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South China Morning Post: China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier set to carry out maiden sea trial
Type 001A set to take to sea later this month in voyage designed to coincide with the founding of the PLA Navy.
China’s first home-built aircraft carrier, the Type 001A, will embark on her maiden sea voyage in the northeastern Bohai Sea later this month, sources close to the military said.
“Beijing will arrange a celebration for the first sea trial because the Type 001A was the first aircraft carrier fully designed and produced by Chinese shipbuilders,” one of the sources told the South China Morning Post, adding the maiden trial was likely to be carried out just before the 69th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy on April 23.
“The specific sea trial day will be decided by hydrological and tidal conditions, with a high tide level being the best criteria.”
Recent online photos showed the carrier, which was launched on April 26 last year, with the scaffolding removed following outfitting work.
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Update: China’s Domestically Built Aircraft Carrier to Start Sea Trials in Late April (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: Its expected commissioning is in 2020.
Would be a shame if something happened to China's shiny new toy.. I heard it's stupid to build aircraft carriers. someone here on the blog said so.. think they sink easily or make good targets or something^^
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