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China formally brought its next-generation aircraft carrier, the Fujian, into active service Wednesday \u2014 a milestone in its drive to transform the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy into a force capable of projecting power far beyond Asia\u2019s shores.<\/p>\n

The Fujian is China\u2019s third aircraft carrier, compared with the U.S.\u2019s 11, and the first that it designed and produced at home. It\u2019s one of the most significant milestones in President Xi Jinping<\/a>\u2019s push to modernize the People\u2019s Liberation Army by 2035, part of a sweeping military overhaul aimed at countering U.S. influence in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s state media said the Fujian will continue sea trials and flight tests before becoming fully combat-ready, but its commissioning signals Beijing\u2019s growing confidence in operating larger, more complex warships. The 80,000-ton vessel is equipped with electromagnetic catapults that can launch heavier aircraft, including advanced J-35 stealth fighters, giving it longer range and greater strike capacity than China\u2019s two previous carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong.<\/p>\n

Defense analysts say the Fujian marks a shift toward a true blue-water navy \u2014 one designed to operate far from Chinese shores \u2014 bolstering Beijing\u2019s ability to project power across the Indo-Pacific and potentially into the western Pacific, where U.S. carriers have long dominated. Still, China remains years away from matching the U.S. Navy<\/a>\u2019s global reach or experience in carrier operations. The Fujian is conventionally powered, limiting its endurance compared with America\u2019s nuclear fleet.<\/p>\n

TRUMP\u2019S AIRCRAFT CARRIER VISIT SENDS CHINA A MESSAGE: US SEA POWER STILL RULES THE WAVES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Fujian\u2019s launch also reignited debate over the use of electromagnetic catapults \u2014 a technology Beijing has embraced and one that President Donald Trump has publicly criticized as unreliable.<\/p>\n

Speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington while visiting sailors in Japan, Trump announced his intention to sign an executive order directing the United States Navy to revert to steam-powered catapults and hydraulic elevators on new carriers, rejecting the modern electromagnetic system (EMALS) as too costly, unreliable and difficult to repair.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re spending billions to build stupid electric. And the problem is, when it breaks, you have to send it up to MIT…. The steam \u2014 you can fix it with a hammer and a blowtorch. And it works just as well, if not better,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

TRUMP SAYS MISSILES FOR JAPAN\u2019S F-35S WILL ARRIVE \u2018THIS WEEK\u2019 DURING VISIT TO USS GEORGE WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He told the assembled sailors: “When we build aircraft carriers, it\u2019s steam for the catapults, and it\u2019s hydraulic for the elevators. We\u2019ll never have a problem.”<\/p>\n

News of the Fujian\u2019s commissioning prompted immediate concern in Japan, which has been expanding its own defense capabilities in response to China\u2019s growing military power. Minoru Kihara, a former defense minister who now serves as chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said the launch showed that Beijing is “extensively and rapidly strengthening its military power without transparency.”<\/p>\n

Kihara told reporters that Japan believes China is working to extend its naval and air operations farther from its shores and warned that Tokyo will “calmly but decisively respond” to any potential threats.<\/p>\n

The United States maintains a carrier strike group presence in the western Pacific and conducts regular freedom-of-navigation operations near disputed islands to counter China\u2019s territorial assertions.<\/p>\n

A senior War Department official told Fox News Digital this week: “China\u2019s military buildup sends a signal to all that Beijing intends to use military force to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.”<\/p>\n

Still, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a> and his Chinese counterpart appeared to smooth over some tensions in a meeting last week, agreeing to establish military-to-military communications channels to “deconflict.”<\/p>\n

“We have more meetings on that coming soon. God bless both China and the USA!” Hegseth wrote in a post on X after the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/china-launches-third-aircraft-carrier-xi-pushes-military-modernization-against-us-influence <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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