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China’s full-size aircraft carrier test facility, a key part of the country’s path toward establishing a carrier fleet and associated air wings, has been modified once again. The latest reworking suggests that the aircraft carrier mockup is now intended to represent a layout similar to the U.S. Navy’s Ford class. This may well point to the configuration of China’s next homegrown carrier design, or at least one of the configurations now under study.
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China’s Giant Land-Based Carrier Mockup Grows In Size, Now Resembles Ford Class

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

We may have just gotten our first sight of China’s next-generation aircraft carrier, generally referred to as the Type 004. Construction work at a shipyard in Dalian, in China’s Liaoning province, reveals a module that is consistent with an aircraft carrier — which would be China’s fourth — although there remain many questions about the precise nature of the object.
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Structure At Chinese Shipyard May Point To China’s Next Aircraft Carrier’s Capabilities

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN has for the first time conducted dual-carrier operations in the South China Sea. The drills, involving the country’s first two in-service carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, as well as at least 11 other vessels, also showcased the PLAN’s fast-growing air wing, with a flyby conducted by a dozen J-15 carrier-based multirole fighters. While clearly engineered for public consumption, the photo opportunity also points to the very rapid progress made by the PLAN in developing its aircraft carrier and wider blue-water capabilities.
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Two New Versions Of China’s J-15 Carrier Fighter Now Appear To Be Operational

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 31, 2024

China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, 2017.
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All Three Chinese Aircraft Carriers Were At Sea For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 23, 2024

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Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2023

Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea
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Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 25, 2023

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China Simulates Attacking Taiwan From All Sides With Help From Its Carrier Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 10, 2023

New Chinese Carrier Concept Looks A Lot Like U.S. Navy’s Ford Class
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New Chinese Carrier Concept Looks A Lot Like U.S. Navy’s Ford Class

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

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Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 2022

Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)
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British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 30, 2021

Close-Up Photo Shows China’s New Aircraft Carrier Rapidly Taking Shape
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Close-Up Photo Shows China’s New Aircraft Carrier Rapidly Taking Shape

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 4, 2021

New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge
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New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 18, 2020

Taiwan Wants Land-Based Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles To Counter Growing Chinese Naval Power
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Taiwan Wants Land-Based Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles To Counter Growing Chinese Naval Power

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 29, 2020