China Launches First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier

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China launched its second aircraft carrier, the first domestically-built one, Wednesday morning in northeast China's Dalian shipyard in Liaoning Province.

Chinese state news agency Xinhua said work had started on China's latest aircraft carrier in 2013. The carrier weighs 70,000 tons, it is 315 meters long and 75 meters wide and can reach a speed of 31 knots.

 

[Source: thepaper.cn]

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