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China's Fujian aircraft carrier set for 'new-type' planes

China's most modern carrier, the Fujian, will be able to launch "new-type aircraft", state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday.

The carrier, the country's most advanced so far, has yet to be commissioned but is expected to form a core part of China's plans to become a blue-water navy whose forces can operate in the open ocean and far from its shores.

The Chinese navy currently operates two aircraft carriers. The Liaoning, modified from a Soviet Kuznetsov-class carrier, was commissioned in China in 2012.

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