China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Has Disappeared

The aircraft carrier was being constructed in a special dock at Shanghai, but has surprisingly been moved. It's new location has yet to be found. H I Sutton (Satellite imagery from Sentinel Hub)

Forbes: China’s New Aircraft Carrier Disappears

China is building a new large aircraft carrier, the Type-003 Class. The ship will be a closer equivalent of the U.S. Navy’s carriers than the two ships already in service with the Chinese Navy. Open-source intelligence analysts have recently spotted something surprising however. The unfinished vessel has disappeared from its construction site in Shanghai. Based on analysis of publicly available satellite imagery we can determine that it was moved between May 25 and May 28.

The Type-003 will differ from China’s existing two carriers by having an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), similar to the USS Ford. The current carriers use a ski-jump which limits the payload carried by the jets when they take off.

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WNU Editor: This is a weird story. Why move it when it was not completed?