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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Aircraft carrier home after longest trial


China's aircraft carrier, known as the Varyag, has completed its ninth sea trial, the longest yet, and returned to the Port of Dalian in northeastern Liaoning Province yesterday.

However, military officials confirmed it will continue to carry out tests rather than be commissioned today as predicted by some experts.

There are still many tests to be done before it can become a combat platform, Lin Bai, a colonel of the General Armament Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, told a press conference yesterday.

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