China launches EM catapults-equipped 3rd aircraft carrier in Shanghai
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By Global TimesPublished: Jun 17, 2022 12:01 PM Updated: Jun 17, 2022 12:30 PM
In a short but festive ceremony, China on Friday launched the country's third aircraft carrier in the Jiangnan Shipyard, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited.
Having a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, the carrier, named Fujian, is equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices.
A launch and naming ceremony was held at about 11 am, when the naming certificate of the vessel was given to the top officer to receive delivery of the aircraft carrier.
Officials then cut the ribbon marking the launch of the third aircraft carrier, after which the vessel left the dock, concluding the ceremony.
According to the approval of the Central Military Commission, China's third aircraft carrier is named the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Ship Fujian and given the hull number 18.
The Fujian is China's first fully domestically developed and constructed aircraft carrier with catapults. It has a flat, straight flight deck equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices, and has a full displacement of more than 80,000 tons.
Fujian is also the name of the eastern coastal province facing the island of Taiwan.
After the launch, the carrier will start mooring trials and sea trials.
Xu Qiliang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the ceremony.
Global Times
www.globaltimes.cn
By Global TimesPublished: Jun 17, 2022 12:01 PM Updated: Jun 17, 2022 12:30 PM
In a short but festive ceremony, China on Friday launched the country's third aircraft carrier in the Jiangnan Shipyard, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited.
Having a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, the carrier, named Fujian, is equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices.
A launch and naming ceremony was held at about 11 am, when the naming certificate of the vessel was given to the top officer to receive delivery of the aircraft carrier.
Officials then cut the ribbon marking the launch of the third aircraft carrier, after which the vessel left the dock, concluding the ceremony.
According to the approval of the Central Military Commission, China's third aircraft carrier is named the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Ship Fujian and given the hull number 18.
The Fujian is China's first fully domestically developed and constructed aircraft carrier with catapults. It has a flat, straight flight deck equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices, and has a full displacement of more than 80,000 tons.
Fujian is also the name of the eastern coastal province facing the island of Taiwan.
After the launch, the carrier will start mooring trials and sea trials.
Xu Qiliang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the ceremony.
Global Times
