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recently, two photos of the fujian ship have attracted widespread attention on social media. the first is a full-body photo of the fujian ship, but the shooting angle is not the traditional front view, but the side and rear of the fujian ship, which makes the angle slightly different. the second is a close-up photo of the fujian ship's island, from which we can see that the fujian ship's island is small in size, compact in layout, simple in appearance, and highly integrated, surpassing the us nimitz-class and ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. it can be seen that as more details are revealed, the fujian ship will only have more and more surprises.

when talking about the first full-body photo of the fujian, the topic that people are most concerned about is that the fujian is only equipped with two aircraft elevators. they believe that the number of aircraft elevators on the fujian should be learned from the us nimitz class (4 aircraft elevators), so that it can be considered a true super aircraft carrier. however, to people's regret, the fujian still uses the same design as the french "charles de gaulle" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the british "queen elizabeth" class aircraft carrier, that is, there are two aircraft elevators on the starboard side of the ship.

some people think that this design will only reduce the number of carrier-based aircraft and affect the dispatch rate of carrier-based aircraft, but this statement is too one-sided. for example, the ford-class aircraft carrier is not equipped with 4 aircraft elevators, but 3 aircraft elevators, two of which are located on the starboard side of the ship, and the other is located on the port side of the ship. this change still does not affect its status in people's minds.

the reason why the ford class does this is entirely to reduce weight. the reason is that the ford class is installed with more new equipment, especially the dual-band radar system installed on the island, which has a great impact on the weight index and stability of the entire ship. for this reason, ford can only solve the above problems by reducing the number of aircraft elevators, thereby saving hundreds of tons of weight.

in addition, it is also pointed out that due to the lack of aircraft elevators on the port side of the fujian ship, the electromagnetic catapult on the port side angled deck will not be supported. the carrier-based aircraft needs to cross the entire flight deck during the catapult operation and have to be transported from the starboard elevator of the ship. so does this statement make sense? the answer is of course no. in july 1997, as part of the joint military exercise (jtfex97-2), the us navy dispatched the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "carl vinson" and the 9th carrier air wing to launch a 4-day high-intensity attack exercise.

afterwards, the us navy concluded that even if the aircraft elevator on the port side was abandoned, it would not have much impact on the daily operations of the aircraft carrier's deck, that is, less than 1/8 of the total number of times it was used. it can be seen that the configuration of two two-seat aircraft elevators on the fujian ship will neither reduce the number of carrier-based aircraft nor affect the dispatch rate of carrier-based aircraft. furthermore, if the flight deck of the fujian ship can accommodate 25 to 30 carrier-based aircraft in the best operating state, two elevators can already meet the transfer requirements of carrier-based aircraft.

in addition, it can also reduce the weight of the structure and lower the cost. therefore, it can be said that the fujian ship adopts this kind of design, which is the best choice at present, and it will not shake its status as a super aircraft carrier. before discussing the fujian ship island, it is necessary to look at the development law of the us navy's aircraft carrier island. after the end of world war ii, the us navy's aircraft carrier island showed a trend of gradually shrinking in size and being positioned further back.

as for this situation, it is because nuclear-powered aircraft carriers do not need to take into account the smoke ducts required by conventional power systems, so the island can be built smaller, and the rear position is to leave more deck operation space, which will also improve the observation effect of the entire ship. looking back at the fujian ship's island, the reason why it is designed in the middle is due to the layout of the smoke ducts of the conventional power system. in other words, if the nuclear power system is adopted, the location of the island of my country's subsequent aircraft carriers will also change.

secondly, the fujian ship's island is small in size and simple in appearance. the so-called small size is mainly reflected in the length of the island, which is about 41 meters, only about 3 meters longer than the retired us navy "kitty hawk" aircraft carrier island (length of 38 meters). it should be pointed out that this was completed when equipped with 4 phased array radar antennas, which shows that my country has already made great efforts in miniaturization of the island.

as for the simple appearance, it is composed of stealth and high integration. the inclination and fold line design on the fujian ship's island is clear at a glance. this design can significantly reduce the radar reflection cross-sectional area of ​​the island, thereby effectively improving the stealth performance of the island. in addition to the four large active phased array radar antennas, the top of the fujian ship's island is also equipped with an integrated radio frequency mast, whose octagonal configuration surface is an integrated radio frequency antenna, which is in sharp contrast to the dazzling array of islands on the us navy's ford class.

by comparing the fujian and ford-class ships, it can be found that during normal deck operations, only one bow catapult and one side catapult are used. under the background of high-density shutdowns, the ford-class's island is very far back, with more shutdowns at the front. the aircraft in front of the island can be dispatched very flexibly regardless of whether they use the front or side catapults.

for the fujian ship, after the carrier-based aircraft docked in front and behind the island are allocated to two catapults, the number of carrier-based aircraft allocated to each catapult is almost the same. this shows that this design is quite reasonable. as for why this happens, the reason is that the fujian ship is relatively large and can park more carrier-based aircraft for maintenance.

through the above analysis, we can see that the one-sided statement behind the full-body photo of the fujian ship that there are only two aircraft elevators will affect the number of carrier-based aircraft and the dispatch rate is obviously untenable. in addition, the debate about whether the fujian ship is a super aircraft carrier can also end here. as for the close-up photo of the fujian ship's island, it also directly shows that my country has not only caught up with the us navy's aircraft carrier in terms of miniaturization, integration and stealth, but has also surpassed it, so it is worth celebrating.