Dalian foreign media expected the modified aircraft carrier Varyag this year will enable
2011, the first year of the Chinese aircraft carrier?
Construction of aircraft carrier battle groups to track the depth of the PLA
Editor's Note: Recently, Reuters said the former Soviet Union, China's aircraft carrier "Varyag" was based on the transformation was complete, the first aircraft carrier may be launched in 2011 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of founding, the source said: "Next year in July is a window before and after 1. "The report was then considered to be the first time since 2007 the official admitted the possibility of 3 years after the construction of aircraft carrier phase obtained significant results. In recent years, came from various sources along with the official and unofficial information, at home and abroad program to China highly concerned about the aircraft carrier had in fact gone beyond the carrier itself, and become a major strategic issue. Articles related reports consolidated comb hope to provide readers with some reference value to professional workers. Need of special note is no intention to endorse any of the publication point of view, it is not confirmed by any of the content.
Sudden acceleration of the aircraft carrier construction
Bloomberg recently reported that parked in Dalian "Varyag" aircraft carrier deck can already see workers in construction, can be seen at dusk or even the obvious "welding sparks." Ukraine inherited "Varyag" was in 1998 after it sold to China, and officially settled in 2002 at Dalian Shipyard.
According to the U.S. Navy intelligence report of July 2010 revealed that parked in Dalian "Varyag" number will be the first completed. The report speculated that "Varyag" was in 2010 to 2012 and put into use, but only as a training ship, and China-made aircraft carrier will be "some time after 2015" appears. Canada's publication "Han and Defense Review," also speculated that China built aircraft carrier project has not been the financial crisis, is continuing construction of support facilities, construction of aircraft carriers in the internal modular construction plant, the full variety of containers, some stacked container up to 3 layers high, showing that China's aircraft carrier construction has reached the final stage of preparation.
In China, the aircraft carrier discussion has been going on for 50 years. Military analysts pointed out that exports of goods and oil, gas and iron ore imports are highly dependent on the safety of sea lanes, so China is working to send the aircraft carrier at sea within a few years.
From the sea 643 km away in Wuhan, the Western media seems to have found a Chinese aircraft carrier "clues." Bloomberg speculation, such as an aircraft carrier near the lake's size model although they can not move, but is also suitable for training the crew on the aircraft carrier. Last week, the lake shore to the vegetable farmers have seen fertilizer two cranes in the construction of aircraft carrier-type architecture. United States, "Aviation Week" article that appeared on the Internet allegedly Ship Design and Research Institute in Wuhan, a large number of very interesting pictures of the facilities, photographs displayed on top of a building, an aircraft carrier, the main superstructure is under construction, but also There is a large roof platform that training as a fighter and a helicopter landing deck to use.
In addition, the United States, "Strategy Page" Web site article also revealed that the U.S. commercial satellite photographs taken for the Chinese carrier plans to provide new evidence: China is on the slippery deck of aircraft carrier design jump test, and speculation that China will have one next year has the operational capability of the aircraft carrier. Reported that satellite images show that China has built a place in the Northwest flying leaps slippery runway training facilities, where windy, and the carrier similar to the real environment. The article said that China's carrier-based pilots were only 4 years of training is "gambling", but "the Chinese people aggressive, and are struggling to make progress."
Jiangnan Shipyard ready
Following the Chinese Defense Minister Liang said that "China can never aircraft carrier", and Navy Commander Wu Shengli, said "China should accelerate the development of large surface combat vessels", the Jiangnan Shipyard Group recently for the first time publicly that the group has done for the construction of aircraft carrier good preparation.
In the Shanghai Oriental TV broadcast of "Look East" program, Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. Daqing, general manager of the South East TV reporter in an interview, said: "From our hardware from our production capacity, we are fully equipped it needs for the Navy's various underwater construction of water projects, including strategic ship. Now we are all concerned about the aircraft carrier project, I tell you today is: Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of an aircraft carrier ready, it already has capacity, we hope that the construction of the first one of our own design, with independent intellectual property rights of an aircraft carrier. "
Jiangnan Shipyard is known as "China's first plant", the predecessor was founded in 1865, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, is the founder of the first Qing, the Westernization Movement, the largest public-owned industrial enterprises in the modern, who has created the first rifles in China The first door steel gun, the first tons of hydraulic machines, the first generation of space tracking ship - 145 years, the Jiangnan Shipyard has created nearly a hundred, "the first" national industrial development in China has made tremendous contributions. Founding of new China, especially the 30 years since reform and opening up, China's Jiangnan Shipyard is a ship for the modernization of national defense industry and has made an outstanding contribution.
