China confirms work on second aircraft carrier

Posted on 4 Jan 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
The new Chinese aircraft carrier will resemble the Liaoning (pictured). Image courtesy of Flickr - Simon Yang

The Chinese military has confirmed for the first time this week that the country is working on the construction of its second aircraft carrier.

Unlike its first carrier – the Liaoning, which was a retrofitted Soviet carrier bought from Ukraine in the late 1990s, the new carrier will be completely built in China. “After an overall consideration of various factors, the relevant authorities started the research and development of China’s second aircraft carrier that is currently under independent design…

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