The US Congress recently published a report on the modernization of the Chinese Navy, in which the development of China's future aircraft carriers was carried out. According to the report, China's fourth aircraft carrier could begin construction as early as 2021, while China could eventually have four to six, and possibly even more than six. This news undoubtedly made the United States feel tremendous pressure, because once the number of aircraft carriers in China exceeds that of America's allies, it will pose a serious threat to the US military superiority in the Asia-Pacific region.
China's aircraft carrier development process can be said to be all the way forward, from the Liaoning ship commissioned in 2012, to the Shandong ship commissioned in 2019, and then to the third and fourth aircraft carriers under construction, China's aircraft carrier technology level continues to improve, from glide take-off, to catapult take-off, and then to the fourth aircraft carrier that may use nuclear power and electromagnetic catapult, China's aircraft carrier design concept is also constantly innovating, from imitating the Soviet Union's Kuznetsov class, to borrowing from the British Queen Elizabeth class, From a single ship and a single formation, to a double ship and two formations, to a possible multi-ship and multi-formation, China's aircraft carrier strategy is also constantly adjusting, from offshore defense, to offshore escort, to possible global influence.
The United States has always maintained a high degree of concern and vigilance for the development of China's aircraft carriers, especially for the latest technology application of China's aircraft carriers and related platform construction, the United States is extremely worried. The United States believes that China's aircraft carrier development is aimed at challenging the United States' leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, changing the strategic balance between the United States and China, and threatening the allies and interests of the United States. Therefore, the United States has been taking various measures to deal with the rise of China's aircraft carriers, such as strengthening its own aircraft carrier deployment, improving its own aircraft carrier combat capabilities, developing its own aircraft carrier confrontation strategy, and building its own aircraft carrier killer**.
However, I personally feel that there may be about six Chinese aircraft carriers in the end. The United States is a little too nervous and hostile to China's aircraft carrier development, because China's aircraft carrier development is not to confront the United States, but to safeguard its own maritime rights and interests, to fulfill its international responsibilities and obligations, and to promote its own peaceful development and win-win cooperation. China's aircraft carrier development is based on its own national conditions and needs, not based on the standards and requirements of the United States, and the number of China's aircraft carriers is also based on its own reality and capabilities, not according to the United States' ** and speculation.