This hull under construction at Dalian Shipyard could be China's first indigenous aircraft carrier. WEIBO/HEIHEIZI
Sputnik: China Reveals Launch Date of New Aircraft Carriers
Chinese media has revealed when the country is expecting to reinforce its fleet of aircraft carriers with two more domestically built vessels: the second aircraft carrier is scheduled to be launched later this year while the third one is expected in about 2021. It also provided some details about their technical characteristics.
In November 2016, Beijing declared the Soviet-era Liaoning, its sole carrier, "combat ready." Following the declaration, the ship departed on a training voyage that featured a stop on the edge of the South China Sea, at the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) base on Hainan Island.
The Liaoning, which got its name from the country's Liaoning Province, is in fact, the ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag which was laid down as a Kuznetsov-class carrier for the Soviet navy in the 1970s, and which was only 70% completed and floating in Ukraine before being purchased by China.
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Update: No advanced jet launch system for China’s third aircraft carrier, experts say (South China Morning Post)
WNU Editor: The Chinese have certainly adopted an ambitious schedule for these aircraft carriers to be completed.
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