U.S. media reports that China's upcoming Type 004 aircraft carrier may surpass the Ford-class, with a larger size and an additional displacement of up to 10,000 tons.

US Media: China Is Building the World's Largest Aircraft Carrier!

According to the US website The War Zone, through analysis of open-source information, China's upcoming aircraft carrier—referred to by Chinese netizens as Type 004—is larger than the US Navy's Ford-class carrier. This new carrier exceeds the Ford-class in both length and width by more than 5 meters.

Don't underestimate the significance of being several meters longer and wider than the Ford-class—it could result in a displacement difference of tens of thousands of tons! Moreover, this means the carrier will have more spacious areas to carry a greater number of carrier-based aircraft.

China's first three carriers—the Liaoning, Shandong, and Fujian—were each built one at a time, during a phase of "small steps, fast progress," rapidly accumulating experience and technical expertise. It is only with the construction of the fourth carrier that China has truly achieved an integration of years of accumulated experience in aircraft carrier building. As such, this "world-class" carrier should now be ready for mass production.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1874724414172362/

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