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China has reconfigured its medium cargo ship-turned improvised warship into a drone carrier, but just how realistic is what we are seeing? Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. China has reconfigured its medium cargo ship-turned improvised warship into a drone carrier, but just how realistic is what we are seeing? Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In a major follow-up to three of our recent. A Chinese cargo ship that recently appeared configured as an improvised missile-carrying warship is now being used to showcase what appears to be a ship-mounted electromagnetic aircraft launch system capable of launching large, fixed-wing combat drones. New imagery from Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhonghua. SINGAPORE — China has officially commissioned its third aircraft carrier, the first to use catapults for launching aircraft. The Fujian was commissioned in a ceremony attended by Chinese P resident Xi Jinping at the Yulin Naval Base on the island of Hainan on Wednesday, according to reports from. Is China’s truck-mounted catapult system enabling merchant aircraft carriers? Pictures have emerged in China that appear to show a truck-mounted electromagnetic catapult system for large drones on a cargo ship apparently converted for military use, triggering speculation on social media platforms. Three types of aircraft have been launched from the Fujian aircraft carrier using an electromagnetic catapult. China's fifth-generation J-35 stealth fighter, 4.5-generation J-15T fighter and KJ-600 early warning and control aircraft have all been successfully launched using the advanced system. Images have emerged of a Chinese medium-sized cargo ship, docked at Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, fitted with a modular electromagnetic catapult for launching advanced combat drones, or perhaps even fighter jets. This vessel, roughly 100-metres long and built as a container ship, has been.