If you look at the Lat/Long in Google Earth, it's clearly not the same thing.
Brett
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Chinese Aircraft Carriers
- Thread starter HeyJoe
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If you look at the Lat/Long in Google Earth, it's clearly not the same thing.
Brett
Does anyone know how big she is? Compared to a Nimitz?
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag
So about a third the size.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag
So about a third the size.
The Chinese actually bought 3 former Soviet/Russian 'aircraft carriers'. Two were of the former Kiev class, which carried S/VTOL aircraft only. The third was the ex-Varyag, which did not have engines or electronics when she was sold (basically without the guts).
The two Kiev types are amusement parks but the ex-Varyag is still hanging out in the shipyard. The only former Soviet aircraft carrier that is certain to be used for its originally intended function right now is the ex-Admiral Gorshkov which is being converted to a conventional carrier for the Indians, the INS Vikramaditya.
Navy War College paper on Chinese carrier ambitions:
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2004/Winter/art6-w04.htm
It also points out the first carrier purchase the Chinese made over 20 years ago, the former HMAS Melbourne, Australia's last carrier.
Details on the INS Vikramaditya:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/r-vikramaditya.htm
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Vikramaditya.html
You need to learn how to convert meters to feet, she is a lot more like 70-90% of the size of the Nimitz (displacement and length):
ex-Varyag
Length: 300 metres overall
270 metres at waterline
Beam: 73 metres overall
38 metres at waterline
66,600-67,500 tonnes full load
Nimitz class
Overall length: 1,092 feet (333 meters)
Overall width: 252 feet (
Beam at waterline: 134 feet (40.8 meters)
Full load displacement: About 95,000 tons
http://www.nimitz.navy.mil/_links/shipinformation.html
What appears to be a replica Nimitz class carrier spotted in a land locked lake in China via Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.105126,121.01404&z=18&hl=en&t=h
Whether this is a hoax or real, it freaked me out at first.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.105126,121.01404&z=18&hl=en&t=h
Whether this is a hoax or real, it freaked me out at first.
I think this is related to that China-carrier thread from earlier - someone said that it's a mall or theme park. Something like that.
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137173&highlight=china+carrier
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137173&highlight=china+carrier
Yup, false alarm
http://www.bobhenneman.info/china.htm
Mods can now do what they do best with this topic if they like.
http://www.bobhenneman.info/china.htm
Mods can now do what they do best with this topic if they like.
Merged. Nice find!
Rumors have been abound for years since the Chinese have acquired former Russian Navy aviation related ships and aircraft, but now they have purchased 4 arresting gear systems indicating possibly that they intend to build two new carriers and finish outfitting the Varyag (bought incomplete from Ukraine for $20M supposedly to turn it into a floating casino). See Varyag link for lots of images.
Now DIA Chief warns of Chinese intentions to build aircraft carriers
