China has declared it is building a
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of a size to rival the biggest in
United States naval service in the first move of a major new arms
race.
Chinese website qianzhan.com cites “top
People’s Liberation Army” sources as saying the 110,000-ton
aircraft carrier should be launched by 2020.
“By that time, China will be able to confront
the most advanced US carrier-based fighter jets in high sea”
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China’s first homegrown aircraft carrier will
be a larger version of Liaoning. The first of two such vessels is due
to hit the water in 2015.
The design is reportedly based on drawings from
the former Soviet Union of a nuclear-powered, 80,000 ton vessel
capable of carrying 60 aircraft.
“Despite their lack of experience, Chinese
scientific research personnel have the ambition to overcome various
difficulties to master lots of new technologies and techniques in
building China’s own powerful aircraft carrier,” the article
reads.
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