Article link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1iW4y167Vf
Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/ve4a8z/003_fujian_launched/
From the comments section: "Also for reference as to how groundbreaking it is, it is China’s first Catapult Assisted TakeOff But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) carrier, and its catapults are EMALS (Electromagnetic) - on par with FORD Class.
The only countries in the world with CATOBAR and France (Charles De Gaulle has 2) and the USA (Ford and Nimitz classes have 4), both of which are nuclear. China has not only leapfrogged Steam Catapult Technology, but has also has its first CATOBAR carrier with 3 EMALS catapults, without doubt the most capable conventional carrier platform.
Catapults will allow the J-15 (the heaviest carrier aircraft) to fully utilize its platform capability by increasing takeoff weight with full missile payload, increase sortie rates, and enable KJ-600 AESA AWACS to provide more situational awareness for China’s CVG to operate further from the coast"
Neat name for an aircraft carrier, lol (Fujian is the name of the province Taiwan belongs to)
it’ll be years mote until it’s actually completely finished and ready for use (there’s sea trials to conduct and a fitting-in period), but this is a monumental milestone.
