China's Fujian Carrier: Impressive Power Hindered by Deck Flaws
TL;DR
China's Fujian aircraft carrier, the largest non-nuclear warship, debuts with an advanced electromagnetic catapult but a tight flight-deck layout may bottleneck launch-and-recovery and cap sortie-generation at about 60% of a U.S. Nimitz-class, signaling a transitional design ahead of nuclear-powered future carriers.
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