CHINA-PLA NAVY: SECOND AIRCRAFT CARRIER

 Col. Yang Yujun, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defence, confirmed at the monthly news briefing in Beijing on December 31, 2015, that China is building a second aircraft carrier and that, unlike the first, this will be produced entirely using China’s own designs and technology. He said: “After taking into account a range of factors, the relevant authorities launched work on developing a second aircraft carrier, and we are now undertaking our own indigenous design and construction. The design and construction of this second aircraft carrier have absorbed valuable experience from scientific experiments and training with the Liaoning.” Col. Yang Yajun added “We have a long coastline and a broad maritime jurisdiction and defending national maritime security, and safeguarding sovereignty over territorial seas and over maritime rights and interests, are sacred duties of China’s armed forces.”


(Comment: Reliable reports and photographs circulating for over a year indicate that the second aircraft carrier is being built in Dalian.) 






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