China’s first home-built aircraft carrier completes sea trials

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Fri, 2018-05-18 (All day)

BEIJING: China says its first home-built aircraft carrier has completed five days of sea trials.
State media reported Friday the still-unnamed ship completed all assigned tasks before returning to its construction yard in the northern port of Dalian.
The 50,000-ton carrier is China’s second and is due to be commissioned before 2020 following the arrival of its air complement.
China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was bought as a mostly empty hull from Ukraine and was commissioned in 2012.