Sunday, October 11, 2009

More Photos Of The Wuhan Varyag Mockup.

According to the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation's new release, the Huang Jiahu (黄家湖) "test" site is being constructed by it's "Warship Design Center/701 Design Institute"


http://www.csic.com.cn/csic_jtxw/82209.htm

七○一所新区隆重开工建设

(2009-01-06) 来源:《中船重工》

  12月18日,七○一所黄家湖新区彩球高悬,彩带飘扬,锣鼓声声此起彼伏,新区开工建设典礼在热烈的气氛中隆重举行。

  湖北省委书记罗清泉,省委副书记、省长李鸿忠,省委副书记、武汉市委书记杨松,省委常委、秘书长李明波,副省长段轮一,武汉市市长阮成发,中船重工副总经理吴强,国防科技工业咨询委员会秘书长周玉兰,海装武汉局局长杨新民,财政部、国家国防科工局、湖北省国防科工办等单位的有关领导出席开工典礼。李鸿忠宣布开工令,杨松、吴强、周玉兰、杨新民与七○一所所长吴晓光共同推动了开工启动杆。

  吴强在致词中说,七○一所多年来为我国国防和海军装备事业做出了巨大贡献,是名副其实的“战舰摇篮”。他希望七○一所在黄家湖新区建设中能精心准备,科学管理,抓紧实施,将新区建成中船重工集团又一个阳光工程、精品工程。吴强要求七○一所认真规划,做到统筹结合、军民结合、研发和产业结合,最大程度地发挥国家投资的综合效应,处理好硬件建设和软件建设的关系,继续抓好人才队伍建设和企业文化建设,实现自主创新能力和整体发展的跨越式提高。

  段轮一代表湖北省委、省政府讲话,他指出,四十多年来,七○一所为我国海军装备建设事业做出了突出贡献,黄家湖新区建成后,将有力地保障国家重点工程项目顺利完成,也必将进一步增强湖北省整体科研实力,为推动湖北地方经济发展注入新的活力




http://www.whec.gov.cn/Read.aspx?cid=69&aid=4872

杨松书记到军工企业调研

2008年5月20日下午,省委副书记、市委书记杨松到461厂、471厂、701所视察调研,市委副书记涂勇、省委副秘书长刘晓呜、市委常委市委秘书长彭丽敏、市委副秘书长袁希民及市委办公厅、政研室、市经委参加。

视察461厂、471厂时,杨书记边视察边听取厂领导汇报,充分肯定企业近年来飞速发展和翻天覆地的变化,在听取461厂汇报到将与洪山区合作,在武东地区筹建船舶配套产业园工作表示这很好,要加快推进,并要求洪山区将情况上报到市委。

在701所调研时,听取了所领导的汇报,对701所落户武汉发展和所承担的国防任务感到高兴。对所领导提出的在黄家湖征地建设检验综合平台项目用水用电问题要求政府相关部门要积极支持;“远程诊断中心”项目建设涉及变电站搬迁问题要求市经委参与协调,并考虑纳入首义广场古城改造规划,要“想办法解决”。

市经委分管领导李向阳、军工处参加调研活动







3 comments:

RAJ47 said...

How has the so called mock up changed colour from brown to white?

duskylim said...

These new pictures are very interesting.

First, what was the original reddish brown color was later painted to a light grey.

This suggests that they actually constructed the building's island from the same type of ship's steel as on the real Varyag - down to the detail of using a similar primer - red lead to paint it.

This indicates that is not just a cursory copy but a very close one... and that the final color will be similar to the light blue-grey that the PLAN normally paints its ships.

Why go to the trouble (and expense) of trying to match the structure so exactly?

Second, what used to be a flimsy-looking ski-jump is now (again!) a much-sturdier and very-close copy of the original Varyag's bow ski-jump, fairings and all.

It looks like this building will serve to train the whole flight deck crew as well as the electronic warfare, radar and flight control officers of the Varyag - and perhaps of subsequent PLAN carriers as well - which means that they may replicate this island on other carriers.

Third, this view is further reinforced by appears to be a very large square opening in the side of the building - (a lift of some sort?), where aircraft might be brought up onto the "flight deck" - building's roof.

The whole area seems to be a vast PLAN training center, with masts, radar and electronic equipment of other warships replicated on top of the surrounding buildings.

There is also, rather conspicuously a soccer goal in one of the pictures. The location seems to be in the rolling hills upstream of the city of Wuhan itself, deep in the central Chinese heartland, far away from prying eyes and intrusion.

The effort and expense made by constructing this building complex seem to confirm that the PLAN has decided to construct a fleet of carriers and has laid the foundation of the fleets Air Arm.

Coatepeque said...

duskylim, impressive write up.