China began construction of its third-layer craft carrier at Shanghai Shipyard in 2017. According to sources close to the People's Liberation Army Plough, the South's China Morning Post-SEMP reports this week. Shanghai G-Angden Shipyard Group reportedly received the go-ahead for the construction of the new supercarrier in March 2017. The shipyard is still working on the carrier's hull, which is expected to take about two years. One of the sources said, building the new carrier will be more complicated and challenging than the other two ships. Initial work on China's second domestically designed carrier and third carrier overall, the 85,000-100,000-ton type 002-CV18, purportedly began in February 2016, although there are contradictory reports about the precise date. Plus, Bok's people first announced in 2015 that construction of the new carrier had kick off. The People's Liberation Army Navy's plan first domestically designed and developed aircraft carrier, the Type 001-ACV17 Shantung, was launched in April 2017 at the daily in Shipyard and the training province by China's Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. It is expected to enter service with the plan by the end of 2018. The Shantung is an improved variant of the plan's only operational aircraft carrier, the 60,000-ton type 001-Learning Retrofitted Soviet-era Admiral Kuznetsov-class material aircraft carrier. China has set up a strong and professional aircraft carrier team since early 2000, when it decided to retrofit the very act of the Ukrainian name of the vessel to launch as the Leaning, and it hired many Ukrainian experts as technical advisors, another source said this week. The new Type 002-Carrion will likely feature a conventionally powered catapult assist to take off but arrested recovery of the Katobarir-Cref launch system similar to the U.S. Navy's electromagnetic aircraft launch system emails. According to some reports, construction of the Type 002 carrier has been delayed because of tests of the Katobarir system, as the decision whether to move ahead with the aircraft launch system will impact the carrier's design. As I explained elsewhere, a plan aircraft carrier equipped with emails would substantially boost the plan's carrier of force's combat power. Katobarir-Cref launch systems put less strain on the airframe of plants during takeoff reducing maintenance, cost in the long run, and also allows carrier-based aircraft to carry heavier weapons. They all out furthermore, Katobarir-Lunch systems increased the sority rates of carrier air wings by allowing a faster landing and takeoff rate. The new vessel will have a smaller tower island than the Leaning and its sister ship, because it needs to accommodate China's carrier-based J-15 fighter jets Shemiyang J-15 Voltaire All Fighter Jet, a variant of the 4th generation Sukhoi Su-33-220 and Zerosubiri-Ordi fighter, which are quite large. The source told S-C-M-P. It has been suggested that they look to Britain's warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, which has two small tower islands on the deck. That would create more space for the runway and aircraft, but no final decision has been made yet, the source added. The new carrier will reportedly feature a new integrated propulsion system IPS to power high-energy-consuming laser weapon systems, electromagnetic guns, and the Katobarir-Cref launch system. Next to others, an estimated launch date for the Type 002 carrier is 2020. The plan's first super carrier could enter service by 2023.