 The aircraft carrier Liaoning in Hong Kong in 2017
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Dalian Shipbuilding Industry |
| Operators |  People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Preceded by | Kiev class |
| Succeeded by | Type 002 Shandong |
| Completed | 1 |
| History | |
 →  Soviet Union → Ukraine | |
| Name | Riga (1988) then Varyag (1990) |
| Namesake | City of Riga, Latvia (1988) then Varyag, named for the Varangians (1990), the name Varyag was then adopted by another cruiser. |
| Ordered | 1983 |
| Builder |
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| Laid down | 6 December 1985 |
| Launched | 4 December 1988 |
| Completed | Abandoned (68% complete)[1] |
| Fate |
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 China | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Liaoning Province |
| Builder | Dalian Shipbuilding Industry |
| Cost | US$ 120 Million (Former Ukraine) |
| Completed | 2011 |
| Commissioned | 25 September 2012 |
| Motto | (Simplified Chinese:保卫祖国，勇争第一)：Defend the motherland, strive to be the first.[2] |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics for Varyag as originally designed | |
| Class and type | Type 001, Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier |
| Type | STOBAR aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | |
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| Beam | |
| Installed power | Steam |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 32 knots |
| Endurance | 45 days |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems |
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| General characteristics for Liaoning after refit | |
| Class and type | Type 001 aircraft carrier |
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Liaoning (16; Chinese: 辽宁舰; pinyin: Liáoníng Jiàn) is a Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force, she was originally classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment, train and gain familiarity with aircraft carrier operations. Following upgrades and additional training in late 2018, Chinese state media announced that the ship would shift to a combat role in 2019.[9]
Originally laid down in 1985 for the Soviet Navy as the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Riga, she was launched on 4 December 1988 and renamed Varyag in 1990.[10] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, construction was halted and the ship was put up for sale by Ukraine. The stripped hulk was purchased in 1998 and after much delay, towed to the Dalian naval shipyard in northeast China, arriving in 2002.
The ship was rebuilt and commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) as Liaoning on 25 September 2012. Its Chinese ship class designation is Type 001. In November 2016, the political commissar of Liaoning, Commodore Li Dongyou, stated that Liaoning was combat-ready.[10]
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A second aircraft carrier is 68 percent complete and lacks electronics, weapons systems and aircraft, but sale of the carrier to India or China "is a fairy tale scenario," said Antonov. Russia is the only realistic potential purchaser.
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- ^ Rick Joe (20 May 2021). "China's J-15 Carrierborne Fighter: Sizing up the Competition". The Diplomat. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Beijing says Liaoning is now a 'combat carrier'". Asia Times. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b "How does China's first aircraft carrier stack up?". CSIS China Power. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.