Carrier's milestone moment: Electromagnetic launches

The People's Liberation Army Navy has made a major stride in the development of its carrier force, successfully launching and recovering three types of aircraft — the J-35 and J-15T naval fighter jets and the KJ-600 early-warning and control plane — from its supercarrier CNS Fujian using cutting-edge electromagnetic systems.

This makes the Fujian the world's second aircraft carrier capable of using electromagnetic catapult and arresting gear systems to facilitate aircraft operations.

According to the Navy, the three models had made a number of takeoff and landing operations in tests and training voyages by the Fujian before the Victory Day parade on Sept 3 in Beijing, when all of the aircraft took part in a ceremonial flyby. The parade also marked the public debut of the J-35, the Navy's first stealth fighter, and the KJ-600, the service's first fixed-wing early-warning and control plane deployed on carriers.