China militarizing Aircraft carrier from Ukraine

[locksly]

The Chinese are building the large Aircraft carrier they bought from Russia as a copy of the compleated twin or sister ship. They are building two other carriers also to challenge us for control of the seas in Asia.
These ships may us the Russian aircraft called Sukhoi Su-33 or The Sukhoi Su-25.
Locksly

The Sukhoi Su-33 (NATO reporting name ‘Flanker-D’) is a carrier-based multi-role fighter aircraft produced by Russian firm Sukhoi beginning in 1982. It is a derivative of the Su-27 ‘Flanker’ and was initially known as the Su-27K. The main differences from the Su-27 are that the Su-33 can operate from aircraft carriers and is capable of aerial refueling.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-33

The Sukhoi Su-25 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It was designed to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The first prototype made its maiden flight on 22 February 1975. After testing, the aircraft went into series production in 1978 at Tbilisi in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. NATO assigned the new aircraft the reporting name "Frogfoot". Russian pilots nicknamed it "Grach" ("Rook").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-25

Kamov Ka-27 (NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, South Korea, China and India. Variants include the Ka-29 assault transport, the Ka-28 downgraded export version, and the Ka-32 for civilian use.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-27

The Yakovlev Yak-38 (NATO reporting name: Forger) was Soviet Naval Aviation's first and only operational VTOL multi-role combat aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak-38




China bought the unfinished Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag in 2001 from Ukraine, supposedly to turn it into a floating casino. Pictures taken while in port suggest this plan has been abandoned and show that work is being carried out to maintain its military function. There is no conclusive evidence as to what role it would play in the Chinese Navy.

In late December in 2008 and early January, there were multiple reports of China building two conventionally powered aircraft carriers displacing 50,000–60,000 tonnes. These are said to be launched in 2015.[3] In 2009, for the first time, official Chinese state media quoted Defense Minister Liang Guanglie stating China's intention to build aircraft carriers[4].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraf...r#Chinese_Navy

Varyag was to be an Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier. She was known as Riga[2] when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) in Nikolayev December 6, 1985,[3] and she was launched December 4, 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990, after the famous Russian cruiser.

Construction stopped by 1992 with the ship structurally complete but without electronics. Ownership was transferred to Ukraine as the Soviet Union broke up and the ship was laid up unmaintained, then stripped. In early 1998, she lacked engines, a rudder, and much of her operating systems. She was put up for auction.

Currently the ship is being examined and repaired by China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) after purchasing it at auction[4]. It was widely reported that the ship would become a casino in the Chinese SAR of Macau. This has been proven incorrect as the ship is in a drydock in Dalian and painted PLAN grey. News reports state that the ship is being refitted to be returned to operational status

Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag

The Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carriers (also known as Project 1143.5, the Brezhnev class, or the Kreml class[1]) has only one functional unit, Admiral Kuznetsov. The only other ship in her class, Varyag, was never commissioned and was sold to China.
Builders: Chernomorsky Shipyard 444
Operators: Soviet Navy
Russian Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
In service: 21 January 1991
Completed: 2
Active: Admiral Kuznetsov
Preserved: Varyag
General characteristics
Displacement: 67,000 tons
Length: 302 m (991 ft)
Beam: 72 m (236 ft)
Draught: 11 m (36 ft)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
200,000 shp
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 8,500 miles
Complement: 1,500
Armament: 12 SS-N-19 Shipwreck anti-ship missiles
192 SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAMs
8 CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS mounts
8 AK-630 AA guns
1 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launcher
Aircraft carried: 50, including
Su-33 fighters
Su-25 strike aircraft
Ka-27 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Angled arrested landing flight deck
Bow ski jump

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[locksly]

They may have some of those Russian missles for us to and some anti-missle weapons and escort ships to protect them . The Chinese will most likely use it to keep us from helping Taiwan if they invade it . If they stay close to shore thier shore based aircraft will be able to help the carrier too.

Locksley


The P-700 Granit (Russian: П-700 "Гранит"; English: granite) is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M45, its NATO reporting name SS-N-19 Shipwreck. It comes in ASCM and SLCM variants.
The P-700 was designed in the 1970s to replace the P-70 Ametist and P-120 Malakhit, both effective missiles but with too short a range in the face of improving weapons of US Navy carrier battle groups. The missile was partially derived from the P-500 Bazalt.

Built by Chelomei/NPO Mashinostroenia, the bulging 10m missile has swept-back wings and tail, weighs around 7,000 kilograms and can be fitted with either a 750 kg HE warhead, a FAE warhead, or a 500 kt nuclear warhead. It is launched by circular solid-fuel booster before moving into sustained flight with a turbojet KR-93 engine, the missile has a distinctive annular air intake in the nose to power the engine. Maximum speed is believed to be around Mach 2.5, experimental version fitted with a ramjet 4D 04 engine can accelerate up to a top speed of Mach 4. Range is estimated at 550 to 625 km.[1] The guidance system is mixed-mode, with inertial, active terminal guidance with radar and also anti-radar homing. Mid-course correction is probable.

The missile, when fired in a swarm (group of 4-8) has a unique guidance mode. One of the weapons climbs to a higher altitude and designates targets while the others attack. The missile responsible for target designation climbs in short pop-ups, so as to be harder to intercept. The missiles are linked by data connections, forming a network. Missiles are able to differentiate targets, detect groups and prioritize targets automatically using information gathered during flight and types of ships and battle formations pre-programmed in an onboard computer. They will attack targets in order of priority, highest to lowest: after destroying the first target, remaining missiles will attack the next prioritized target.[2] [3]. See also P-500 Bazalt for more details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-19_Shipwreck


The Kashtan (Russian: Каштан) (Chestnut) Close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence weapon deployed by the Russian Navy.

It is found on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, Kirov class battlecruisers, Neustrashimy class frigates and other modern designs. Most typically deployed as a combined gun and missile system, it provides defence against anti-ship missiles, anti-radar missiles and guided bombs. The system can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft or even surface vessels such as fast attack boats or targets on shore. The AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system's primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles, and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. This was one of the first ever CIWS systems; when it was developed, there were no Phalanx, DARDO or Goalkeeper systems. The long time requested to became operational eroded partially this advantage. But his diffusion began soon to be very wide and fast, up to 8 in every new soviet warship (from mine-hunters to aircraft carriers), with hundreds made as total. Maybe only Phalanx was produced in even greater numbers, but no so swiftly: in 1984 there were 220 systems in the USN, with another 150 ordered, with 52 more sold to other countries[1].

It can be described as the Soviet counterpart to the United States Phalanx CIWS.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-630




The Type 730 is a Chinese seven-barrelled 30 mm Gatling gun CIWS. It has a PLA-N designation H/PJ12. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar, and electro-optical tracking systems. The maximum rate of fire is from 4200 rd/m to 5800 rd/m, and the effective range is up to 3 km.
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The system's primary purpose is defence against anti-ship missiles, and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. Though externally similar to the Dutch Goalkeeper in appearance, it is thought to operate indigenous radar and optical systems. Another reported source of technology was reported to be the French which had experimented with the same General Electric EX-83 mount for their CIWS requirements. Two systems, SAGEM's SAMOS and the Thomson-CSF's SATAN were under evaluation in October 1987. The SAGEM SAMOS system featured the EX-83 mount with a SAGEM VOLCAN optical director, while the Thomson-CSF variant was controlled with a off-board Castor IIJ fire-control radar. Photos of the prototype Type 730 unit under trial apparently shows a SAGEM VOLCAN EO director in place of the domestic OFC-3 EO director.