The newly launched aircraft carrier is most advanced and first fully domestically built naval vessel.<\/p>\n
It was launched at a brief ceremony, at Shanghais Jiangnan Shipyard.<\/p>\n
It is the first domestically designed and built catapult aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n
It has a flat, straight flight deck that has been equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices.<\/p>\n
Launch of Fujian ship was delayed by two months, because of COVID-19 lockdown of Shanghai. Spacecraft was scheduled to be launched on April 23, 2022 to mark 73rd anniversary of Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).<\/p>\n
Liaoning was the first aircraft carrier of China. It was a refit of Soviet-era ship commissioned in 2012. This launch was followed by indigenously built 2ndaircraft carriernamed Shandong, which was launched in 2019. Liaoning and Shandong carriers have also been named after provinces in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"