Tag: Liaoning Province

China launches second aircraft carrier

Northeast China (Reuters)– China launched its second aircraft carrier Wednesday morning at the Dalian shipyard, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The new carrier, the first built in China, was moved from a dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony that started at about 09:00. It is China’s second aircraft carrier after “Liaoning,” a refitted Soviet Union-made carrier that was commissioned to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in 2012. China began building its second […]