Wednesday, April 26, 2017

China launches first home-made aircraft carrier

From Update Philippines (Apr 26): China launches first home-made aircraft carrier



China today launched it first home-made aircraft carrier. The carrier was patterned to China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning, an ex-Soviet carrier.

The event was held at Dalian shipyard in Liaoning Province.

“The new carrier, the first domestically-built one, was transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony that started at about 9 a.m. in Dalian shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corp,” Chinese state-media Xinhua reported.

http://www.update.ph/2017/04/china-launches-first-home-made-aircraft-carrier/17009

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