China to target U.S. aircraft carriers

WTF




carrier in 2006

Taipei, June 28 (CNA) China will begin to build its first aircraft carrier in August at a cost of 30 billion yuan (about US$362 million), according to a report by China's www.Boxun.com. The report said the carrier, which the web site claims will have a displacement of 78,000 tons, will be built by the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai although this has been denied by Zhan Guangqin, deputy chief of China's Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense. The unconfirmed report quoted an unnamed engineer at the shipyard as saying that Russian experts will help with the fitting of a steam-turbine propeller that will give the giant vessel a top speed of 32 knots. It claimed that the carrier will go into service in 2006 at the earliest and that it will take two more years to combine the operations of the vessel with those of jet fighters to form a combative force. Weapons experts, however, pointed out that it seems "too optimistic" to build an aircraft carrier in just one year and to develop a battle group in three years. (By Han Nai-kuo) ENDITEM/J 


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I kind of get the feeling that in the same way as WW2 marked the end of the battle ship era, current weapons developements may result in carrier battle groups being made obsolete should there be a carrier battle group conflict in the years ahead.

This would not be good new for my friends serving on carriers.

China will possess a carrier, an ICBM sub, and AEGIS class cruisers (possibly by next year), so could technically put together a carrier battle group by then.

Two 21st century carrier battle groups going head to head...now that would be one for the history books.

this wiull push the us to new tech be it for good or bad.

... china is improving their navy with the Russians... they are getting new aircraft carriers