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Chinese Navy Tries To Match Its Carriers, Fighters

December 06 2017

Chinese J-15 fighter jets are pictured (on July 1, 2017) on the aircraft

carrier Liaoning during a trans-regional training in China. A flotilla,

including the Liaoning, set out on June 25 for the training from east China's

Qingdao. The Liaoning is a reworked Soviet-style model. Lacking a catapult,

the Chinese navy's carrier launches planes off a deck with a ski-ramp design.

China's first aircraft carrier has long roots, both in distance and time – back to an unfinished Soviet...

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