China Commissions the Fujian, Its First Catapult-Equipped Carrier
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterUSNI News (7 Nov 2025): 'Xi Jinping attended the ceremony at Yulin Naval Base on Wednesday' (5 November 2025); Wikipedia[2] gives the commissioning in Sanya on 5 November 2025.
China's navy commissioned the 80,000-ton Fujian, its third aircraft carrier and first with electromagnetic catapults, at Yulin Naval Base on Hainan with Xi Jinping in attendance.
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