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Today, we discuss China's third aircraft carrier that is about to be launched.
The construction of China's second domestically-built aircraft carrier is already finished.
Western media on this significant development of China's maritime power is rapidly increasing,
so it is with Chinese military fans.
According to publicly available photos taken by civilian camera satellites, the dock where
China's second domestic aircraft carrier is located has begun to be filled with water,
which means that the most critical launching work for the ship's construction has essentially
begun, a crucial step on the road to enhancing the strength of the Chinese Navy's aircraft
carriers.
On June 14, 2022, "The Drive" reported that the launch of the Chinese Navy's Type 003
aircraft carrier was in sight, according to satellite images provided by satellite photo
provider Planet Labs PBC, an American public Earth imaging company based in San Francisco,
California.
It is noteworthy that the company's goal is to image the entirety of the Earth every day
to monitor changes and pinpoint trends.
Although the company's camera satellites can not capture vivid details of individual activities
on Earth, drawing your curtains at night is still advisable to avoid exposing private
affairs to the whole world.
A satellite image of the Type 003 aircraft carrier taken by the Planet Labs on the afternoon
of June 14, 2022, at Beijing time, shows that water filling has begun in the dock where
the third Chinese aircraft carrier is located.
The satellite image provided by Planet Labs was reportedly taken at 3:21 PM.
Beijing time on June 14 and released to the public in the early morning of June 15.
According to the photo, the Type 003 aircraft carrier has begun filling water in the large
dry dock.
At the same time, all kinds of pipes and most of the sheltered sheds on the carrier's flight
deck, which is in the final stage of construction, have been removed, leaving only three sheds
covering the installation location of the carrier's electromagnetic catapult.
Full flags have been hoisted on the carrier, and other celebratory decorations such as
banners are being prepared.
Western media and military fans have talked about the third Chinese carrier's electromagnetic
catapult, an eyeball-grabbing feature in the past two years.
It has been over three years since the US Navy received the $13 billion worth USS Gerald
Ford aircraft carrier.
Still, its electromagnetic catapult can not reliably work because of technical problems.
A Chinese scientist in charge of the electromagnetic catapult system development says China is
at least ten years ahead of the United States in this regard.
We will see whether he is correct soon if the type 003 carrier is equipped with the
electromagnetic catapult system.
It has not been confirmed whether the new carrier will have such a system.
Military fans and related experts expect there should be three electromagnetic catapult systems
based on what the leaked images have suggested.
Suppose the Chinese carrier, presumably named Jiangsu, can lance or eject three warplanes
within a minute.
In that case, it will significantly strengthen the Chinese Navy's ability to defend its coastline,
islands, and commercial sea routes.
Two weeks ago, the Shanghai Maritime Bureau announced removing five other merchant ships
located in the same dock area, believed to be preparatory work for the carrier's launch.
The Type 003 aircraft carrier is the second domestically built aircraft carrier in China
and will soon be the country's third aircraft carrier.
In response to China's growing Navy, The Drive website has commented that the 003 carrier
is key to China's efforts to expand and improve its overall military capability and cast that
power beyond its borders.
The Chinese Navy's first carrier, the Type 001 Liaoning, is a continuation or restoration
of the uncompleted Soviet-built carrier Varyag, which Ukraine sold to a Chinese merchant for
non-military purposes.
The country's first domestic carrier, the Type 002 Shandong, is an improved version
based on the design of the Liaoning aircraft carrier.
Both carriers are not equipped with catapults.
According to "the Drive" website, catapults can significantly increase aircraft payload
and allow more carrier design possibilities.
The type 003 carrier will likely use electromagnetic catapults instead of traditional steam catapults.
In November 2020, China's official news agency, CCTV, reported a Chinese J-15 warplane was
ejected by the electromagnetic catapult.
Hundreds of such successful tests were widely broadcasted in the following months, making
people believe the new aircraft carrier would have the electromagnetic catapult, not the
initially designed steam catapult.
However, the J-15 warplane is a fourth-generation fighter, and China's new aircraft carrier
may have better fighter jets shortly.
According to The Drive, the Type 003 carrier will almost certainly carry newer carrier-based
aircraft, including the J-35 stealth carrier and the KJ-600 naval early warning aircraft
that China is currently developing.
The two are similar to the US Navy's F-35 fighter and The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye.
At the same time, the J-15T fighter and J-15D electronic warfare aircraft may also take
off from the Type 003 aircraft carrier.
The Drive, a US website, attributes this similarity to the Chinese carrier force mix "mimicking"
the formation of future US carrier-based aircraft wings.
It also notes that the Chinese Navy will be equipping its carriers and other ships with
various military drone platforms.
The Drive predicts that it may take several years after the launch of the Type 003 carrier
before it enters full service.
The US military has recently publicly predicted that the ship could enter service in 2024.
It is worth mentioning that China's neighbour, India, will launch its second aircraft carrier,
probably in August 2022.
Reports say that it takes India around thirty years to build the ship.
We have to say, Indian people are not only as hardworking as the Chinese but also very
persistent and persevering.
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