It is learnt that China is building its fourth aircraft carrier. The building of the fourth aircraft carrier is in progress at a shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning province, the media reports cited.
Meanwhile, Beijing will soon launch the third aircraft carrier, called Fujian, which has completed its sea trials. As per the media reports, the carrier-based aircraft J-15T, J-35 and KongJing-600 have successfully completed catapult-assisted take-off and arrested landing training aboard the Fujian aircraft carrier.
China, which was the last among the major countries to opt for aircraft carriers for its navy, currently has two of them: the Liaoning, a refit of the Soviet-era ship commissioned in 2012, and Shandong, an indigenously built second aircraft carrier operationalised in 2019.
Fujian is stated to be the most advanced aircraft carrier possessing an electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) used by the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
All three carriers are conventionally powered.
The fourth carrier, however, could be powered by nuclear propulsion, which would increase its endurance and global reach and provide significantly more power to run advanced systems, the media report added.
Like Fujian, it may also include EMALS launch and arrested landing systems, it said.
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