China released images of its latest generation aircraft carrier

Fujian aircraft carrier was first launched to the public in June 2022. The ship is a completely domestically completed product from design to manufacturing.

This new generation aircraft carrier is larger and more technologically advanced than the original Shandong ship. was put into operation in 2019 and the Liaoning was acquired from Ukraine in 1998.

According to images posted on Chinese national television on January 2, the Fujian was towed by a smaller vessel with all three rails of its electromagnetic catapult system visible on the deck.

The television station quoted a local officer as saying the ship would soon be brought in ready state.

The Fujian was put through a number of tests including mooring trials before sea trials. In November 2023, this aircraft carrier began testing the electromagnetic catapult system, Global Times said.

The Fujian will be the only aircraft carrier on world is equipped with an electromagnetic aircraft launch system ( The latest EMALS) is more advanced than the US Navy’s nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier.

China’s version of EMALS can launch more types of aircraft from the deck than the Son ship. Dong or Liaoning are also more energy efficient. Technical products This military marks an important milestone in the modernization of China’s military.