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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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Previously on SoylentNews: China Moving Full Speed Ahead in Construction of Aircraft Carriers
Chinese State Media Boasts About its New Electronic Reconnaissance Ship
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(Score: 2) by akinliat on Friday April 28 2017, @12:17AM
The Burkes use the SM-3 in the the theater defense role. These are basically long-range(900+ nm) variants of the SM-2, which is the current standard anti-air missile in the Navy's inventory. They also have upgraded electronics for engaging ballistic missiles.
Note that these are intended for theater defense -- I don't think anyone has ever seriously considered shooting a ballistic missile at an moving target. The idea behind the SM-3 was that it would allow Aegis ships to protect cities and bases, which are after all more valuable than any ship or collection of ships.