SNAFU!: China building 2nd aircraft carrier...: via military.crn.cn Defense Ministry Affairs, Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun Colonel A reporter asked. China Military Online rep...
50,000 tons in the Hyperlittoral seems about right. It will be tough as hell, all lessons from UK, IJ and US carrier ops since 1940 related to damage control, hull construction, (MilSpec no commercial rubbish like UKplc since 1945) and operational continuity will have been absorbed.
What this ship really needs is not a VSTOL muppetry analogue but a shed load of hyperlittoral tilt rotors/fans. 350knots on the deck, 3hrs duration, shit load of payload and built like Sturmoviks.
HAPPY NEW YEAR chums.
