Aircraft Carriers

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 September 2007 The world's biggest aircraft manufacturers are in the race to supply the Indian air force with 126 new fighter jets in a deal worth an estimated $10 billion. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, th

SSS 2008-12-03

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General assembly has begun on China's self-developed amphibious aircraft AG600 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province. Workers are currently assembling the fuselage of the world's largest amphibious aircraft. Huang Lingcai, chief designer of the

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The AG600 amphibious aircraft is expected to take its maiden flight over land in the first half of 2017 and on water in the second half, said its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). 国有飞机制造商中国航空工业集团

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The attack comes as a total surprise. 这次攻击完全出人意料之外 Marine Corporal Er Nightingale 海军陆战队下士厄尔南丁格尔 who was on board the battle ship Arizona described the scene: 当年在亚利桑那号战舰上服役，他