{
  "id": "fujian",
  "name": "Fujian (Type 003)",
  "aliases": [
    "Type 003"
  ],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Aircraft carrier",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 2025,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Fujian Class (Type 003 Class) Chinese Aircraft Carrier succeeds the Type 002 Shandong which is described as a modified Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier. It is China's first indigenously designed carrier, and its first capable of catapult-assisted take-offs (CATOBAR); previous Chinese carriers used ski-jumps (STOBAR).",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 315,
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 75,
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 80000,
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 30,
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Air Search Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Type 346B (Dragon Eye); E/F-band; 4 fixed-face panels.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Navigation Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "2 x I-band radars.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Physical Countermeasures",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "6 x trainable launchers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Electronic Countermeasures",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Intercept and jammers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Missile System: surface-to-air missiles (sam)",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 x HHQ-10 18-cell launchers; passive IR/anti-radiation homing to 9 km (4.9 n miles).",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Gun System: guns",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 x H/PJ-11 (Type 1130) 30 mm; 11 barrels per mounting; 10,000 rds/min combined to 4 km (2.2 n miles); on-mount phased-array search-and-track radar and optronic director.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aviation: aircarft",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "40 x J-15T (est) and KJ 600.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aviation: aviation facilities",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Hangar Deck.",
      "src": [
        "weg-fujian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "carrier",
  "image": {
    "file": "fujian.jpg",
    "thumb": "fujian-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "中国新闻社",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Fujian_flight_deck.jpg",
    "title": "File:Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian flight deck.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/fujian.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-fujian": {
      "title": "Fujian Class (Type 003 Class) Chinese Aircraft Carrier ",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Fujian_Class_Type_003_Class_Chinese_Aircraft_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}