Tag: aircraft carrier
Images show construction on China’s third – and largest – aircraft...
Construction of China’s first full-sized aircraft carrier is well under way, according to satellite images obtained and analysed by a U.S. think tank.
The images...
China’s first home-built carrier sets out for sea trials
China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state media said, the latest milestone...
Aircraft carriers still popular with navies around the world
Aircraft carriers are "100,000 tons of diplomacy", as Henry Kissinger once said. They provide great political strength as mobile air bases since...
China has plan to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
China is developing technologies to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, state media reported on Wednesday, as Beijing pushes forward with an ambitious...
Nine aircraft carriers to be commissioned over next decade – report
Approximately 80 aircraft carriers and major amphibious warfare ships, valued at $59.37 billion, will be commissioned between now and 2026, according to...
Chinese aircraft carrier sails into Hong Kong on maiden visit
China's first aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong waters on Friday, its latest show of growing military might at a time of...
New UK aircraft carrier takes to the water
HMS Queen Elisabeth, the biggest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, has finally sailed on her initial sea trials. Until her...
China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier
China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid...
China building two aircraft carriers: Taiwan defense ministry report
China is building two aircraft carriers that will be the same size as its sole carrier, a 60,000-tonne refurbished Soviet-era ship, according...
Fresh reports circulate on China’s second aircraft carrier
Fresh reports that China is building a second aircraft carrier circulated over the weekend on a city government microblog and a state-owned...
First new generation Royal Navy aircraft carrier named
The naming of the first of class of the Royal Navy's new generation aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Rosyth, Scotland, today...
U.S. defence chief, in first, visits China’s aircraft carrier
U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel took a two-hour tour around China's sole aircraft carrier on Monday, in an unprecedented opening by Beijing...
China’s aircraft carrier begins second sea trial
China's first aircraft carrier, the ex-Soviet Varyag, has set sail on its second sea trial, according to the Chinese Ministry of National...
China’s first aircraft carrier returns home after sea trial
The Varyag, China's first operational aircraft carrier, yesterday returned home from maiden sea trial, having left the port of Dalian on Wednesday.
The...