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Monday, November 26, 2012

China conducts first landing on aircraft carrier


The Chinese-made J-15 made the successful landing on the country's first aircraft carrier Liaoning, a former Soviet carrier, during recent exercises, the defence ministry said.


The J-15 is a Chinese designed multi-purpose carrier-borne fighter jet based on Russia's Sukoi 33, equipped with Russian engines and capable of carrying precision-guided bombs, press reports said.


China bought the stripped-down 300-metre aircraft carrier from Ukraine nearly 10 years ago and refurbished it at the north-eastern port of Dalian.




The Liaoning went into service in September 2012 in a symbolic milestone for China's growing military muscle that comes at a time when Beijing is increasingly embroiled in a series of territorial disputes with its neighbours.

Vice-Admiral Zhang Yongyi, the commander-in-chief in charge of the tests and training program told state media: "It's like dancing on a knifepoint as the aircraft have to land on a very limited space."

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