Chinese aircraft carrier programme | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:02:01 1 Acquisition of retired aircraft carriers
00:03:12 1.1 ex-HMAS iMelbourne/i
00:04:12 1.2 ex-iKiev/i
00:04:53 1.3 iLiaoning/i (Type 001)
00:06:57 2 Acquisition of designs
00:08:04 3 Early plans
00:10:26 4 Current status
00:14:22 4.1 Type 001A
00:16:27 4.2 Type 002
00:17:28 4.3 Type 003
00:18:06 4.4 Development of carrier-based aircraft
00:20:03 5 List of carriers
00:20:13 6 See also



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The Chinese aircraft carrier programme is the development, production and operation of aircraft carriers by China, primarily driven by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). As of  2018, the PLAN has a single combat-ready aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, with a second and third under construction. It is projected that China may possess five or six aircraft carriers by the 2030s.Since the 1970s, the PLAN has expressed interest in operating an aircraft carrier as part of its blue water aspirations. In 2011, People's Liberation Army Chief of the General Staff Chen Bingde confirmed that China was constructing at least one aircraft carrier. In September 2012, China's first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, was commissioned. Four years later, in November 2016, it was reported that Liaoning was combat ready. China has confirmed that it is constructing a second carrier that will be built entirely with indigenous Chinese designs. Similar to Liaoning, China's second carrier will also use a ski jump for takeoff.Since 1985, China has acquired four retired aircraft carriers for study, the Australian HMAS Melbourne and the ex-Soviet carriers Minsk, Kiev and Varyag. Reports stated that up to two 60,000-ton Type 001A aircraft carriers based on Varyag were due to be started by 2015.