Images Show Construction on China’s Third and Largest Aircraft Carrier: Analysts

Images Show Construction on China’s Third and Largest Aircraft Carrier: Analysts
A satellite image shows what appears to be the construction of a third Chinese aircraft carrier at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China on April 17, 2019. CSIS/ChinaPower/Maxar Technologies 2019/Handout via Reuters
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HONG KONG/BEIJING—Construction of China’s first full-sized aircraft carrier is well underway, according to satellite images obtained and analyzed by a U.S. think tank.

The images from April, provided to Reuters by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, reveal considerable recent activity during the past six months on a large vessel at the Jiangnan shipyard outside Shanghai.