June 3, 2008, the Jiangnan Shipyard from the Huangpu River in the overall move to Changxing Island, Shanghai, Chongming County in the southeast end of the Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base ship. Changxing Shipbuilding Base covers an area of 560 hectares. 3.8 km coastline shipbuilding base in accordance with the "One Hundred Years is not lagging behind" the design requirements of careful planning and design, is divided into three production lines, side by side with four large dock and several indoor and outdoor berth. Among them, the maximum length of a dock 580 meters, 120 meters wide, covering an area equivalent to 10 standard football pitches. In addition, configuration of 7 600 tons of gantry crane, with a total investment of about 160 billion yuan, which is the largest and most advanced facilities, the most internationally competitive shipbuilding base, the annual shipbuilding capacity of 450 tons. Its size after South Korea Ulsan Hyundai shipbuilding base, the highest in the world.
"Shi Lang" was the task of
Japan's "World Ship" magazine reported that the aircraft carrier program as a first step, China is promoting the training of aircraft carrier "Shi Lang" was the service, the predecessor of the Soviet ship is not built aircraft carrier "Varyag" number. Dalian, according to photographs taken in the judge, "Varyag" has the same painting with the color of Chinese warships. "Jane's Warships Yearbook" will be aboard the ship has been called the "Shi Lang" number.
Before this, no aircraft carriers in the development and construction during the next national carrier, the Chinese navy can be the first to use "Shi Lang" was the pilot and the aircraft carrier deck operations staff. Before serving in the self-built aircraft carrier-based air and deck operations training team, this could make self-built aircraft carrier in service as soon as possible after the fighting.
"Shi Lang" was the most interesting question is what kind of power plant of its use. If we had "Varyag" was sold to China, the ship's power has not been installed, the Chinese side also need large-scale transformation. Even if the power plant had been installed, after all, has also been more than 10 years time, China also needs to be a degree of readiness and maintenance. If the "Shi Lang" was the power unit is only available for self-navigation, the ship will become a mere "sea air platform", as the aircraft landing and deck operations training ground. However, flying leaps to train slide, you need to form a carrier deck high-speed wind sailing against the wind. If the aircraft speed is too low, the value of their training will be limited.
In weapons, "Shi Lang" was probably only short-range air defense missiles and equipment near Artillery, the Chinese Navy destroyer may use the existing red flag -9 missiles and defense systems near 30 mm caliber. Of course, as a training ship, "Shi Lang" was not loaded weapon may be completely.
Electronic equipment, "Shi Lang" No. If you only as a training aircraft, may only be loaded conventional marine radar and communications equipment, plus other air traffic control radar equipment, landing guidance radar, and some aviation support class equipment.
China plans to build more aircraft carriers by 2020, therefore, "Shi Lang" was as a training aircraft carrier should be before this service. If the "Shi Lang" was close to the speed to 30 knots, and the successful introduction of the Su -33 fighter aircraft, closer to the Chinese navy can have a real aircraft carrier. It should be noted that this does not mean that China will soon have real ability to build aircraft carrier battle groups.
Like China to have aircraft carriers in the Navy in the future, you need to start from scratch, the use of aircraft carriers accumulated experience, learning a lot of systems and mechanisms for their own knowledge. And this knowledge is not only how to use an aircraft carrier, but also related to how cooperative aircraft carrier battle groups in different ships, how to build the command of such aircraft as the core of the fleet. In addition, this knowledge must also be the Navy had no aircraft carriers when the culture of integration. Chinese navy is rapidly developing to the ocean ahead. However, to have aircraft carriers, and to achieve their combat effectiveness, the future still has a long and arduous way to go.
Su J -15 or -33?
