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Satellite imagery shows mystery ship built in China amid breakneck naval expansion | CNN

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Satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows a large, open flat top under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International on Longxue Island , in the southern province of Guangdong .

China has been churning out increasingly advanced warships at a feverish pace, often matching US carrier technology.

The aircraft carrier Fujian by far China ’s biggest, most modern and most powerful carrier to date headed to sea for its first trials.

The exercise was “aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier formations” Former US Navy captain Schuster calls it “yet another indicator of the PLA Navy’s growing maritime capabilities” The exercise enables the fleet to test logistical requirements and coordinate communications among the ships in the flotilla.