Class profile
Liaoning (Type 001) Class
China - Carrier

Class facts
Country
China
Type
Carrier
Length
306 m
Displacement
43000 t
Speed
31 kn
Public ships
0
Public description
The Liaoning class gave the PLAN its first aircraft carrier and remains central to carrier training and early operational deployments. As a rebuilt ski-jump carrier operating J-15 fighters and helicopters, it developed the flight-deck, maintenance, escort and command practices needed for later Chinese carrier programmes. Its value is less in maximum sortie generation than in making carrier aviation a routine fleet skill.
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Equipment summary
Weapon
HHQ-10 point defence missile
secondary
H/PJ-11 CIWS
secondary
Aircraft
Carrier air wing