China’s New Aircraft Carrier Is Bridge To A Blue Water Navy

China’s new Fujian carrier
China’s new Fujian carrier will allow its navy to operate ship-based early warning aircraft, a capability it previously lacked.
Credit: State Media Xinhua
On June 14, the floodgates at Jiangnan Shipyard near Shanghai opened, water rushed into the dry dock, and the highly anticipated Type 003 aircraft carrier floated. Three days later, looking ahead to the Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary on July 1, China launched the newly designed carrier...

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