1:72 aircraft carrier

[Military]

Chen, your report on the construction of the aircraft carrier is very detailed.
Thanks for sharing this with us!

Mil

[U534]

Super model.

[chen]

Interesting sight to see the Varyag finally arrived at Dalian shipyard on March 2002.
In the next several years, the residents at the those highrise buildings will have an wonderful view of the refurbished process of the carrier.

[chen]

Testing of the anchors pulling out of the water .

[chen]

Center line landing marking , 2 take off markings and 4 helicopter markings can be seen on the carrier deck.

[chen]

What a massive crane!

[chen]

Setting up the springs which support the arresting cable. Arresting wire cables and its pulley system can be seen too.

[Chet Sowersby]

Now, that crane is very impressive!

Chet

[chen]

Setting up of this kind of big crane vertically is already a wonder of its own.

[chen]

Difficult to imagine Varyag looks like this before at Ukraine shipyard as compared to her sister carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

[chen]

Talking about Admiral Kuznetsov carrier, Varvag sister ship, is armed with 192 x anti-ship ( yellow arrow) SA-N- 9 Gaunlet missiles ( hided inside the circle cover) and 8 x Kashtan Close -in weapon system ( circled red) against incoming missiles.

[chen]

Firing of the SA-N-9 Gaunlet missile and Kashtan CIWS.

[chen]

Admiral Kuznetsov should be classified as Carrier cruiser.
SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles are hidden below the ramp deck. SS-N-19 can be armed with 50Kt nuclear warhead or 750 Kg high yield explosive warhead.
When launched against enemy ships or carriers, SS-N-19 will be launched as a group of 4. They can travel up to Mach 2.5. When closing to the target at low altitude, 1 of the 4 missiles will travel upward and then dive down to hit the target. Very difficult to catch and very lethal.

[chen]

SS-N-19( Granit or Shipwreck ) missiles and its silo.

[chen]

An Australian modeler's 1:72 Admiral Kuznetsov carrier under construction.