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Sunday, November 25, 2012
China lands jet on first aircraft carrier
China has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, which entered service two months ago, the country's official news agency confirmed.
Xinhua News Agency said the landing exercise on the Liaoning carrier marked the debut of the J-15 fighter jet, a fighter-bomber developed by China from Russia's Sukhoi Su-33.
"The successful landing... has always been seen as a symbol of the operating combat capability for an aircraft carrier," Zhang Junshe, a vice director at the military's Naval Affairs Research Institute, told state television on Sunday.
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As a US Navy Sailor, I am very interested in this issue. In fact, I'm happy they have a functioning unit now and hope for another (as stated elsewhere in your blog). Good competition begets good progress, and it will help the US Navy (and Japanese Navy). Thanks for the updates!
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