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*Anti-air
*Anti-air
** 4 x 8 cell VLS carrying a mix of:
** 4 x 8 cell VLS carrying a mix of:
***128 x [[SA-50 Quarrel]] short range SAMs (quad pack)
***128 x [[ASRAAM|SA-60 ASRAAM]]-N short range SAMs (quad pack)
** 6 × [[Crossbow CIWS]]
** 6 × [[Crossbow CIWS]]
*Anti-submarine
*Anti-submarine

Revision as of 11:25, 24 March 2019

Vengeance-class aircraft carrier
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GCNS Vengeance transiting the Zheng Mou Sea.
Class overview
Name: Vengeance-class aircraft carrier
Builders: Dalian Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Operators: Chilokver Grand Chilokveri Navy
Built: 1980-1992
In service: 1984-present
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 80,000 tonnes
Length:
  • Overall: 320 m (1050 ft)
  • Waterline: 296 m (971 ft)
Beam:
  • Overall: 72 m (236 ft)
  • Waterline: 39 m (128 ft)
Draft: 11 m (36 ft)
Decks: 14,700 square metres
Installed power: 2 x Fushan Atomics CV2 nuclear reactors each producing 300 MW, total 600,000 kW
Propulsion: Four shafts driving 5 bladed CP propellors
Speed: 30+ knots (56 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 75+ fixed and rotary wing aircraft
Aviation facilities:
  • Angled arrested flight deck
  • 2 x steam catapults