With the launch of the "Fujian" aircraft carrier, most of the attention of Chinese military fans, especially aircraft carrier fans, has been attracted by the "Fujian" aircraft carrier. The "Shandong" aircraft carrier, like the 075-class amphibious assault ship, has become a "Mrs. Niu" in the eyes of many military fans. But recent photos show that the "Shandong" aircraft carrier has been "launched for the second time" and moved from the dry dock of the Dalian Shipyard to a dedicated berth.
At the same time, the Chinese Navy's Type 901 ocean-going supply ship "Hulun Lake" has also arrived at the Dalian Shipyard and is anchored not far from the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. In addition, the No. 89 aircraft carrier support ship is also parked not far from the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. The ship is actually the "large-scale dormitory at sea" for the crew of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. The appearance of these two giant ships proves that the "Shandong" aircraft carrier will soon resupply fuel, ammunition and other supplies, and the crew will reboard the ship. Soon the "Shandong" aircraft carrier will be able to return to the south. Return to the South China Sea Fleet and enhance the combat effectiveness of the South China Sea Fleet.
The supply ship "Hulun Lake" has also arrived.
html The aircraft carrier support ship No. 089
This time the "Shandong" aircraft carrier carried out routine maintenance on the entire ship. The flight deck was painted with a new anti-skid coating and blocked Cable and blocknet were tested. Many people have actually learned about blocking cables, but fewer people know about blocking nets.
Blocking net
In fact, the blocking net is also an emergency blocking method on the aircraft carrier . It is specially used in emergencies, such as the landing hook of the carrier-based aircraft cannot hook the arresting rope, or the carrier-based aircraft is not able to hook the arresting rope. Normal landing is not possible under other circumstances. At this time, the deck operators will raise the blocking net to urgently intercept the carrier-based aircraft.
However, the biggest highlight of the current "Shandong" aircraft carrier is the two very interesting J-15 carrier-based aircraft . During the maintenance period of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier, basically all the J-15 carrier-based aircraft on the "Shandong" ship were transferred to land-based airports for training. The two J-15 carrier-based aircraft that appeared on the flight deck of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier this time are model aircraft. If you look closely, you can find that they are actually model aircraft of two J-15D electronic warfare aircraft. According to the naming rules disclosed by the aviation industry, the name of a fixed-wing carrier-based fighter must contain the word "shark", so the name of the J-15D is basically "Electric Flying Shark".
During the maintenance of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier hangar and flight deck need to be comprehensively overhauled and repainted with various coatings, so the carrier-based aircraft will be emptied. Therefore, it can be confirmed that these two J-15D "Electric Flying Shark" model aircraft were recently lifted to the flight deck of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carrier-based aircraft model is not only close in appearance to the real aircraft carrier-based aircraft. In order to simulate the dispatching process of the aircraft carrier-based aircraft, the model aircraft will also have some basic capabilities of the aircraft carrier-based aircraft, so as to make preparations for the real aircraft to be put on the ship. Be prepared. Especially for electronic warfare aircraft such as the J-15D, it is necessary to consider whether which equipment is turned on or off will affect the normal communication between other carrier-based aircraft and the aviation control center.
No matter how you look at it, it is inevitable that the J-15D "Electric Flying Shark" will board the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. For the Chinese Navy, although it now has the more powerful electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier "Fujian". However, the "Fujian" aircraft carrier still needs a long time to outfit, sea trials and run-in with carrier-based aircraft. It is estimated that it will not have combat capabilities in two or three years.
There was a gap of 27 months between the official commissioning of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier and its first return to the Dalian Shipyard for maintenance. According to this time estimate, before the next aircraft carrier "Shandong" returns to Dalian Shipyard for maintenance, the "Fujian" aircraft carrier should be able to officially enter service in the Chinese Navy. Prior to this, the "Shandong" aircraft carrier was the aircraft carrier with the strongest comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy.
Although many people now suggest that either the ski jump take-off deck of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier be changed to a flat deck and the electromagnetic catapult be installed.Or directly install an electromagnetic catapult on the angled flight deck of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier to enhance the carrier-based aircraft projection capability of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. It cannot be said that this suggestion is not feasible, but at least before the "Fujian" aircraft carrier is put into service, the "Shandong" aircraft carrier can still only use ski jump takeoff to launch carrier-based aircraft.
Under this circumstance, equipping the "Shandong" aircraft carrier with other types of carrier-based aircraft has become the fastest and most direct way to improve the combat effectiveness of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier. Referring to the deployment method of the E/A-18G "Growler" electronic warfare aircraft of the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft force, the number of J-15D electronic warfare aircraft deployed on the "Shandong" aircraft carrier should be about 4-5. Of course, this is enough for the current J-15D electronic fighter.
After being equipped with the J-15D electronic warfare aircraft, the South China Sea Fleet will be more confident when facing the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group. Not only can it conduct electromagnetic interference to the US military's aircraft carrier battle group during military exercises, it can also compete with the US Navy's F-35C stealth carrier-based aircraft to a certain extent.
Of course, what I am more curious about is whether the J-15D electronic fighter that eventually served on the "Shandong" aircraft carrier was a "ski jump version"? If so, it means that the J-15D is also divided into two different versions: ski jump take-off and catapult take-off, and there will be some changes in use. But if not, it means that the J-15D can directly participate in the carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing tests of the "Fujian" aircraft carrier.
When the "Fujian" aircraft carrier completes all test subjects, it is likely to carry four carrier-based aircraft, namely the J-35, J-15T, KJ-600 and J-15D, and officially enter service at the same time.
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