AAircraft carriers
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AAircraft carriers
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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujianlarger figure on 0 of 1
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 1
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Length
Single source316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier |
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| Power | — | Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors , HEU 93.5%[source] |
| Name | Type 003[source] | Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | Newport News Shipbuilding[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
1,092 ft (333 m) – 1,106 ft (337 m)[source]
officers 3,789 enlisted
Single source508 officers 3,789 enlisted[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Type 002 Shandong[source] | Nimitz class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Type 004[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Namesake | Fujian province[source] | — |
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| Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | — |
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| Laid down | March 2015 – February 2016[source] | — |
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| Launched | 17 June 2022[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 November 2025[source] | — |
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| Motto | ( Simplified Chinese : 忠诚，精武，卓越，奋进)：Loyalty, Martial Proficiency, Excellence, Forging Ahead[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Type 003 aircraft carrier[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Steam turbines[source] | Four shafts[source] |
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| Armament | Six-tube 324 mm anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) Type 1130 gun-based CIWS HHQ-10 missile-based CIWS[source] | Surface-to-air missiles : 2 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) each 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 4 × M2 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 50+ aircraft: Fixed-wing: Shenyang J-35 carrier-based stealth multirole fighter Shenyang J-15T/DT carrier-based multirole fighter Xi'an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and cargo aircraft Helicopters: Harbin Z-20 family helicopters[source] | 75+[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar deck Electromagnetic catapults[source] | 1,092 ft × 252 ft (333 m × 77 m) flight deck[source] |
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| National origin | China[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | China[source] | United States[source] |
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| Cost | — | Program cost: US$ 37.30 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: US$12.998 billion (FY2018)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2009–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2017–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 10[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Type | — | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Decks | — | 25[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 50-year service life[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-79 and up) AN/SPQ-9B X band surface search radar (CVN-79 and up)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoys[source] |
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