Who's is bigger? Russia or the good old US of A? Do we need to get out the measuring tape? Maybe we do, after China completes what looks to be the latest generation naval defense: the Type 002 aircraft carrier that is currently under construction in a floodable dry dock. Tinfoil hatters among us will be glad to hear that updates of the progress for the construction of this mighty vessel come from satellite imagery. Now that battleships are pretty much obsolete with maybe carriers to follow this latest addition to China's growing fleet may just be an expensive showboat.
Entry for the carrier on Wikipedia.
(Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:26PM
Guess it's my own fault for trusting a website by the name of "foreignpolicy.com" (the last non-Wikipedia link in the summary) when they made a big graphic with "20" in it. There was a vague whiff of contempt towards China that I detected in the article, which I guess should've been a tip-off.
Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] lists 24, including the Wasp class of "landing helicopter docks."
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"