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China Celebrates Launch Of 'Homemade' Aircraft Carrier

The not-yet-named carrier is the second in China's arsenal. It took less than four years to build.
China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier is launched in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Wednesday.

Chinese officials smashed a bottle of Champagne on the bow of their second aircraft carrier Wednesday, launching what the Defense Ministry calls the country's first "homemade" carrier — which took less than four

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