Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD)

Isos wrote:It should be considered as the 1st since the other one failed.

Why, its in the video, lying there dockside behind No2?

Anyway what's a little fire, similar to the K's?

Hole wrote:The ship already fullfiled its main purpose, to keep a few thousand workers busy. Scraping it would bring more benefits to the chinese economy then letting it sit on a peer for years to come.

Your are ignoring the work to repair the fire damage.

The US, France & Egypt didn' scrap theirs; they r UDKs in Russian parlance, & there will be plenty of things for them to do.
Russia could lease them for training until her own r ready.

I am sure they will sort their shit out and get them out to sea.

They are impressive sights, so they will look good travelling around the place on visits and I am sure they will be smart enough to use them more for good relations than killing people and stealing land like the evil white man uses them...

GarryB wrote:I am sure they will sort their shit out and get them out to sea.

They are impressive sights, so they will look good travelling around the place on visits and I am sure they will be smart enough to use them more for good relations than killing people and stealing land like the evil white man uses them...

How about goodwill trips to their major suppliers, NZ and Aus? The under Sydney Harbour Bridge photo opportunity not to be missed

So far 2 launched and 2 are under construction?

These are basically aircraft carriers that carry VTOL combat drones. Drones are the future. Manned aircraft are obsolete.

https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs/textron-demonstrates-vtol-aerosonde-as-it-snags-us-army-shadow-contract/120471.article

Chinese are fast. Zuk zuk zuk. Carrier. Zuk zuk zuk. Carrier. Not like Russians. Takes 10 years and still can't build a puny 5000 ton frigate when Chinese built 30 5000 ton frigates already.

True, but the VMF beat the PLAN in conducting CM strikes & deploying a CBG to a war zone. They have enough older DDGs +2 CGNs to modernize before building big FFGs.
Besides, China has no fleet of NP icebreakers to be truly independent on what SLOCs to use in her trade with Europe.

Tsavo Lion wrote:True, but the VMF beat the PLAN in conducting CM strikes & deploying a CBG to a war zone. They have enough older DDGs +2 CGNs to modernize before building big FFGs.
Besides, China has no fleet of NP icebreakers to be truly independent on what SLOCs to use in her trade with Europe.

About the ice breakers
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/china-reveals-details-newly-designed-heavy-icebreaker

And with your reasoning about modernizing russias older DDG and CGNs first they wont be able to build large frigates until 2030.

Type 075 is a light carrier that carries VTOL drones like these. https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs/textron-demonstrates-vtol-aerosonde-as-it-snags-us-army-shadow-contract/120471.article

For attack helicopters they might go for Ka-52K which is purpose built naval attack helicopter.

ultimatewarrior wrote:Type 075 is a light carrier that carries VTOL drones like these. https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs/textron-demonstrates-vtol-aerosonde-as-it-snags-us-army-shadow-contract/120471.article

For attack helicopters they might go for Ka-52K which is purpose built naval attack helicopter.

The Z-10 attack helicopter would probably be used on the Type 075.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/fast-and-furious-beijings-new-warship-built-in-lockdown/news-story/92a50b84d1ab5a5e7d5b28837d49d4bf

They could also sail with CBGs as extra helo/UAV carriers, allowing the CVs to carry more CTOL fighters., AWACSes, & CODs.
In the Arctic, they could accompany icebreakers & use their future STOVLs to help protect SLOCs across the N. Pole.

walle83 wrote:

ultimatewarrior wrote:Type 075 is a light carrier that carries VTOL drones like these. https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs/textron-demonstrates-vtol-aerosonde-as-it-snags-us-army-shadow-contract/120471.article

For attack helicopters they might go for Ka-52K which is purpose built naval attack helicopter.

The Z-10 attack helicopter would probably be used on the Type 075.

Helicopters lack the range and endurance of drones. Type 075 is mainly a drone carrier, not a helicopter carrier. Drones are the future. Manned aircraft are obsolete.

ultimatewarrior wrote:Helicopters lack the range and endurance of drones. Type 075 is mainly a drone carrier, not a helicopter carrier. Drones are the future. Manned aircraft are obsolete.

not all of them & not yet.
The Chinese helo carriers could also be used in the same way: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/03/french-navy-mistral-class-lhds-to-fight-covid-19-in-reunion-caribbean/

Tsavo Lion wrote:

ultimatewarrior wrote:Helicopters lack the range and endurance of drones. Type 075 is mainly a drone carrier, not a helicopter carrier. Drones are the future. Manned aircraft are obsolete.

not all of them & not yet.
The Chinese helo carriers could also be used in the same way: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/03/french-navy-mistral-class-lhds-to-fight-covid-19-in-reunion-caribbean/

Speaking of VTOL drones. China already have those. Not only VTOL drones, I'm pretty sure any prop powered drones can take off from it. Drone only need a short runway to take off.

Drones need short takeoff spaces because they are generally tiny and short ranged.

The really big drones that have range and speed and endurance also need full sized runways to take off and to land.

Drones have potential in a lot of areas, but the only naval vessel equipped with drones only would be the modified "special purpose" converted SSBNs used to test UUVs and other drones... ultimately for deployment on conventional vessels.

Helicopters are versatile and useful, but also relatively big and heavy and expensive to operate compared with a conventional aircraft.

Drones can do quite a range of jobs you would otherwise need a helicopter for, which saves money and reduces wear and tear on your expensive helos, but they certainly can't do everything a helo does so you still need the helos.

The Russians are in the final stages of creating the Minoga... the replacement for the Helix family... it will likely have a coaxial rotor arrangement like previous Kamovs, but also a pusher device (propeller or jet we don't know) to get its flight speed up to 500km/h or faster... and it is supposed to operate from the same platforms the Helix operates from which should be a huge boost in naval helo performance. A mixed force of these new aircraft and of course the Ka-52s adapted especially for naval use should make a rather potent force for use on the new Russian helicopter carriers and I suspect the Chinese will take note and adapt anything they see as useful for their own new helicopter carriers...

Nothing to do with just blind copying and just a case of adapting new ideas to improve performance...

First vessel getting ready for sea trials. Supose to leave the harbor tomorrow.

The catapult must take lot of space inside which translate in lower capacity for landings.

it won't take lot of space inside unless it's a steam catapult & it has nothing to do with "lower capacity for landings".