{"id":1620,"date":"2017-02-27T21:33:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T21:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2017-02-27T21:33:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T21:33:43","slug":"china-is-close-to-completing-its-second-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/02\/27\/china-is-close-to-completing-its-second-aircraft-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA IS CLOSE TO COMPLETING ITS SECOND AIRCRAFT CARRIER"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced : Defence Blog<\/p>\n

China is close to completing its second aircraft carrier, which will begin service by 2020, experts said.<\/p>\n

China Central Television (CCTV) reported that the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy\u2019s Type 001A class aircraft carrier\u2019s scaffold has been removed and red undercoat has been painted below the ship\u2019s waterline in Dalian, northeastern Liaoning Province, and that a launching ceremony will soon be held.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike the Liaoning(Type 001), China\u2019s first aircraft carrier, a refitted ship built by Ukraine (under the former Soviet Union), the 001A is China-built, and its design, combat capability and technologies will be much more advanced,\u201d Song Zhongping, a military expert, told the Global Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne key difference is the design will be more \u2018humanized,\u2019 which means all personnel onthe carrier will enjoy a more comfortable and modern environment,\u201d Song said.<\/p>\n

However, \u201cthere\u2019s still a long way to go from its launch to enlistment, which normally takes two years,\u201d Yin Zhuo, a senior researcher at the PLA Navy Equipment Research Center, told CCTV.<\/p>\n

Song said \u201cits status can be compared to a house whose paint job has been completed but requires decorating, which, in military terms, is called the \u2018outfitting stage.’\u201d<\/p>\n

It means all weapons and equipment, including the radar system, air defense system and communications system will be outfitted on the carrier. After this, the carrier and aircraft on it will be tested, and then the carrier will be ready to serve, Song said.<\/p>\n

\u201cConstruction of the aircraft carrier is on schedule. Most of its construction and design work has been completed. Its hull has already been assembled at the shipyard. The ship will soon be equipped with radar and other facilities,\u201d said Chinese defense ministry spokesperson Wu Qian in October 2016, in response to media inquiries on reported aircraft carrier images circulating online.<\/p>\n

A large amount of work remains to be done on the carrier\u2019s outfitting stage after it\u2019s launched, presumably sometime this year, Li Jie, a naval military expert, said. \u201cIt will take about one to two years to carry out functional debugging of its devices, weapons and equipment. The new aircraft carrier can begin sea trials by early 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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