Beijing is quickly building more aircraft carriers and will soon have more than just two.
China’s first homemade aircraft carrier left her home port of Dalian for her third sea trial on Oct. 28, 2018. The Type 001A flattop could commission into frontline service as early as 2019, according to the U.S. Defense Department — growing Beijing’s carrier force to two and giving China the world’s second-biggest flattop fleet.
The new trial will test the vessel’s weapons system, control system and communications system, Wang Yunfei, a retired Chinese navy officer, told Global Times.Read More…
