China confirms plans to build aircraft carrier 15:25 | 23/ 03/ 2009 Print version BEIJING, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - China's defense minister has reaffirmed the country's plans to build its own aircraft carrier, the Sina news agency reported on Monday. It quoted Liang Guanglie as saying that "among the big world powers only China does not have an aircraft carrier, so it cannot be without an aircraft carrier forever." China's Ministry of National Defense spokesman said in December last year that aircraft carriers were "a reflection of a nation's comprehensive power" and were needed to meet the demands of a country's navy. Experts have suggested construction could be officially announced in April, when the Chinese Navy marks its 60th anniversary. According to the Wall Street Journal, China's first aircraft carrier will enter service by 2020. Photos of current Chinese navy:
which one you like the most? My Chinese friends told me the numbers on each ship has a cultural meaning.
What's the point having a carrier if it doesn't have the capability to protect itself? This is the problem with India's carrier, allowing it expose to the enemy, therefore it can be sunk in a heat beep. All these ships China pumping out today will one day protect China's carrier. China is taking it one step at a time. There's no need to rush.
That's surely an impressive Navy in the making. With the speed China is pumping out ships, give it about another decade or so and she will have the 2nd most powerful navy in the world.
