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Re:US hypersonic missile fails in test- 2nd consecutive fail... by jeffdn on Friday July 01, 2022 @02:50PM (#31950981)
That's not the _new_ Chinese carrier, that's the Type 002 class carrier _Shandong_[0]. Their latest carrier, the Type 003 class Fujian[1], was launched last month and has a catapult system, just like American and French carriers.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Shand... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Fujia...

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Re:US hypersonic missile fails in test- 2nd consecutive fail... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:31PM (#31952421)
You are correct. Got them confused.

No ski jump but still only conventionally powered.

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