Tag: Varyag

• Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  Satellite picture of China’s first aircraft carrier in sea trials

  

  A commercial US satellite company says it has managed to take a picture of China's first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea. If confirmed, it would be the first known photo of the former Soviet vessel recently refitted by Beijing.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 20:32 UTC

  US to ask China why it needs an aircraft carrier and calls for military transparency

  

  The United States said Wednesday it would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader US concerns about Beijing's lack of transparency over its military aims.

• Friday, June 24th 2011 - 18:33 UTC

  China readies its first carrier, “a symbol of a great nation”

  

  Chinese military officials have confirmed that the country is completing work on its first aircraft carrier, based on the hull of Russian carrier Varyag.