China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is expected to achieve combat readiness sooner than the previous two, and the country has the potential to produce more carriers for regular deployment on the high seas, according to state media on Friday. The reports also said China had the technology to build nuclear-powered carriers. The Fujian was officially commissioned on Wednesday in Sanya, Hainan province, as the nation’s most advanced carrier and the first with electromagnetic catapults. It...

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