Robot pandas and board shorts: Chinese military launches aircraft carrier clothing line August 18, 2021 Aircraft carriers are kind ofcool. Anybody who’s ever seen “Top Gun” can attest to that. But only a few of the world’s navies have the industrial and technological capabilities to build them. In 2017, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) joined that club, launching the Shandong , the country’s first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier. The vessel has since become a symbol of the PLAN’s ascent to become the world’s largest navy, with modern, powerful and sleek warships joining the fleet at a rapid...