US Navy aircraft crash in South China Sea
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China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.
New video clips show three military aircraft, including a J-35 stealth fighter, taking off via electromagnetic catapult from the Fujian.
Both aircraft were on routine flight operations, the Navy said, when they went down in the South China Sea only 30 minutes apart.
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