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).
The second PLAN aircraft carrier, CV-17 is in advanced stages of construction at Dalian Shipbuilding in northeastern China. It will be the first aircraft carrier built entirely in China. The Liaoning ...
China seems to be taking the same careful approach to its carrier program as Japan took during the interwar period.