those guys are monsters of jokes..

.... yes i like the parts i can understand
I watch them from time to time because Im trying to pick as much Punjabi as i can from the Pakistan side .....love the language ! and the culture too is ....simply fantastic ....

 

[rizwan78]

.... yes i like the parts i can understand
I watch them from time to time because Im trying to pick as much Punjabi as i can from the Pakistan side .....love the language ! and the culture too is ....simply fantastic ....

Sohail ahmed is my favorite, he is not rude like these....

 

[Rizvi Khan]

The best pic of the launch I've seen so far:

Why so many red toilet papers on it?

 

[Screambowl]

Why so many red toilet papers on it?

It's going to take decades for Chinese to learn about operating and getting first class experience on AC. Because India has been operating AC since decades, IN knows the weakness and how to counter such AC

They are making every thing ignominiously and we are still importing everything almost everything. our most of projects are still on paper. DRDO only ask money for projects and they fool indian. DRDO is just a bunch of fools and jokers. what they have build after DHRUV , TEJAS , INSAS or ARJUN etc........... 95% of DRDO projects are under development stage or rejected by armed forces.....

We don't show off

How many pics of Arihant have you seen?

 

[Amrk]

Double post, deleted..............