China developing 180,000-ton double-hull aircraft carrier

[no smoking]

China to build six aircraft carriers by 2020 | China Daily Mail

No idea how they can build 6 in just 7 years.

Don't you notice "Elite Reference magazine says" at the begining of the article?

It just like an american newspaper publishing a French paperwork to claim that NASA didn't land on the moon!

 

[Known_Unknown]

Such monster weapons are usually quite impractical in a real war:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

 

[pmaitra]

I think the design should be called a catamaran hulled air-craft carrier.

Double-hulled could be:

• Catamaran - Two hulls adjacent to each other.
• Matryoshka - One hull inside the other.

 

[badguy2000]

China to build six aircraft carriers by 2020 | China Daily Mail

No idea how they can build 6 in just 7 years.

well,china has more modern shipyards than any other country. it is the by far largest industry producer in the world now. it is not surprise at all that china can produce faster than others,once it master the tech.

 

[nirranj]

well,china has more modern shipyards than any other country. it is the by far largest industry producer in the world now. it is not surprise at all that china can produce faster than others,once it master the tech.

But building 6 in 7 years is more like building them at war footing. either china has a plan to invade some country(s) after 2020 or china has a clear evidence that it will be invaded by some nations after 2020.

 

[s002wjh]

china at best will have 2, maybe 3 by 2020 thats including the one they already have

 

[t_co]

But building 6 in 7 years is more like building them at war footing. either china has a plan to invade some country(s) after 2020 or china has a clear evidence that it will be invaded by some nations after 2020.

It could also be because China wants to keep its shipyards profitable; the world shipbuilding industry is in a really bad spot due to lowered demand for dry bulk shipping (check the 10 year chart for the Baltic Dry Index). The simplest way to address lowered demand is by feeding naval contracts through those shipyards.

Of course, lowered demand for commercial shipping won't free up any supply for military-specific naval subsystems (radars, missiles, catapults, naval aircraft), which may create bottlenecks - unless China begins importing them en masse from abroad or engages in a large investment program at home.

 

[Ray]

china at best will have 2, maybe 3 by 2020 thats including the one they already have

May have even more!