China developing 180,000-ton catamaran aircraft carrier

[jimmy olsen]

That'd be an absolute disaster waiting to happen. Too bad this is just bullshit propaganda. 

http://chinadailymail.com/2013/10/07/china-developing-180000-ton-double-hull-aircraft-carrier/

China developing 180,000-ton double-hull aircraft carrier

Posted by chankaiyee2 ⋅ October 7, 2013   ⋅ 4 Comments

Qianzhan.com said in its report yesterday: China has to put an end to its old practice of following others countries' footsteps.

Sources say that through meticulous engineering and mechanical analysis, China will conduct research and development of the first 180,000-ton double hull aircraft carrier in the world.

If successful, it will be a movable Chinese territory with maritime hegemony.

It will have a huge capacity, capable of carrying 125 J-20 fighter jets enough to destroy any existing aircraft carrier in the world.

Sources say that China conducts research into a 180,000-ton double hull aircraft carrier because compared with a monohull aircraft carrier, it has exceptional advantages.

A double hull carrier may have two identical runways for simultaneous taking off and landing.

In addition the diagonal runway on the existing Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is too short to be free of the risk of crash.

[Brazen]

Ah man, thought you'd found my scoop for today, but can't find any single piece of corroborating evidence.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Makes it thrice as expensive and twice as likely to sink.

[Neil]

Well, they're sort of developing it, the same way the Japanese were developing the Super Yamato battleships or the British developed the N3-class ships.

[grumbler]

Can you imagine trying to maneuver such a pig?  You'd be hard-pressed to avoid hitting whole continents.

[Neil]

Can you imagine trying to maneuver such a pig?  You'd be hard-pressed to avoid hitting whole continents.

I doubt it handles all that much worse than a supertanker. 

[CountDeMoney]

If successful, it will be a movable Chinese territory with maritime hegemony.

Happy funtime hegemony!

[Ed Anger]

Some SSN skipper is surfing the Internet, ran across that news story and was admitted to sickbay with a MASSIVE BONER. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Pic needs GI Joes on the flight deck.

[Josquius]

Strange its the China daily, reads more like the kind of thing the right wing American press would come up with to say "MOAR MILITARY MONEYS!"

[CountDeMoney]

Strange its the China daily, reads more like the kind of thing the right wing American press would come up with to say "MOAR MILITARY MONEYS!"

It's the China Daily Mail, not China Daily.  Big difference.

[mongers]

I can see the 'logic' behind this, when the US Navy splits it in two, they can say "ha ha, now we have two aircraft carriers".   

[grumbler]

Can you imagine trying to maneuver such a pig?  You'd be hard-pressed to avoid hitting whole continents.

I doubt it handles all that much worse than a supertanker. 

It will have more HP per ton (and some better turning moment because of props in both hulls) but will have far, far more sail area per submerged area than a supertanker, and far more inertia.  Tonnage is more than triple that of the largest supertanker.

[PDH]

HP isn't key, AC is.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Probably fall apart outside of dock anyway.  Or transform into a robot.