Andrew Tate, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

04 August 2016

安德鲁·泰特，伦敦 - IHS简氏防务周刊

2016年08月04日

 

 

A photograph has emerged on Chinese online forums showing that China's land-based aircraft carrier mock-up in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is undergoing modifications.

一张已经出现在中国网上论坛的照片显示出在湖北省武汉市的中国陆上航母实体模型，正在进行修改。

 

These are likely to reflect changes between China's first indigenous aircraft carrier, the Type 001A, which is currently being built at Dalian shipyard and the next one to be constructed, which is commonly referred to as the Type 002.

这些都可能反映了中国第一艘本国制造的航母之间的变化，001A型，目前正在大连造船厂建造并且下一艘待建，这就是通常被称为002型。

 

Most significantly the ski-jump section has been removed from the mock-up, reinforcing expectations that China's third carrier will be equipped with catapults.

最显著滑跃部分已经从实体模型上去掉，增加了中国的第三艘航空母舰将配备弹射器的期望。

 

Construction of China's third carrier is expected to take place at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard near Shanghai. So far there has been no official confirmation of the programme nor visible evidence of the construction, but there has been considerable speculation that production of the initial modules is already in progress.

中国第三艘航空母舰的建造，预计在上海附近的长兴岛江南造船厂进行。到目前为止，官方没有确认该计划也一直没有建造的明显证据，但已经有相当多的猜测，初始模块的制造已在进行中。

 

Satellite imagery of the Huangdicun Airbase, which supports China's J-15 carrier-based aircraft, reveals that construction of the facilities assessed to be catapults commenced in 2015. This is a further indication that future Chinese carriers will have a configuration for catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) operations.

在荒地村（Huangdicun）空军基地的卫星图像，它支持中国的J-15舰载机，显露这些设施建设用于2015年开始的弹射器评定，这进一步表明，未来中国的航空母舰将有一个构造用于弹射器辅助起飞但拦阻索回收（CATOBAR）操作。

 

The two systems being installed at Huangdicun are believed to be steam-powered and electromagnetic catapults. Installation of both suggests that a final decision on which system to adopt may not yet have been taken.

安装在荒地村两个系统被认为是蒸汽动力和电磁弹射器。两者的安装表明可能那一种系统被采用尚未最终决定。

 

The latest unofficial images of the Type 001A carrier at Dalian show a ski-jump section designed for short take-off operations; similar to that on China's first carrier Liaoning.

大连的001A型航空母舰的最新非官方照片显示了专用于短距起飞操作滑跃部分；类似于中国的第一艘辽宁号航空母舰的。

 

Construction of the structure up to the flight deck is largely complete, with the final ski-jump module assembled and ready for installation.

飞行甲板结构的建造已基本完成，最后的滑跃模块组装好并准备安装。

 

The addition of modules to form the island should follow before the carrier's launch, which at the current rate of progress could take place before the end of 2016, although early 2017 is more likely.

增加舰岛模块应遵循之前下水的航空母舰，这在目前的进展速度可能发生在2016年底之前，虽然2017年初更可能。