Refitted carrier on 2nd sea trial
By Yang Jian |
November 30, 2011, Wednesday
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CHINA'S refitted aircraft carrier set off for its second sea trial yesterday which will involve scientific research and experiments, the Ministry of National Defense said.
Prior to sailing, the carrier had completed all refitting and testing work as scheduled after its first sea trial in August, the ministry said on its website. It gave no further details.
Photographs posted online showed the carrier being towed out from the port of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province out to sea by several tugboats.
Other pictures showed a helicopter on the deck of the carrier.
The nation's first carrier, which is expected to be officially commissioned in the Navy in August next year, will be capable of carrying around 30 Chinese J-15 fighters, and helicopters and a crew of around 2,000, military analysts have said.
Cao Weidong, a researcher with the Chinese Navy's Academic Research Institute, said the vessel is a conventionally powered medium-sized carrier equipped with Chinese engines, aircraft, radar and other hardware.
Fixed-wing aircraft on the carrier will use a ski-jump to take off, instead of a catapult system, Cao said.
The second sea trial of the aircraft carrier promoted related shipping and high-tech stocks on the Shanghai stock market yesterday.
Shares in Jiangnan Heavy Industry Co under the China State Shipbuilding Corporation rose 10 percent to 21 yuan, while the China Aerospace Times Electronics Co was up 6.88 percent to 10.57 yuan.
The carrier left port on August 10 for its first sea trial and returned four days later for further refurbishment. Yang Yujun, a spokesman for the defense ministry said the first sea trial attained the anticipated objectives, but did not elaborate.
The vessel, an Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier bought from Ukraine in 1998 as an empty shell, has been totally refitted for its role as a research and training platform in China.
The building of an aircraft carrier is a long and complex project. In the building process, there will be a series of scientific research experiments and training exercises, and such activities are routine and normal, according to the ministry.
Prior to sailing, the carrier had completed all refitting and testing work as scheduled after its first sea trial in August, the ministry said on its website. It gave no further details.
Photographs posted online showed the carrier being towed out from the port of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province out to sea by several tugboats.
Other pictures showed a helicopter on the deck of the carrier.
The nation's first carrier, which is expected to be officially commissioned in the Navy in August next year, will be capable of carrying around 30 Chinese J-15 fighters, and helicopters and a crew of around 2,000, military analysts have said.
Cao Weidong, a researcher with the Chinese Navy's Academic Research Institute, said the vessel is a conventionally powered medium-sized carrier equipped with Chinese engines, aircraft, radar and other hardware.
Fixed-wing aircraft on the carrier will use a ski-jump to take off, instead of a catapult system, Cao said.
The second sea trial of the aircraft carrier promoted related shipping and high-tech stocks on the Shanghai stock market yesterday.
Shares in Jiangnan Heavy Industry Co under the China State Shipbuilding Corporation rose 10 percent to 21 yuan, while the China Aerospace Times Electronics Co was up 6.88 percent to 10.57 yuan.
The carrier left port on August 10 for its first sea trial and returned four days later for further refurbishment. Yang Yujun, a spokesman for the defense ministry said the first sea trial attained the anticipated objectives, but did not elaborate.
The vessel, an Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier bought from Ukraine in 1998 as an empty shell, has been totally refitted for its role as a research and training platform in China.
The building of an aircraft carrier is a long and complex project. In the building process, there will be a series of scientific research experiments and training exercises, and such activities are routine and normal, according to the ministry.
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