China Commissions And Names Its Aircraft Carrier
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BEIJING — China has commissioned the aircraft carrier that it bought incomplete in 1998, naming the ship Liaoning, after a province. The move marks formal delivery of Liaoning to the Chinese navy by China Shipbuilding Industry Corp., the state company that fitted out the hull that the former Soviet...
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