我国第二艘航空母舰下水仪式26日上午在
中国船舶重工集团公司大连造船厂举行。
Yesterday, April 26, at 9 am local time and on the 68th birthday of China's navy PLAN, China's 2nd aircraft carrier of the Liaoning-class has been floated off its dry dock at Dalian. The ceremony was attended by members of the Central Committee of China's Communist Party and many high-ranking military leaders.
While the first carrier "Liaoning" was based on the semi-finished Soviet-era vessel "Varyag" which belonged to the Kuznetsov-class, China's second carrier has been completely home-built. Its name is still unknown, but rumours are saying it might probably be named "Shandong" on a later occasion.
A Chinese language news portal quoted by western sources had previously reported that the ship will have an aircraft capacity of 28-36 aircraft split between Chinese Shenyang J-15 fighters and helicopters, which is the same as that of the Liaoning. According to the new vessel's outward apperance, the most significant change from the "Liaoning" seems to be a reconfiguration of the phased array radar panels, with those on the new ship facing diagonally outward on both sides of bridge fore and aft.
“瓦良格”号原先在舰艏部的甲板下装有12枚巨大的SS-N-19重型反舰导弹，虽然在改装为辽宁舰时拆除了，但受制于原始设计，无法扩成机库。[金融界]
The new 50.000 tons aircraft carrier like the fully-operational "Liaoning" might still be able to use heavy SS-N-19 anti-ship guided missiles but which has never been confirmed. 12 SS-N-19 missiles of Soviet-era origin once belonged to the armament of a Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and might present a serious danger to western ship units if still available, especially when used with a nuclear warhead.
[Source: People's Network and other Chinese and western military sources on April 26/27, 2017]
Related Military News:
On today's press conference, summoned by China's Ministry of Defence, navy officer Zhang Zheng was specially praised for his outstanding abilities. Zhang Zheng served as the commander of China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning" from September 2012 until May 2016 and was later promoted to the position of a Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy PLAN. [People's Network on April 27, 2017]
In case of a U.S. military attack on North Korea,
will China know how to interfere ?
中国官方的《环球时报》日前发表社评说：“如果朝鲜继续开展严重的核导活动，美国对其相关设施开展外科手术式打击，北京应予以外交抵制，但不必军事介入。”
A few days ago, China's official paper "Global Times" said in its editorial: " If North Korea continues its activity of developing serious nuclear missiles, the U.S. will carry out an attack against its related facilities in some kind of a surgical operation. Beijing would then react with diplomatic resistance, however not feel obliged to interfere. "
[Quotation of Chinese source by DW 多维新闻 on April 26, 2017]
特朗普：将和习近平有非常良好关系
Trump: Enjoying unusual fine relations with Xi JinPing.
Xi JinPing's U.S. visit on April 6 / 7, 2017
[Singapore Morning Post 新加坡早报]
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