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China’s Third Aircraft Carrier Expected to Be Launched Soon

China’s latest Type 003 aircraft carrier may launch in early 2022, according to satellite imagery analysis. The upcoming aircraft carrier may be on par with its U.S. counterparts. The news has been revealed by a think tank based in Washington, the Center for Strategic and Internal Studies (CSIS), which provided satellite images that show a ...

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China's Type 003 aircraft carrier under construction.

Second Chinese Aircraft Carrier Enters Official Service

Launched over two years ago, China’s first home-built aircraft carrier was put into service on Dec. 17 in a ceremony attended by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Sanya, on the southern island province of Hainan.  Christened Shandong, the vessel’s class is 002, a modified version of China’s first carrier, the Type 001 Liaoning. That ship ...

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China’s Shandong Type 002 aircraft carrier.

China Is Constructing a Third Aircraft Carrier

New satellite images of the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai have revealed that China may be constructing its third aircraft carrier. If true, this might well be the first full-sized carrier of the Chinese military and is expected to weigh around 85,000 tons once completed. The images were taken by ChinaPower, a unit of the Center ...

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Chinese aircrtaft carrier Liaoning.