China lands first jet on aircraft carrier

(CNN) -- China announced Sunday that it had landed a fighter jet on the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time, but it may be years before the ship is fully operational. China's "first generation multi-purpose carrier-borne fighter jet," known as the J-15, successfully completed its first landing on the Liaoning, an aircraft carrier China built using an abandoned Soviet hull, according to China's official news agency Xinhua. The J-15's capabilities are comparable to the Russian Su-33 jet and the U.S. F-18, Xinhua reported. The Chinese-designed jet can "carry multi-type anti-ship, air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, as well as precision-guided bombs, the report said.

The U.S. military, in its latest annual assessment of China's military capability, predicted "it will still take several additional years for China to achieve a minimal level of combat capability for its aircraft carriers." The Liaoning will be able to carry 30 J-15 fighter planes and will have a crew of 2,000, according to a People's Daily Online report published when it completed its first sea trials in August 2011. China bought the shell of the carrier, then called the Varyag, from Ukraine in 1998. Its construction was begun under the Soviet military before the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The Pentagon report said another carrier, one made from components made in China, may already be under construction and ready to sail in 2015.
"China likely will build multiple aircraft carriers and associated support ships over the next decade," the U.S. assessment said.
The United States, Britain and Japan launched the first aircraft carriers nearly a century ago. The U.S. Navy, with 11, is the only fleet that currently operates more than one.

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China lands high-tech J-15 jet on new carrier

all4naija: Good! But, they have to be careful with the landing. Mishap can easily happens without thorough control of the flights at last inches at edge of the ship!

tpia1: btw why doesnt nigeria have aircraft carriers?

and how did china get the technology for theirs?

tpia1: btw why doesnt nigeria have aircraft carriers?

and how did china get the technology for theirs?

Prof Corruption: Good one but it will take years before china can even come close to Russia not to talk of US in military capabilities. They don't even have the technology for making the engine of J-15 jet they are flying (It's Russia supplied but difficult to reverse engineered). The only deterrence they have is nuclear weapon. I think this century is still, substantially, an American century.

malele: Something USA did in the 90s

playah P:
Russia's strength lies mainly on their nuclear powered submarines!
Russia no get carrier currently!

mejai: Chinese products? Hmmn! Chinko plane landin on ogbuawa ship? My hand no dey am o!
Dey should keep it up. A good spirit. Just dat 1000 chinko planes = 10 us fighter jets. (100:1) ahuu!!!

Prof Corruption:

Russia is still the greatest military threat to US, carrier or no carrier. China has the potential to rival US but remember, you can't buy everything, you can't do copy and paste for everything. But I must confess, China is doing well. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a step.

habjid: AND HOW DOES IT BENEFIT HUMANS?

habjid: AND HOW DOES IT BENEFIT HUMANS?