Chinese Navy aircraft carrier 081 exposure: Quest Jiangnan Shipyard

Reporters aboard the tug by a shipyard on Changxing Island pier. Crane saw the bright red eye-catching in the blue sky, the number of vessels in dry dock ship is about to complete the installation of 30 million tons, speaking in various accents of the tens of thousands of skilled workers busy, and a dozen countries from the shipbuilding engineers together with the construction of China's marine equipment industry dream. This played a builder for the auspicious name ─ ─ Jiangnan Changxing. "Big ship in the country," the dream is about to set sail in this.


Set foot on Changxing Island, a huge dry dock in tens of meters away, a Hebei Ocean Shipping Company (HOSCO) the construction of the "great number of Chinese" 30-ton VLCC (very large oil tankers) is nearly completed, white, blue and brown three great color on islands in the vast hull is very eye-catching. At this point, a helicopter flying overhead, a roar swept low altitude.


Conversation with an engineer to know the scene, most of the work of Jiangnan Changxing base of engineering and management personnel, are on Monday morning on the island by boat from the city on Friday and back to urban areas over the weekend. Working on the construction of living on the island dedicated staff of apartment, "life is more boring, except work."


Third line troops stationed there to defend


In the Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base, from west to east parallel with the three is called "shipbuilding production line" of the project base, respectively, in the boat by the Group in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, Hudong Shipyard, Jiangnan Shipyard construction and development of three companies ─ ─ The most west line of the main building One VLCC and VLOC (very large ore carriers), is responsible for the Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding; the middle of the second line the main construction of large container ships with high added value, is responsible for the Hudong ; the third line east of the most mysterious, the Jiangnan Shipyard responsible for major construction of military ships.


The engineer said, the shipbuilding industry is related to confidential business and technical control, it was very tight security work. "One line, second line although a number of security personnel, but in fact all businesses to employ their own security from the community. Third line is a big difference, there are special forces stationed to defend, but more recently many security personnel, In the third line around the layout of the close of the 'mobile posts', we have seen. "


It is noteworthy that in these three "shipbuilding line" between the original concrete road with a wide phase throughout, the apartment is the only way for all employees go. However, according to the island's engineer said, "After March of this year, this road would not let go, because the 'third line' where the road closure, and we can only pass back to the dorm after work."


Reporters on the island a large shipyard, "Welding Workshop" in seeing that here with the auto plant assembly line is very similar, but definitely have a variety of devices shipyard as "Transformers," giant of the same. Traditional shipbuilding welding hammer plus different modes, where workers are in the hands of the "tool" is a computer keyboard and touch-control screen.


In this workshop, a Baosteel produced about 10 m × 3 m of marine steel plate, through the gantry into the production line, will be imported from Japan advanced CNC forming welding welding machine bed as a whole, the whole process only see a small group of bright blue sparks, smoke, and welding slag will be synchronized sucked. Subsequently, the 10 cm thick steel plate and the plasma produced by the Shanghai CNC welding machine cut into the required shape overall, and then implemented by the skilled workers component of precision welding and grinding. Wait until the off-line, the original flat plate has been processed into various shapes of the "ship modules." Before being carried to the dry dock in the assembly. The whole process as clear as building blocks.


Reporter noted that the workshop are set on each column of the propaganda slogans. More content to promote safety, encourage professionalism of the content. In the middle of a workshop the slogan attracting a lot of imagination ─ ─ screen, blue color of the sea, vast and mostly, the Chinese navy three active the-art guided missile destroyer 168,169,171 through the waves, in a row towards the front. Banner to the top, then use "My quality is in China" in large letters point to understand the topic.


168,169,171 ranked three new ships, "Jiangnan Four Swordsmen" are single-handedly built by the Jiangnan Shipyard, on behalf of the current Chinese warships made the highest standards. Among them, the Jiangnan plant began construction in 2000, launched in May 2002 with the Mainland first performance of 7000-ton 052B stealth missile destroyer "Guangzhou No.", hull number is 168; later, the same type of ship in the second ship " Wuhan No. "was launched in January 2003, hull number was 169. Two ships were now become the military, attachment of the South China Sea Fleet.


