[🇨🇳] China Launches the Type 076 LHD 'Sichuan' - Its New Aircraft Carrier!

[Jiangnan]

Date of Event: Dec 27, 2024

Source: https://www.twz.com/sea/chinas-monster-type-076-amphibious-assault-ship-seen-like-never-before-at-launch-ceremony

Ship number "51".

Named after "Sichuan Province".

Displacement 50000+ tons.

integrated electric propulsion

Electromagnetic catapult

 

[Dogun18]

@Lulldapull @Sharma Ji @Vsdoc @Mainerik @Krishna with Flute @Bilal9 @Saif @Guru Dutt @Paitoo

 

[Vsdoc]

@Lulldapull @Sharma Ji @Vsdoc @Mainerik @Krishna with Flute @Bilal9 @Saif @Guru Dutt @Paitoo

To mai kya karun?

 

[Sharma Ji]

Congrats to China on their chusian carrier.

Why do they need a catapult for a landing helicopter dock vessel ?

 

[Jiangnan]

Congrats to China on their chusian carrier.

Why do they need a catapult for a landing helicopter dock vessel ?

Because type 076 also launched J-35A.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

@Lulldapull @Sharma Ji @Vsdoc @Mainerik @Krishna with Flute @Bilal9 @Saif @Guru Dutt @Paitoo

Its capabilities need to be seen. It should be seen whether they are capable of blue water operations.

 

[Saif]

Ship number "51".

Named after "Sichuan Province".

Displacement 50000+ tons.

integrated electric propulsion

Electromagnetic catapult

Is it nuclear powered?

 

[Jiangnan]

Is it nuclear powered?

NO. It doesn't need to be nuclear powered.

 

[Jiangnan]

 

[Jiangnan]

China's Monster Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship Seen Like Never Before At Launch Ceremony

Despite a launch ceremony, the Type 076, now named Sichuan, do no look to have gone into the water, but that milestone looks to be imminent.

www.twz.com