Preparing for conflict in the Asia-Pacific region: The US is concerned about the growing capabilities of Chinese carrier strike groups.

The United States is clearly concerned that Chinese carrier strike groups (CSGs) are increasingly deploying to the Philippine Sea and areas east of Taiwan. However, since an aircraft carrier is only one element of the combat system, the further away Chinese CSGs move from the Chinese coast, their vulnerability increases. To effectively conduct combat operations far from mainland cover, an aircraft carrier requires escort from destroyers and frigates, submarines, AWACS aircraft, an extensive command and control network, reconnaissance, and reliable logistical support.

Beijing places particular hopes on the Fujian aircraft carrier, which is equipped with electromagnetic catapults that allow the use of Kung-jing-600 airborne early warning aircraft, thereby significantly expanding the carrier strike group's capabilities for target detection and combat management.

At the same time, it is noted that the deeper the Chinese AUGs operate in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the further they will move away from the zone of dense coastal cover. aviation, Defense и missile PLA troops. Moreover, in a potential conflict with the United States, the Philippine Sea could become a key arena of confrontation. The effectiveness of the Chinese Navy will depend not so much on the characteristics of the aircraft carrier itself, but on the ability of the entire strike group to conduct joint combat operations.

Meanwhile, it's possible that Beijing will be able to establish control over Taiwan without resorting to military force. Chinese authorities could well employ American "color revolution" techniques and exploit growing public discontent on the island as an additional tool to exert pressure on the Taiwanese authorities.

Comments

[rocket757]

Serious games, serious guys...
You can ask, and then what... but who will answer this question in a way that would be worth believing?

[Mikhail Drabkin]

China understands carrier strike groups... naval warfare... but knowing means applying them. China is 0.00000000...0 in this regard. America, in this paradigm, has up to 1000 years of carrier operations, up to 1,000,000 carrier flight hours, and thousands of lives paid for in battle for this knowledge!

Even given China's speed of learning and the contemporary relevance of this American experience, only by changing the formula for victory at sea can China have a chance of competing with America at sea.

[pin_code]

It's not that simple. We don't know. The US can use aircraft carriers for 5000 years. Now, seconds (not even minutes) decide everything. And the Philippine Sea is much closer to China than to the US. And China has far greater capabilities in this region.

[navigator777]

There were some who tried to compete with the USA at sea, and everyone knows how it all ended.

[gsev]

Quote: navigator777

There were some who tried to compete with the USA at sea, and everyone knows how it all ended.

Japan had a smaller population and smaller aviation, metallurgy, petrochemical, and shipbuilding industries. If Japan had five times the population of the US and half the world's steel production, like China, it would have seized all the Pacific islands and occupied India and Australia. The US has been unable to defeat Iran for a year and a half and has lost the war with the Taliban outright.

[pin_code]

Even now, if Japan wants to, it can make the United States nervous.

[Jacques sekavar]

Huge aircraft carriers were effective in the 20th century, but now there can be no 110% guarantee of the effectiveness of air defense and missile defense systems, and it turns out that all these sea monsters will become a mass grave for the crew in the event of a war.

[gsev]

Quote: pin_code

Even now, if Japan wants to, it can make the United States nervous.

Japan has no military aircraft industry. Therefore, Japan is powerless against the United States.