August 22, 2019: The sea trials for China’s second aircraft carrier (unofficially CV-17) have been going on for 15 months now, which is two months longer than their first carrier, CV-16 (Liaoning).
Photos of CV-17, under construction at Dalian Shipbuilding, suggest that she will strongly resemble China’s first carrier. She appears to be of roughly similar size to Liaoning, has a ski-jump, and ...
China seems to be taking the same careful approach to its carrier program as Japan took during the interwar period.
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