Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Recent images from China's Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai suggest that work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) third aircraft carrier's catapult system is now under way.

The images also strengthen previous suppositions that the conventionally powered carrier will feature electromagnetic catapults, given the presence of distinctive features along what will be the track of the aircraft launching system.

These features, such as trunking grooves that can support a power bus along the track, bear resemblance to the US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System incorporated on the service's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.