Editing Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier (section)

===Type 002 design changes===

Several design changes were made to the Type 002 aircraft carrier. Length, width, and displacement have been slightly increased.<ref name="scmp.com">{{Cite news |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2087064/10-things-you-should-know-about-chinas-first-home-built |title=10 things you should know about China's first home-built aircraft carrier |first=Minnie |last=Chan |date=12 April 2017 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227161441/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2087064/10-things-you-should-know-about-chinas-first-home-built |archive-date=27 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj.com">{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-launches-first-home-built-aircraft-carrier-boosting-naval-power-1493182896 |title=China Launches First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier, Boosting Naval Power |first1=Jeremy |last1=Page |first2=Ben |last2=Kesling |date=27 April 2017 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com"/> The island of the ship has been reduced in size to increase the size of the flight deck, and it carries a [[Active electronically scanned array|3-D phased array radar]].<ref name="janes2016">{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Andrew |title=Further progress made on China's Type 001A carrier |url=http://www.janes.com/article/64097/further-progress-made-on-china-s-type-001a-carrier |work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly |date=26 September 2016 |access-date=13 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102534/http://www.janes.com/article/64097/further-progress-made-on-china-s-type-001a-carrier |archive-date=1 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The ship is claimed to carry 36 aircraft instead of the 24 J-15 fighters carried by ''Liaoning''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3042580/chinas-new-aircraft-carrier-shandong-could-confront-other |title=China's new aircraft carrier the Shandong could confront other nations in disputed South China Sea, state media says |first=Teddy |last=Ng |date=18 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>