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China’s Type 004 Aircraft Carrier Takes Shape at Dalian, Signalling New Era of Blue-Water Naval Power

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China’s next-generation Type 004 aircraft carrier is rapidly taking shape at the Dalian shipyard, with new satellite imagery showing an approximately 320-metre hull emerging as Beijing accelerates one of its most consequential naval construction programmes. Commercial satellite imagery dated August… The post China’s Type 004 Aircraft Carrier Takes Shape at Dalian, Signalling New Era of Blue-Water Naval Power appeared first on The Asia Live.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Satellite images have been released showing the latest appearance of a next-generation aircraft carrier currently under construction in a large dock at a Chinese shipyard.

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The Type 004 can be seen on satellites in the shipyard. If it is completed, it could be the largest aircraft carrier in the world.

Current satellite images show the rapid construction of China's new aircraft carrier "Type 004". The large warship could have a nuclear engine for the first time and reorder the maritime power relations in the Indopacific. (Read more)

The fourth aircraft carrier of the Navy of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLAN), provisionally known as Type 004, continues to take shape in the Dalian shipyard, where new satellite images allow to observe significant advances in the construction of its hull. The ship, whose construction is under way since at least 2024, represents the [...] The entry The fourth aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy takes shape and grows indications that …

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theasialive.com broke the news on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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