China will soon announce information about its fourth aircraft carrier

The official Weibo page of the Beijing Times and many mainland Chinese media reposted a video from the Hong Kong Commercial Press on March 5 showing that this country’s Navy Political Commissar Yuan Huazhi confirmed that the ship China’s closed airport “does not encounter any technological bottlenecks” in response to similar speculations from the world when Beijing was slow to announce detailed information about the fourth aircraft carrier.

He also said that information about this ship “will be announced soon” when asked whether China’s fourth aircraft carrier would be nuclear-powered.

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Image of Fujian aircraft carrier on CCTV

He emphasized that China’s aircraft carriers were built not to compete with the US but to protect sovereignty, territorial integrity, national rights and interests.

From the beginning of 2019, according to military sources, China will build the second advanced domestically produced Type 002 aircraft carrier. This will be China’s 4th aircraft carrier and is expected to be built in 2021.

The source also said that China’s current aircraft carriers all run on traditional energy, but senior naval officials are considering building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with technology. more advanced.

China currently has 3 aircraft carriers, of which the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers are in operation. The Shandong aircraft carrier is the first domestically produced Type 002 aircraft carrier. The third aircraft carrier Fujian last month appeared again on China Central Television (CCTV). Military commentators assess that the Fujian ship has entered the final stage of construction and is expected to conduct sea trials soon.