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China officially brought its next-generation aircraft carrier, the Fujian, into operational service on Wednesday – a milestone in its drive to transform the People’s Liberation Army into an Asian superpower.

FUJIAN is China’s third airline, compared to 11 of 11, and the first to be designed and produced at home. It is one of the most important things in Mores Xi Jinping’s push to create a people’s liberation army in the year 2035, part of the opening war aimed at dealing with the influence of the Indo-Pacific.

China’s State Media said Fujian will continue with sea trials and air trials before full combat – ready to establish – ready to be ready, but its Beijing’s growing focus on large-scale, critical military operations. The 80,000-ton ship is equipped with electromagnetic catapults that can launch heavy aircraft, including the j-35 adreats, offering a long range and an impressive capacity greater than the latest carriers, the shandong cargo.

Defense analysts say FUJIAN is putting a shift towards a blue water navy – designed to operate away from China – to strengthen Beijing’s power in the Pacific, where western carriers have been dominated for a long time. Still, China remains years away from matching the US Navy’s global reach or experience in carrier operations. Fujian is powered up at the meeting, winning its endurance against American nuclear ships.

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The launch of FUJIAN is also a debate about the use of electromagnetic catapults – Beijing’s technology has been welcomed and President Donald Trump has been publicly criticized as being dishonest.

Speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington while visiting sailors in Japan, Trump announced his intention to return powered and hydraulic catapults to electromagnetic systels (EMLS) which are more expensive, unreliable and difficult to repair.

“They spend billions to build stupid electricity. And the problem is, when it breaks, you have to send it to MIT …. Steam – you can fix it,” said Trump.

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China’s third-class aircraft carrier, the Fujian, conducted a sea trial on May 7, 2024. (Ding Ziyi/Xinhua via AP)

He told the assembled sailors: “When we build aircraft carriers, we absorb the catapults, and they are hydraulically lifted. We won’t have a problem.”

News of the Fujian landing is fueled by immediate concerns in Japan, which has been increasing its defense capabilities in response to China’s growing military power. MININEU KIHARA, a former defense minister who now serves as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said the launch shows that Beijing “

The US has 11 operational aircraft carriers, such as the USS TheoDore Roosevelt pictured above. (US Navy via Getty Images)

Kihara told reporters that Japan believes that China is working to extend its naval and air activities away from its seas and warned that Tokyo will “respond calmly” to any threat “calmly” to any threat that acknowledges.

The United States maintains the presence of a Carrier Strike Group in the Western Pacific and conducts regular freedom-of-navigation operations near the disputed islands to challenge the disputed islands to challenge China’s territorial claims.

A senior military official told FOX News Digital this week: “China’s military is sending a signal to all that Beijing intends to use military force to change the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.”

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However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Chinese counterpart appeared to smooth over the differences at a meeting last week, agreeing to establish military communications channels in “decisions.”

“We have many meetings on that soon. God bless China and the USA!” Hegseth wrote in a post to X after the meeting.