中國航母計劃今年服役

A high-ranking Chinese navy officer says the country's first aircraft carrier will officially be placed into service later this year. The China Daily newspaper quotes Deputy Commander Xu Hongmeng on Tuesday saying the military "has a plan" to put the Soviet-built vessel into active duty, but did not go into details.

China bought the vessel from Ukraine in 1998, and has put the refitted ship through four sea trials since its maiden voyage last year. The newspaper quotes media reports saying the warship is currently equipped with life-size model planes. China Daily says it learned Monday from Rear Admiral Cao Dongshen that the new aircraft carrier will not be deployed as part of a single fixed fleet, but will keep traveling. Cao says the carrier will mainly conduct experiments, training and scientific research.中國高級海軍官員說，中國第一艘航母今年晚些時候將會入役。中國官方的中國日報星期二援引海軍副司令員徐洪猛的話說，軍方今年有安排這艘前蘇聯製造的航母入役的計劃，但是報道沒有提供詳情。

中國1998年從烏克蘭購買了這艘航母並對此進行了改裝。去年首次試航後，這艘航母已經進行了四次海上試驗。報道援引其他媒體的消息說，目前航母上已經配置了實物大小的模型飛機。《中國日報》的報道還援引海軍少將曹東沈少將的話說，新航母不會被編入某個固定的艦隊，但將不斷航行。航母入列後，只是增加了一個試驗、科研和訓練的平臺。