China plans to build two aircraft carriers

Local sources in China report that China is secretly pushing the construction of a nuclear-powered "supercarrier" of 93,000 tons. The source, presenting internal Chinese Communist Party documents, said China plans to build a 48,000-ton conventional-powered aircraft carrier (so-called "Project 085) and a 93,000-ton monster carrier ("Project 089). The documents presented ...

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