China's naval capabilities have been expanding in recent years, but its newest aircraft carrier lags behind U.S. counterparts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft ...

The electromagnetic catapult system boosts the carrier's combat performance by increasing the sortie efficiency of carrier-based aircraft.

China’s new Type 003 supercarrier returned last week from its fifth sea trial, which might have also included flight activity as shown by tire marks on the deck and patches for the crew showing a ...

Key Points and Summary - China’s J-35 is no paper project. After catapult launches from the new carrier Fujian, Beijing now fields a carrier-borne, stealthy strike fighter that pushes its navy far ...

China's most advanced aircraft carrier set sail for sea trials in early May. It boasts electromagnetic catapults capable of launching the modern air wing China hopes to build. Here's how this ...