CHINA has launched a huge new aircraft carrier capable of carrying a fleet of warplanes that matches the power of US Navy for the first time. The unveiling of 100,000 ton Fujian comes as fears of w…
Eugene Kuo Yujen, an analyst with Taiwan's Institute for National Policy Research, said: “I think it's definitely a copy of Putin's 'special operation' language.
"And after what happened in Ukraine, it sends a very threatening signal to Taiwan, Japan and the surrounding countries in the South China Sea." The Fujian will join China’s two other carriers, the Shandong, commissioned in late 2019, and the Liaoning, which China bought second-hand from Ukraine in 1998 and refitted domestically.
It’s widely believed to boast more advanced aircraft-launching technology known as an electromagnetic catapult system, or EMALS.which will have heavier bomb loads and more fuel.China is still honing its ability to operate the carriers, and integrate them into battle groups, something theChina’s navy has been modernising for more than a decade to become more of a “blue water” force capable of operating globally rather than being restricted to close to the Chinese mainland.
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