Jamie Seidel is a freelance writer.

Chinese navy catamaran aircraft carrier. The Chinese navy has two aircraft carriers the Liaoning and Shandong. A new aircraft carrier being built in Shanghai is significantly larger than the current two in service with the Chinese Navy PLAN Peoples liberation Army Navy. Chinas catamaran-style Type 22 fast attack craft is designed to overwhelm much larger targets such as US.

Chinas New Concept Aircraft Carrier Reply 30th Jul 2011 1446. Chinas third aircraft carrier will be considerably larger than its predecessors the Liaoning and Shandong which each measure 3045 meters in length. The concrete carrier a full-sized mock-up of a real Chinese Navy aircraft carrier was built at Wuhan over 10 years ago.

Combined with the expected CATOBAR configuration where jets are launched by a catapult and recovered using arrestor gear it should also be able to carry heavier planes. Building aircraft carriers even in China is incredibly expensive. In August 2011 Chinas first aircraft carrier began sea trials.

China has introduced its first aircraft carrier but according to a June 8 2011 BBC News article the vessel is nothing close to what is described in this eRumor. Such a monumental national investment needs to be de-risked. It is a serious development and evaluation site used to test the most basic design features.

The HSV 2 in the photo has a displacement of less than 5 percent the size of the Russian design. Catamarans are multi-hulled vessels with the hulls in parallel. In the future the Chinese navys selection of the J-15 as its first ever carrier-borne fighter aircraft will likely be seen as a prescient decision.

In addition to electro-magnetic launch capabilities the Type 004 would be the first aircraft carrier in Chinas navy. Construction began in November 2013 and the ship was launched in 26 April 2017. Catamaran Aircraft Carrier.