{"id":38977,"date":"2024-05-01T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38977"},"modified":"2024-05-01T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:07:14","slug":"chinas-newest-aircraft-carrier-heads-to-sea-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38977","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s newest aircraft carrier heads to sea for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s newest, largest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world\u2019s largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The naval assessment is expected to take place in the East China Sea, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the Jiangnan Shipyard where the carrier has been under construction for more than six years, according to Shanghai\u2019s Maritime Safety Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe sea trials will primarily test the reliability and stability of the aircraft carrier\u2019s propulsion and electrical systems,\u201d read an announcement from the state-run Xinhua news agency on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warship was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/17\/china\/china-new-aircraft-carrier-fujian-launch-intl-hnk\/index.html\">launched in 2022<\/a> and has \u201ccompleted its mooring trials, outfitting work and equipment adjustments\u201d working up to the latest sea trials, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a&nbsp;displacement of 80,000 metric tons, the Fujian dwarfs the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy\u2019s (PLAN) two active carriers, the 66,000-ton Shandong and the 60,000-ton Liaoning. Only the United States Navy operates bigger aircraft carriers than Fujian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN: China\u2019s newest, largest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world\u2019s largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea trials. The naval assessment is expected to take place in the East China Sea, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the Jiangnan Shipyard where the carrier has been under construction for more than six years, according to Shanghai\u2019s Maritime Safety Administration. \u201cThe sea trials will primarily test the reliability and stability of the aircraft carrier\u2019s propulsion and electrical systems,\u201d read an announcement from the state-run Xinhua news&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38979,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38977\/revisions\/38979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}