2 h. ago Why China may need to take the nuclear option for its next aircraft carrier

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has significant design flaws that future carriers can overcome only by adopting nuclear power, according to a military magazine. The Fujian is the country’s first domestically designed aircraft carrier and was commissioned in November. With a displacement of over 80,000 tonnes, it is the world’s largest conventional warship and the first non-American ship to be equipped with advanced electromagnetic catapults. However, the most advanced US ships – the...

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2 h. ago Why China may need to take the nuclear option for its next carrier

Why China may need to take the nuclear option for its next carrier  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago US Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea Could Be Heading for Iran

US Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea Could Be Heading for Iran  Newsweek

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3 d. ago US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast after Trump threat against Iran

A US aircraft carrier has reportedly left the South China Sea after a live-fire drill and is heading to the Middle East amid anti-government protests in Iran. US cable news network NewsNation reported on Thursday that the Pentagon ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group, which includes Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, to leave their position in the South China Sea and sail towards the Middle East. According to the US Naval Institute’s carrier tracker, there...

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3 d. ago US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast as Iran in turmoil

US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast as Iran in turmoil  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago US Navy aircraft crashes offer lessons for PLA carrier operations, analysts say

After two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other in October, analysts said there were lessons for the Chinese navy as it rapidly expands aircraft carrier operations. They said the People’s Liberation Army could learn from its rival’s strengths in search and rescue response, but also its weaknesses in maintenance and training. The US Navy said the aircraft – an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet – went down in separate...

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2 w. ago How Do You Sink a $13,000,000,000 Navy Aircraft Carrier? A $15,000,000 Missile from China

How Do You Sink a $13,000,000,000 Navy Aircraft Carrier? A $15,000,000 Missile from China  19FortyFive

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3 w. ago GLOBALink | Giant "snow aircraft carrier" created in Chinese university

GLOBALink | Giant "snow aircraft carrier" created in Chinese university  Xinhua

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3 w. ago China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy which is popular among troops

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has allowed the use of naked flames on board to accommodate a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The use of fire on the vessel is to be allowed so that cupping therapy can take place. The news has received much attention on mainland social media after it was reported by state broadcaster CCTV on December 24. The Fujian, China’s third aircraft carrier and the most advanced, officially entered into service in November at a grand...

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3 w. ago China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy popular with troops

China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy popular with troops  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Burst power of electromagnetic catapult on China’s aircraft carrier Fujian shown in official media program

Burst power of electromagnetic catapult on China’s aircraft carrier Fujian shown in official media program  Global Times

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4 w. ago Is China’s Fujian gearing up for a dual aircraft carrier exercise?

Two of China’s aircraft carriers, including its biggest and best, have docked at the same naval base near the Yellow Sea, raising suggestions that another dual-carrier exercise is on the horizon. Satellite images circulating on Chinese social media this week show the Fujian, which was officially commissioned last month, docked at a naval base in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. In one of the images purportedly taken on Thursday, the Liaoning, China’s first aircraft carrier, docked...

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last month China Has 600 'Mach 5' Hypersonic Missiles Ready to Strike the U.S. Navy's Aircraft Carrier Fleet

China Has 600 'Mach 5' Hypersonic Missiles Ready to Strike the U.S. Navy's Aircraft Carrier Fleet  19FortyFive

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