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On the occasion of the arrival of the China New Year, I made this aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning, which has deep feelings for China military enthusiasts.

ABOUTHISTORY(WIKI)

Liaoning aircraft carrier (code: 001 aircraft carrier, ship number: 16, abbreviated as Liaoning ship) is an aircraft carrier that can carry fixed-wing aircraft under the command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, and it is also the first aircraft carrier in service in China. The aircraft carrier Liaoning was formerly the USS Varyag, a marshal Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy. In the middle and late 1980s, when the USS Varyag was being built in Ukraine, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the construction project was interrupted, with a completion rate of 68%. In 1999, China purchased the Varyag and arrived at Dalian Port on March 4, 2002. On April 26th, 2005, the China Navy began to continue the construction and improvement. The goal of the PLA is to modify and manufacture this unfinished aircraft carrier and use it for scientific research, experiment and training. On September 25, 2012, it was officially renamed Liaoning and delivered to the PLA Navy. In November, 2013, Liaoning launched a 47-day comprehensive maritime exercise from Qingdao to the South China Sea in China. During this period, the China Navy mainly organized a large-scale ocean-going aircraft carrier battle group with nearly 20 ships of various types, which was the largest single-country maritime force assembly exercise in the western Pacific region except the US Navy since the end of the Cold War, and also marked that the aircraft carrier Liaoning began to have the ability to form a maritime battle group. On April 12, 2018, the Liaoning fleet appeared in the South China Sea military parade.

Location

A few kilometers near the Isle of Wight.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to my friend FengRedWhite-Handsome guy for helping me with the cover design

Happy Chinese New Year

Wishing you all a prosperous Year of the Dragon!