The first Chinese domestically-built aircraft carrier began from Dalian Shipyard dock to start its sea trials, on Sunday, 13 of May. This aircraft carrier will be the country’s second aircraft carrier.
As the Xinhua news agency reported, the sea trials will test how reliable and stable the carrier’s power system and other equipment is.
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The construction on the carrier has been conducted according to the plan, since April last year, and equipment debugging, outfitting and mooring tests have been performed to prepare it for the trial mission at sea.
The new aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate domestically-developed J-15 fighter jets, and it is 315 meters long and 75 meters wide.
The new carrier’s took ideas from China’s first carrier “Liaoning”, which was bought from the Ukraine in 1998 and refitted in China.