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Chinese government news service Xinhua reports that a newly built aircraft carrier was floated in the sea at Dalian (also known as Port Arthur). The ship must "undergo equipment debugging, outfitting and mooring trials." As yet, the Soviet-built Liaoning is China's only operating aircraft carrier.
According to Shanghaiist and Voice of America (U.S. government outlet), the carrier is named Shandong. Some other reports said that it is unnamed.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @03:41AM (2 children)
It has that crazy ramp at the front instead of a catapult. This means it only works for high-powered aircraft with unusually durable landing gear.
American ships can handle wimpy aircraft just fine. Not everything is a fighter. Sometimes you want to fly a maxed-out cargo plane or fuel tanker.
I'd love to see somebody try a catapult on a lower level, or one that holds an aircraft that has the gear retracted.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Thursday April 27 2017, @04:06AM
I think that you will find that the ramp was pioneered by the Brits, for launching STOL planes (such as Harrier jump jets).
(Score: 3, Informative) by richtopia on Thursday April 27 2017, @01:25PM
Yes, sometimes you want to fly a maxed out plane or tanker, however that requires really big ships. Carriers which are accessible to only carrier aircraft is an acceptable compromise for most countries. Most carriers have the ski jump configuration to make up for lack of runway.
Only the USA makes supercarriers: look at the tonnage displacement of all carriers in the world and you quickly see the USA is in a league of its own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_in_service [wikipedia.org]