Is China building a bigger support ship for its future Type 004 carrier battle group?

China appears to be developing one of its largest fast combat-support ships for the future long-range operations of its Type 004 aircraft carrier, which is still under construction. Commercial satellite imagery captured on July 2, provided by Planet Labs and published by defence news outlet TWZ, shows construction progress at the Comec Longxue shipyard near Guangzhou and reveals fresh details of the vessel’s layout. The images offer insight into how Beijing plans to keep future strike groups...

By Gabriel Dominguez