The importance of aircraft carriers.
As the most powerful in the ocean, aircraft carriers are capable of patrolling and strategic deployment in the vast oceans. More than 70% of the Earth's land is made up of oceans, and only 30% of the land is land. Therefore, if a country wants to safeguard its maritime rights and security needs, it must have a reliable maritime platform. Aircraft carriers are currently the most advanced ocean transportation system in the world.
A comparison of the maritime power of China and the United States.
As the most powerful military in the world, the United States currently has 11 aircraft carriers, including the Ford 2, which will be put into service, for a total of 12. China now has only two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning is converted from an old Ukrainian aircraft carrier, which has many limitations, mainly for maritime exercises, and is not a real **. Only the Shandong is an aircraft carrier developed by ourselves with real combat functions. However, for a maritime power like China, which has an ocean area of more than 3 million square kilometers, one aircraft carrier is simply not enough.
Many people are talking about how many aircraft carriers China wants to build and then compete with the United States on the oceans. On the Internet, there has been a discussion about this matter for a long time. It is generally believed that China must have five or six aircraft carriers to cope with the various waters, maintain maritime security, and transfer of power.
China's maritime power.
China's brilliant achievements in the past decade are inseparable from China's overall strength and scientific research level. The United States considers China to be China's biggest competitor, constantly challenges and intimidates China, and threatens to go to war with it. While facing the threat of foreign enemies and the continuous development of the world situation, China has not stopped the development of its own military strength and military strength.
If you want to judge the maritime power of China and the United States, the most important point is whether the combat effectiveness of each aircraft carrier can be compared with that of American aircraft carriers. In the case of equal strength, there will be no suspense in the battle between them.
Although China does not want to compete with other countries in military battles, both the United States and the West will compare China's military power to its own. In recent years, the United States has conducted many exercises against China and the United States, and the results have shown that the United States is in an advantageous position.
The biggest reliance of the United States is on aircraft carriers, which can carry a large number of fighter planes to carry out mobile attacks on land, sea and air, even if it is a small and medium-sized country, it is enough to dispatch an aircraft carrier. Such a strong fighting force has made many people frightened and sweated for the United States.
China's great maritime power.
As an upright country, China must not only strengthen its own defense construction, but also devote itself to maintaining the stability of the international community and never fear hegemony. The enemy placed its powerful air force around China with the intention of launching a surprise attack on China. China will also have a strong air and air presence to deal with the attack. However, the Chinese Navy at this time clearly lacked enough aircraft carriers. China, with its strength and intelligence, has laid out its defenses to cope with the current difficulties.
If China fails to achieve its optimal configuration, then the United States and the West will get in the way and prevent China from achieving a higher level of development. At present, the comparison of maritime forces between China and the United States is very clear, and a US aircraft carrier can carry 5,000 soldiers and 85 fighters, while the United States has sent 60 percent of its troops to the Asia-Pacific region. Why is China so confident and calm?
Although China does not have many aircraft carriers, it can be quickly resupplied from other types of ships. China's newest 055000 T-class missile destroyer has a very high density and powerful firepower, capable of achieving saturation strikes.
China has two types of amphibious assault ships, three of which were built in three years, the 076, a warship with launchers, capable of allowing aircraft to quickly rise into the air and thus gain the initiative in battle, which, like aircraft carriers, is also a tactic.
In this way, although China's conventional aircraft carriers are few, they can be compared with amphibious assault ships and large submarines of the 10,000-ton class in naval warfare, thus breaking the shortcomings of the long construction period and slow delivery, achieving a qualitative leap and enhancing its own combat effectiveness.
This is also the reason why the current combat power of the Chinese fleet is not bad, because they do not have many aircraft carriers, and they are also very strong.