New Chinese aircraft carrier 'six times more powerful' than existing Liaoning

中 토종 항모 1호 '001A형' 전력 랴오닝함의 6배…함재기 36대
China has launched its second aircraft carrier... but the first it has ever built from scratch with homegrown components.
It marks the latest milestone in China's superpower ambitions to build Asia's largest naval fleet.
Ro Aram has the details.
The Type 001A carrier is said to have six times more military strength than China's existing Liaoning vessel, which was purchased from Ukraine and put into commission in the Chinese Navy in 2012.
Development of the Type 001A carrier began in 2013 and construction two years later.
It weighs about 50-thousand tons, which is 10-thousand less than its predecessor, but it's slightly longer with a wider command platform.
It is powered by conventional steam turbines, which makes it slower than U.S. nuclear-powered carriers, but quicker than the Liaoning.
The vessel also houses a ski jump-style deck for take offs, which experts say is cheaper to run than the catapults used by the U.S., but limits the diversity of aircraft on board to smaller fighter jets.
The new carrier aims to carry 36 Shenyang J-15 multi-role fighter jets, which is 12 more than what the Liaoning can carry.
After sea trials and the arrival of its full air complement, the yet-to-be-named carrier is expected to be operational by 2020.

Although it still has some way to go to catch up with American carriers, the new ship is part of Beijing's bigger plan to build a navy that is unrivaled in Asia... and another carrier -- the Type 002 -- is reportedly under construction in Shanghai.
However, these ambitions are rattling neighboring countries, as they see hidden motives behind China's naval expansion, which adds to already high tensions in the region, including the territorial dispute over islands in the South China Sea.
For its part, Beijing insists that its military maintains a purely defensive posture.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.

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[marioavgherino]

China having aircraft carriers is like an average guy buying the same shoes that Michael Jordan would wear during an NBA game and expecting that if he wears them, he will be able to play as well as

[NA-muek]

U.S.A. Navel Force's: hold my beer. Time to feed the fish.

[ermac]

Wow 6 times more powerful, how does that help when your enemy is around 50 times more powerful?

[tukkatasorawan]

My country Thailand has already agreed to buy 3 submarines from mainland china, and now plans to buy the first high speed train from mainland china.

[marioavgherino]

The level of experience that the U.S. Navy has gained during the last nine decades in operating aircraft carriers can not be simply copied, no matter how much money China spends.

[khalidj]

comparing america to China is wrong America has had carriers for long time while Chinese had them for a short while it's wrong to criticise China give it 10 to 15 years China will be there at the top already in a short span they have achieved so much respect to Chinese

[yoyoassful]

Hahahahahaha wtf. The Liaoning used to be a floating casino. It has no offensive capacity. This is like saying “my new gun will be 6 times stronger than my garden hose!”

[dieterhonchied]

Still using steam engine which is 4 decades behind the US. Not even comparing to the latest USS Gerard R. Ford's class carrier, but to the Nimitz class carriers of the US. But give them a little credit for making some headways on their own. And for those who criticized that the USS Ford's Electronic launch catapault not working yet, it has been since 2 weeks ago flown first by a F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck, launches from the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford.

[joelldighelanora]

Six times more powerful than GARBAGE is still GARBAGE.

[TAILSORANGEs]

China: I have built a very steady aircraft carrier!!!
USS enterprise (1945-ish): Am I a joke to you?

[Dochirin]

This is the Type 001A a major upgraded version (both structurally and electronically, also a much more modern power system) of the Soviet era Kuznetsov class, which uses a ramp to launch planes. The Chinese are already building their next gen carrier, the Type 002 which uses a CATOBAR system (think Nimitz), and they're currently designing the Type 003 carrier (110 tons of displacement, powered by a nuclear reactor and an electromagnetic catapult to launch planes, similar to the Ford class carriers).

They will build a few Type 001A and Type 002 for support but their main aim is to have at least a fleet of 5 Type 003 within the next 30 years. That's actually extremely impressive.

Basically by 2040 the Chinese carrier tech will be on par with American carrier tech (unless America releases something new within the next 15 to 20 years which is doubtful)

[ejasonrichmond]

With a seventy year gap in carrier operations, I am modestly confident that, the U.S. has a bit of an edge.

[d.e.b.b]

Great ship. Only thing is, once you land on it, an hour later you want to land on it again.

[lorinadecastro]

China: see how powerful we are !this is are super aircraft carriers !
US(USS Ronald Reagan): Realy ? hahaha

[uio]

A Chinese aircraft carrier? Makes about as much sense as a Chinese pizza.   "Tower this is Ghost Wider Wequesting a Wlyby".

[Erik-rphi]

Wow 6 times more power. I wonder, it must be able to get up on plane.

[---wczp]

Varyag - Rusty scrap of metal
Liaoning - Painted scrap of Metal 😂

[Mangofett]

Has 1 carrier China:we are the most powerful navy in the Pacific. US:let them have their fun

[chrisbarr]

With a ski ramp they never will be able to load their planes down with munitions.

[RitamBhunia]

Awesome, Mark this americans and Europians. This will be the century of Asia. Power will now shift to asia. China, India, Israel, and other countries are developing greatly.
Salute to the engineers/scientists of these countries.