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Haijun watcher
PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:55 am 
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Official design model pictures at the link below; the island looks less like the island of the conventionally-powered carrier Liaoning already in PLA-N service.

China Defense blogspot

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Sunday, June 15, 2014
Chinese Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (CVN): Design Finalized

China-Defense Forum members were somewhat astounded today when pictures were released on Chinese internet forums of what is certainly a model of the first Chinese nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) on display at an official event in Zhongshan.

While it being just a model might not seem that significant to many, there are telltales about the model in these pics that indicate it's genuine. In fact, it represents a final design for the new CVN has been approved by PLAN for production.

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The hull number 18 falls in line with previous expectations that the first "all-indigenous" Chinese carrier design would be nuclear-powered and is expected to be the "002 Class". As the currently in-service CV LIAONING is hull number 16, this seems to imply hull number 17 will be the 001A class, a Chinese-built KUZNETSOV-class CV.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:00 pm 
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I have doubts it's official - just look at how clunky those aircraft are. And those toy-like deck vehicles. And the complete lack of detailing on the hull and deck. Yeah, it's got some PE railings, but even those are shoddily done (paint filling the between-rails gap, for example) and it's a far cry from the quality expected of an official model by a shipyard or design firm - especially not the firm that'll be producing the country's next flagship! It'll be like expecting Northrop Grumman to kitbash an old 1/800 Arii Nimitz into a Ford and putting that on formal display - unbelievable.

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As you say Tim , unbelievable but it will be interesting what ever they eventually come up with. Over time more information will be leaked and the internet is everywhere, so sooner or later we will see something. Until this happens it is nice to see a nice model at least.

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interesting. looks more like USN style flight deck design if this is really what they're going with.
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