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China Launches 'Fujian,' its Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier
China launches 'Fujian,' its most advanced aircraft carrier:
China launched its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday at a shipyard in Shanghai, in what state media called a "short but festive ceremony."
The 80,000-ton Fujian, named for the southern coastal province opposite Taiwan, is the first of China's three carriers to be fully designed and built domestically. Unlike China's Liaoning and Shandong carriers, which use ski-jump ramps, Fujian will launch planes using electromagnetic catapults, the technology used on current U.S. carriers.
"Although it will be years before the [carrier] enters military service and achieves initial operating capability, its launch will be a seminal moment in China's ongoing modernization efforts and a symbol of the country's growing military might," said analysts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, in an article earlier this month.
China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier: State Media - Times of India
China launches third aircraft carrier: State media - Times of India:
[...] However, it will take years before it reaches operational capacity, as the Ministry of Defence has not announced a date for entry into service. "Sailing and mooring tests will be carried out as planned after the ship is launched," CCTV reported. China has two other aircraft carriers in service. The Liaoning was commissioned in 2012, and the Shandong entering service in 2019.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 19 2022, @03:32PM
I think perhaps I left room for misunderstanding. I'm not terribly impressed with our Navy today. I'm neither scoffing at the Chinese navy, nor bragging on our own navy there. We have instituted out own social standing bullshit in our own navy. Military personnel should be judged on their core skills and duties - fighting. Instead, we see good fighting men being kicked out because they don't support LGBT, trans, etc ad nauseum. Many have been booted or otherwise "disciplined" because they are reluctant to get vaxxed. Our military is being bent and warped away from their primary duties, to support social agendas.
We've seen some pretty terrible performances in recent years, with submarines running aground, surface ships and submarines colliding with other ships, we saw a bunch of squids captured by Iran - on and on it goes.
We see 'explanations' that crews are undermanned and overworked.
It often appears that our own military is falling short.