China has confirmed that it's building an aircraft carrier that may be nuclear powered, according to a government document published Friday by the English version of the Global Times, a Chinese daily newspaper. If the carrier is built, it will mean China will have a total of two aircraft carriers, with another five aircraft carriers planned.
"The priority missions of building the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarines have been carried out smoothly and with outstanding achievements," the document states, according to a translation provided by Taiwanese media outlets.
China has long demonstrated its eagerness to manufacture its own aircraft carrier, hoping to build on the relative success of the second-hand ex-Soviet carrier it bought from Ukraine in 1998. While it took almost 15 years to refit and commission the vessel, working on the ex-Soviet Liaoning has been instructive and, as such, lays the groundwork for carriers China builds itself, beginning with the one currently under construction.
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