X user @RupprechtDeino posted an image on December 30, 2025, between 5:46 p.m. and 6:16 p.m. UTC, depicting the middle hangar section installed on China's suspected Type 004 aircraft carrier under construction at Dalian shipyard, following yesterday's report citing sources 伏尔戈星图 and 塔总师. The post references yesterday's information that the section had apparently been installed and shares today's image as an update on construction progress at the Dalian facility, according to the X post at https://x.com/RupprechtDeino/status/2005903056110489951. This development occurs amid China's People's Liberation Army Navy commissioning 21 warships in 2025, including an 85,000-ton Type 003 aircraft carrier, as detailed in an earlier X post by @saber_k086 covering commissions through December 30.