Crane high ground against East Point


The banner at the site location of the most significant 171-ship "Haikou No." is the name of the 052C-type "Chinese Aegis destroyers." The ship is equipped similar to the U.S. "Aegis" system, phased array radar, air defense missile destroyers are. The first ship, hull number 170, "Lanzhou number" in April 2003 was also located in the Huangpu River in the Lupu Bridge in the southern waters of the water plant site; the second 171-ship fleet, "No sea" is in October 2003 launched the same site, the current also have prepared Ru Nanhai Fleet.


Painting workshop in the modern "military slogan," inadvertently metaphor that "the Chinese warships made in China," the ambition, I believe, inspired the production line every employee.


Was removed at the press of a few tens of meters shipbuilding base climbed high before 600 ton gantry crane has been a stern warning, "Crane is the commanding heights of the shipbuilding base, the above observation is strictly prohibited and shooting to the east." Subsequently, an internal staff also follow along with this reporter on the gantry crane, and full monitoring. Conversation, the officer also admitted: "East is the third line, is the military, take pictures, then will be very troublesome."


According to him, "Whenever third line out or launching a boat, or even someone with a telescope can see the other side alert lookout on all sides, even if it is found toward the third line was taken in the direction or spy, will have been sudden and immediate halt. Most recently, this tension is more concentrated, and the factory's own staff is also very attention to this point, so as not to get into unnecessary trouble. "

 
To avoid satellite detection outdoor Shipbuilding


Reporter then also noted that with the One line, second line is different, Line area and is not set 600 tons of red flags of gantry crane, replaced by rows of giant blue and white end to end plant, currently as about ten stories tall enough to accommodate ton ship construction. And I, II although there are two lines of several such plants, but obviously a lot to be low. Consult relevant personnel informed by those vessels indoor plant assembly plant, modular segmented ship construction, assembly, can be in this huge plant in quietly completed, the general production of military shipyards are using this layout, in order to avoid being outdoors ship satellite or other equipment and personnel investigations.


"Finally, a gantry crane from the east to the area are the third line, tall gantry cranes have become a dividing point. In fact, the industry will understand at a glance, because the military, civilian shipyard layout is different."

It is understood, May 22, 2007, Line ─ first ship built for the Norwegian company Stenersen 1.64 million tons of refined oil / chemical tanker successfully launched. 210 meters long, 30 meters wide, 4.5 meters high the great "boat lift buoyancy tank" hold up the ship, slowly moved into the artificial basin. Then after drainage, caissons and other multi-channel operation, the end firmly by the new coat ship pier.


It is worth noting that if the construction of aircraft carriers, third line by "floating boxes into the water technology" construction of civilian ships, aircraft carriers can be built and launched as the next rehearsal process. Reporters at the scene to see those blue and white giant assembly plant in the role of the ship, and not self evident.

 
It even more mysterious military tower


Jiangnan Changxing base of the most compelling devices in addition to the giant gantry crane of 600 tons on a few lines in the vicinity of a tower One ─ ─ whole steel tower about 100 meters, the tower has a large circular electronic equipment , surrounded by the rules of the cubes. Equipment to the top in this round antenna also has a similar frame structure, the tower is equipped with equipment room under the tower.


On-site staff, who declined to be named, told reporters, "While the tower Number One in the production line of civilian areas, but it is a military tower, and climbing near absolute prohibition. It is said that its role is to ship, etc. positioning and navigation. "

University of Kentucky researcher Robert national security. Law Ray recent "American Prospects" website wrote that, China and Brazil has made use of Brazil, "Sao Paulo number" carrier-based aircraft to train pilots in China reached an agreement.


Aircraft carrier pilot training takes a long time to master. From the familiar to the Brazilian military aircraft and expertise in terms of cooperation with Brazil, China can provide a shortcut to access relevant training.


Robert pointed out that China and Pakistan agreed on the aircraft carrier training is a mutually beneficial agreement: access to relevant training in China, while Brazil won a reputation, and consolidating its position as a global force strength.


Alleged that the agreement is Brazilian President Lula visited China in May, China and Pakistan in closed session as part of the question. The Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson. Qiu Bin will visit China in September this year, is expected to be finalized by then some of the details between the two countries.

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