Colorful streamers billow around the Sichuan during the launching ceremony at the dry dock at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty ImagesChina unveiled its newest amphibious assault ship in a launching ceremony in Shanghai on Friday.The Sichuan's standout feature is a catapult system capable of launching fixed-wing aircraft.The first-in-class flattop also has a massive flight deck as large as three football fields.China unveiled the new amphibious assault ship it has been secretly building this past year at a launching ceremony at a shipyard in Shanghai.The Sichuan, the first Yulan-class landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship, has a massive flight deck as large as three football fields.

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