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'''CNS ''Liaoning (16)''''' is the first Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier commissioned into the [[People's Liberation Army]] Navy Surface Force, It was originally classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment, train and gain familiarity with [[aircraft carrier]] operations. Following upgrades and additional training in late 2018, Chinese state media announced that the ship would shift to a [[combat]] role in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-04-25|title=Beijing says Liaoning is now a ‘combat carrier’|url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/04/beijing-says-liaoning-is-now-a-combat-carrier/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Asia Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
Originally laid down in 1985 for the Soviet Navy as the Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier ''Riga'', she was launched on 4 December 1988 and renamed ''Varyag'' in 1990.<ref name=stackup>{{cite web|url=http://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/|title=How does China's first aircraft carrier stack up?|publisher=CSIS China Power|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920023328/http://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=live|date=9 December 2015}}</ref> After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, construction was halted and the ship was put up for sale by [[Ukraine]]. The stripped hulk was purchased in 1998 and towed to the Dalian naval shipyard in northeast China.
The ship was rebuilt and commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) as ''Liaoning'' on 25 September 2012. Its Chinese ship class designation is Type 001. In November 2016, the political commissar of ''Liaoning'', Commodore Li Dongyou, stated that ''Liaoning'' was combat ready.<ref name=stackup/>
==See also==
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/lx7PsFBqXdI 3 REASONS CHINESE LIAONING WILL NOT LAST AN HOUR AGAINST USS RONALD REAGAN PROTECTING JAPAN !]
Originally laid down in 1985 for the Soviet Navy as the Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier ''Riga'', she was launched on 4 December 1988 and renamed ''Varyag'' in 1990.<ref name=stackup>{{cite web|url=http://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/|title=How does China's first aircraft carrier stack up?|publisher=CSIS China Power|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920023328/http://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=live|date=9 December 2015}}</ref> After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, construction was halted and the ship was put up for sale by [[Ukraine]]. The stripped hulk was purchased in 1998 and towed to the Dalian naval shipyard in northeast China.
The ship was rebuilt and commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) as ''Liaoning'' on 25 September 2012. Its Chinese ship class designation is Type 001. In November 2016, the political commissar of ''Liaoning'', Commodore Li Dongyou, stated that ''Liaoning'' was combat ready.<ref name=stackup/>
==See also==
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/lx7PsFBqXdI 3 REASONS CHINESE LIAONING WILL NOT LAST AN HOUR AGAINST USS RONALD REAGAN PROTECTING JAPAN !]