Zitat:China gibt erstmals Bau von Flugzeugträgern zu

11:20 08/06/2011
PEKING, 08. Juni (RIA Novosti).

China hat erstmals bestätigt, dass es an einem Flugzeugträger bastelt. Wie der Chef des Generalstabs der chinesischen Armee General Chen Bingde im Gespräch mit einer Hongkonger Zeitung sagte, befindet sich das Schiff noch in Bau.
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Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass China an einem weiteren Flugzeugträger baut. Im April 2010 sagte der Chef des Schiffbauwerkes in Shanghai Nan Daqing, dass sein Werk sich „auf den Bau von Flugzeugträgern gut vorbereitet“ habe.

Zitat:Aufrüstung
Autor: Johnny Erling| 09.06.2011
Ein Flugzeugträger als Symbol des neuen China

Peking hat sich einen Flugzeugträger geleistet und spricht erstmals offiziell davon. Die Nachbarländer sind über die Ausweitung der Marine beunruhigt.
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Ich werde langsam alt und blind - ist da ein Haken am Vogel?

Zitat:Varyag photos (June 11, 2011 from Dalian)

Zitat:Shi Lang Is Official And Armed

June 9, 2011: In the last few months, the new Chinese aircraft carrier, the Shi Lang (formerly Varyag) has apparently had all of its weapons installed. The government has also officially admitted that the Shi Lang actually exists. Meanwhile, numerous unofficial photos have appeared showing the two main weapon systems that have been installed. Along each side of the ship are, first (near the bow, or front of the vessel) an 18 cell launcher for FL-3000N anti-missile missiles. Aft (rear of the ship), there is another FL-3000N. Right behind that is an AK-1030 automatic cannon. This gives the Shi Lang four FL-3000N and two AK-1030 systems. There may also be four more gun or missile systems amidships (in the middle), two on each side. But no one has gotten a clear photo of these yet. These might be the smaller AK-630.
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Zitat:First China aircraft carrier sea trial ‘next week’
Agence France-Presse
6:01 pm | Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
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Zitat: China Warns Vietnam of Possible Military Response in South China Sea

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The editorial comes as the Hong Kong Commercial Daily newspaper reports that Beijing has moved up the start date for sea trials of a new aircraft carrier to July 1 because of the rising tensions. The report says the carrier, a refurbished Russian vessel, will not be officially launched until October 2012. The Chinese military has not confirmed the sea trials.
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30 June

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CHINA
Local media report sea trials of aircraft carrier VARYAG “postponed to August”.
(rmks: I still doubt they were ever planned for 01 July)
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Zitat:China starts construction at home of aircraft carrier

The Yomiuri Shimbun
Published: Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011 - 1:00 am
Last Modified: Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011 - 6:18 pm

TOKYO -- China has started construction of its first domestically made aircraft carrier, according to diplomatic and U.S. government sources.
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09 July

CHINA
Japanese media claims China has started construction of its first domestically made aircraft carrier … referring to “diplomatic and US government sources”.
(rmks: rather speculative)
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Zitat: Official confirms
China building aircraft carrier
Updated: 2011-07-12 07:39
By Hu Yinan, Li Xiaokun and Cui Haipei (China Daily)

BEIJING - A top military official on Monday confirmed for the first time in public that China is building an aircraft carrier.

"I have nothing more to say about Chinese aircraft carriers, since prominent media outlets have already reported on them so much," said Chen Bingde, chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff. "Our American friends all know that China bought an old aircraft carrier, the Varyag, from Ukraine. It's very valuable for us to research these things this way."
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Hong Yuan, chief of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, previously said there will be "a prolonged process" before the Varyag can be even remotely effective.

The 67,500-ton Varyag is considerably smaller than the Japan-based US carrier George Washington, which has a displacement of more than 100,000 tons. But when it goes into service, it will make China one of four countries besides the US, France and Russia to have an operational carrier with a displacement of 50,000 tons or more.

The Varyag was bought from Ukraine for $20 million in 1998. According to reports, it has been undergoing refitting work at a shipyard in the northeastern coastal city of Dalian since 2005.

"This has been a gigantic project and is virtually as complicated as building a brand-new aircraft carrier," an unidentified source with the military industry in Dalian was quoted as saying by the Kanwa Asian Defense magazine.

Just as the news came out that the Varyag will begin initial sea trials probably either late this month, in early August or later in the year, rumors arose saying that another aircraft carrier is being built in Shanghai.

In earlier June, the Hong Kong Commercial Daily quoted Chen as saying - during his flight to the US - that the construction of at least one aircraft carrier is "under way, and not finished yet".
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The steam-powered Varyag is expected to serve primarily as a training vessel for pilots and deck crews. Speculation over what is going to be stationed on it has become more rampant in recent times. According to online leaks, the vehicles it carries may include the J-15 fighter, the JT-9 naval trainer and the Z-8 helicopter.

It is uncertain when the Varyag will be made operational and where it will be based.