While other countries are busy dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, China has been testing its new advanced air-to-ground missile. The test result shows that the new weapon can be used to attack moving targets, ground targets, and even large ships. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that it is China's first long-range stand-off weapon.
BEIJING: China has recently test-launched a new type of air-to-ground missile, which can be fired from a helicopter, according to the team that developed the projectile@TeamPKGuardian #PakGuardian pic.twitter.com/0PzGeqEjtP — @ishaq baig (@ishaqbaig181) July 17, 2020
"Assembly of the new aircraft carrier has begun and is expected to be completed in the first half of next year because the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down progress," said one of the two independent sources coordination with South China Morning Post. The sources requested anonymity since the issue is sensitive, as stated by the report.
Type 002 carrier's sister ship had begun initial construction work as early as 2018. However, the operation was stopped because of technical reasons. Photos showing two huge parts in a dry dock, assembled from prefabricated vessel components, were circulating on mainland China's social media platforms.
The latest images revealed that the aircraft carriers made much more progress compared to the previous satellite images taken by the U.S. Centre for Strategic and International Studies in April 2019.
