New Aircraft Carriers That Are Under Construction around the world.
United states of America
The U.S. Navy currently operates 11 aircraft carriers the 10 carriers of the older Nimitz class and the USS Gerald R. Ford the first of the Ford class carriers. The 17 billion Ford was commissioned into the Navy in July 2017.
America's latest Flat Top is 1106 feet long and displaces 100 thousand tons. Despite its size the carrier can plow through the seas at more than 30 knots an hour. The third ship USS Enterprise began advanced construction on August the 24th 2017. Talks are going on to release the contract for the fourth unnamed ship.
United Kingdom
The Royal Navy is continuing course on its plans to field a force of two carriers. The first carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was commissioned in 2017 and is awaiting the F35 B Joint Strike Fighters that will make up her air wing which should be ready by 2020. The second carrier HMS Prince of Wales was floated out of a construction dock in late December 2017 and will undergo sea trials in 2019. Each of the two carriers will have 12 F35 B fighters, which has vertical takeoff and landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter preferred by the U.S. Marine Corps with the ability to embark up to 36 of the fighters in a crisis.
China
China is steaming full speed ahead to field a fleet of at least 3 combat ready carriers after the 2012 commissioning of Liaoning a Type 001 aircraft carrier.
The country quickly began construction of the second carrier in 2015 a type 001A type aircraft carrier. Meanwhile a third carrier 002 is currently fitting out the Yangdon Chang Singh shipyard's at Shanghai. 002 will be considerably larger than the previous two carriers though still only 80 percent the size of the full cost carriers. The ship will also ditch the use of a ski ramp to launch aircraft and instead use a Chinese version of the Fuld's mail system. The construction of 002 began in 2016.
India
The Indian Navy currently sails one carrier INS Vikramaditya. The construction on second indigenous aircraft carrier began in 2005. The ship has recently been named as Vikrant and is projected to be complete in 2020. At 831 feet long and displacing 40000 tonnes Vikrant is the largest warship ever produced in India.
The ship will carry 20 Russian made MiG 29 K fighters.
Japan
Japan has not begun construction or announced any new aircraft carriers but according to reports is considering a major break in policy and designing fixed wing aircraft to them.
If they do, that would technically mean Japan will have new aircraft carriers. In late 2017. Japanese news outlets reported Tokyo was considering modifying its 200 plus helicopter destroyers Jallow and quagga to fly the F 35 Joint Strike Fighter. Chinese pressure on Japanese airspace over the Senkaku Islands and the East China Sea and the shortage of airfields in the area was cited as reasons.
United states of America
The U.S. Navy currently operates 11 aircraft carriers the 10 carriers of the older Nimitz class and the USS Gerald R. Ford the first of the Ford class carriers. The 17 billion Ford was commissioned into the Navy in July 2017.
America's latest Flat Top is 1106 feet long and displaces 100 thousand tons. Despite its size the carrier can plow through the seas at more than 30 knots an hour. The third ship USS Enterprise began advanced construction on August the 24th 2017. Talks are going on to release the contract for the fourth unnamed ship.
United Kingdom
The Royal Navy is continuing course on its plans to field a force of two carriers. The first carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was commissioned in 2017 and is awaiting the F35 B Joint Strike Fighters that will make up her air wing which should be ready by 2020. The second carrier HMS Prince of Wales was floated out of a construction dock in late December 2017 and will undergo sea trials in 2019. Each of the two carriers will have 12 F35 B fighters, which has vertical takeoff and landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter preferred by the U.S. Marine Corps with the ability to embark up to 36 of the fighters in a crisis.
China
China is steaming full speed ahead to field a fleet of at least 3 combat ready carriers after the 2012 commissioning of Liaoning a Type 001 aircraft carrier.
The country quickly began construction of the second carrier in 2015 a type 001A type aircraft carrier. Meanwhile a third carrier 002 is currently fitting out the Yangdon Chang Singh shipyard's at Shanghai. 002 will be considerably larger than the previous two carriers though still only 80 percent the size of the full cost carriers. The ship will also ditch the use of a ski ramp to launch aircraft and instead use a Chinese version of the Fuld's mail system. The construction of 002 began in 2016.
India
The Indian Navy currently sails one carrier INS Vikramaditya. The construction on second indigenous aircraft carrier began in 2005. The ship has recently been named as Vikrant and is projected to be complete in 2020. At 831 feet long and displacing 40000 tonnes Vikrant is the largest warship ever produced in India.
The ship will carry 20 Russian made MiG 29 K fighters.
Japan
Japan has not begun construction or announced any new aircraft carriers but according to reports is considering a major break in policy and designing fixed wing aircraft to them.
If they do, that would technically mean Japan will have new aircraft carriers. In late 2017. Japanese news outlets reported Tokyo was considering modifying its 200 plus helicopter destroyers Jallow and quagga to fly the F 35 Joint Strike Fighter. Chinese pressure on Japanese airspace over the Senkaku Islands and the East China Sea and the shortage of airfields in the area was cited as reasons.
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