 |
| Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (File Photo) |
BEIJING (PTI): Amid deepening territorial disputes with its neighbours, China said it will have more aircraft carriers, far bigger than the one that was launched last year, to put in place its plans to emerge as a major maritime power.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy said on Tuesday that "China will have more than one aircraft carrier," Song Xue, deputy chief of staff of the PLA Navy, told foreign military attaches at a ceremony to celebrate the Navy's 64th founding anniversary in Beijing.
"The next aircraft carrier we need will be larger and carry more fighters," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Song as saying.
However, Song said some foreign media reports that China is building new aircraft carriers in Shanghai were not accurate.
Read the full story at Brahmand