China building third aircraft carrier with catapult launch system

September 21, 2020 18:36

Reports on the PLA Navy's third aircraft carrier currently under construction say the 'Type 002 carrier will feature a catapult launching system that will be able to launch more aircraft with heavier weapons than China's two existing carriers based on Cold War-era Soviet designs,' reports Sam LaGrone in USNI.org.

'The key feature of the Type 002 is an angled flight deck that would include either a steam or electronically launched catapult launching system like those on the Nimitz and Gerald R. Ford-class, reads the Pentagon's annual report to Congress on Chinese military capabilities,' LaGrone writes.

Reacting to the news of a third aircraft carrier with China, Adm Chris Grady, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces in charge of providing forces to the fleet said, 'Good on 'em. It makes the argument that carriers are important. We have them. They want them and they're building them,' reports LaGrone, here.

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