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Monday, February 07, 2011

Concrete evidence of China's naval ambitions

concrete aircraft carrierThe large concrete structure, complete with a bridge, landing deck and ski ramp take-off platform has been constructed far inland near the city of Wuhan.

The ''carrier'' will allow Chinese navy pilots to practise landing approaches and train ground crew.

It is unclear whether planes have actually taken off or landed on the structure, but secretly taken pictures have shown what appears to be a Su-33 Flanker strike jet and naval helicopters on the flight deck.

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