Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian vs Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian — licensed reference photograph

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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian

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日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier — licensed reference photograph

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Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

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Srikar Kashyap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Chinese aircraft carrier FujianLength

316 m

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Vikrant-class aircraft carrierLength

262 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Chinese aircraft carrier Fujianlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+21%
Beam+23%

Vikrant-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 0 of 2

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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

316m

262m

Length+21%

All recorded figures & sources

316 m

Length

Single source

316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)^[source]

262 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian and Vikrant-class aircraft carrier configuration
Specification	Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian	Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
Power	—	4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW) 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox Two shafts^[source]
Name	Type 003^[source]	Vikrant -class aircraft carrier^[source]
Builders	Jiangnan Shipyard^[source]	Cochin Shipyard Limited^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Indian Navy Ensign Indian Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Type 002 Shandong^[source]	INS Vikramaditya^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 004^[source]	INS Vishal^[source]

Completed	1^[source]	1^[source]

Active	1^[source]	1^[source]

Namesake	Fujian province^[source]	—

Builder	Jiangnan Shipyard^[source]	—

Laid down	March 2015 – February 2016^[source]	—

Launched	17 June 2022^[source]	—

Commissioned	5 November 2025^[source]	—

Motto	( Simplified Chinese : 忠诚，精武，卓越，奋进)：Loyalty, Martial Proficiency, Excellence, Forging Ahead^[source]	—

Status	in active service^[source]	—

Class & type	Type 003 aircraft carrier^[source]	—

Propulsion	Steam turbines^[source]	—

Armament	Six-tube 324 mm anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) Type 1130 gun-based CIWS HHQ-10 missile-based CIWS^[source]	2 × 16 VLS Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles 3 × AK-630 CIWS 5 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun^[source]

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]	INS Vikrant : 36 aircraft: Fixed-wing: MiG-29K HAL Tejas (trials) Rafale M (already ordered) HAL TEDBF (in development) Rotary-wing: Kamov Ka-31 MH-60R HAL Dhruv^[source]