Chinese workers labor on the deck of China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Type 001A, at the shipyard in Dalian on 16 April. The basic design for the new aircraft carrier is clearly modeled heavily on the Liaoning, including the signature ski-jump inclination at the front from which aircraft lift off. China's sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, 2017. Still more sea trials neededOnce an aircraft carrier passes its sea trials, that doesn't mean it's ready for combat. China is fortifying islands in the region with facilities that could host military aircraft, creating what some experts have called "unsinkable aircraft carriers."

Source: CNN May 13, 2018 02:02 UTC