May 13, 2024, 9:02 pm
On May 8, the PLA Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier Type 003 ‘Fujian’ returned to a pier at Shanghai’s Jiangnan shipyard after what has been described as a successful 8 day maiden sea trial.
China’s state-owned media announced that the platform tested its electrical and power systems and achieved “the expected results”.
While it is unclear when the carrier will be fully ready for military missions, its deployment in the operational role is unlikely to take very long.
In 2022, the U.S. Navy’s next-generation supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) set sail from Naval Station Norfolk on its first combat deployment.
The deployment comes nearly six years after its delivery from Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding and subsequent commissioning in 2017, marking the first new-design aircraft carrier delivered to the Navy since USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in 1975. It is also the first aircraft carrier to join the fleet since USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) was delivered in 2009.
The time is right to pit the two carriers against each other.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how Chinese Fujian compares to American USS Gerald R. Ford ?
The two carriers will be compared in 5 categories.
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