"Shi Lang" was the prototype of the "Kuznetsov", which uses the SU -33 fighter jet is sliding a few have the ability to hop off one of the fighters. What about their use of carrier-based aircraft carrier, China has two options, namely, purchased from Russia or the Soviet Union and Soviet -33 -33 to -15 F model development of domestic aircraft. According to Beijing's military experts say, the F -15 has successful test flight in 2010. China has already begun with the land-based facility for simulation of the flight deck of aircraft carrier landing training. Next step is to train aircraft carrier pilots taking off and landing training. This is to build aircraft carrier battle group is indispensable. In addition, for the aircraft carrier battle groups to play a role in actual combat, but also must act as a security guard guided missile destroyers and submarines, the role of joint training, etc., to ensure safety.
Recently, China has purchased from the Ukraine, a Soviet -33 Su-27K fighter prototype test data and its structure as a data carrier aircraft development. China also requires the use of Soviet-era in Ukraine left the carrier-based aircraft training facilities. This could also be to prevent the carrier pilots in training was too dependent on Russia. In addition, the Chinese navy in the outskirts of Xi'an, the flight test center hop off the sliding platform of the training ground. Alleged to have installed the aircraft tail hook Su -27 ups and downs in the tests carried out here. Jane's Almanac that "Shi Lang" was likely to carry 18 Su -33 fighter, and Russia, "Kuznetsov" in carrying the same number. The latter is also equipped with a 19 card -27 series helicopters and four Su-25UGT trainer. But I do not know, "Shi Lang" was what the helicopter will be used.
Western media on the so-called early warning aircraft carrier is also very interested. U.S. Global Strategic Network has recently speculated that China will build aircraft carriers in the domestic transport -7 platform with the installation of KJ200 phased array radar system, a new carrier-based early warning aircraft. Transport aircraft for the Chinese imitation -7 -24 Russian transport aircraft safety. China will assume the operation of early warning aircraft -7 23 tons of weight similar to the U.S. E-2 AWACS-type aircraft carrier combat duties.
10 years to build four aircraft carrier battle group?
U.S. Department of Defense report, China will have a future, including aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and amphibious ships, including a total of 190 ships consisting of the main fleet. Bloomberg article points out, China must buy fighter planes, training pilots, the construction of auxiliary ships, and aircraft carriers at sea learning control techniques. According to researchers at the U.S. Navy War College, estimates the cost of an aircraft carrier battle group of about 100 billion U.S. dollars.
In Hong Kong and Taiwan press, the news on China's aircraft carrier has been widely discussed. "Wen Wei Po" reference "Jane's Defense Weekly" article said that as part of a plan to establish aircraft carrier battle groups, the PLA Navy's plans to build a more powerful submarine fleet, which will include 20 nuclear-powered submarines. In the past 5 years, the PLA has been increased to 55 the total number of submarines. The report noted that the PLA Navy now has 70 destroyers and frigates, 50 landing ships and 45 offshore patrol vessels.
Taiwan sources stressed that "Jane's Defense Weekly," author of the report - the United States Chinese military analysts Gedeng Ya Jacobs said that if China's aircraft carrier construction starting in 2006, then the PLA's first aircraft carrier battle group may be the first entered service in 2011, the second aircraft carrier battle group may be in service between 2014-2016.
Jacobs said that in 2006 Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense," the meeting, Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense," said Cary Chan, director of integrated assessment of the face of the rapid expansion of China's naval power and the planned 2020 aircraft carrier battle groups to the development of 2, Taiwan needs submarines to strengthen its defense capabilities. Taiwan experts believe that, "Varyag" is the People's Liberation Army as part of the three aircraft carrier program.
U.S. Department of Defense released the 2010 edition of "China-related military and security developments," the annual report that within 10 years China will enable more aircraft carriers, which seems to include "Varyag" number. According to sources, the Chinese navy plans to build four aircraft carrier battle group to deploy to the East China Sea Fleet and South Sea Fleet. South China Sea Fleet is building a base on Hainan Island, the aircraft carrier battle groups will be deployed in this. But presumably, the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group goal is not only offshore, from the vast Indian Ocean to western Pacific waters are within its field of vision.
However, the opening of the Chinese aircraft carrier battle groups required version of global positioning navigation system, "Compass" to 2020 to cover the world. Generally considered to improve the proficiency of the crew is also a subject to use of aircraft carrier battle groups in the ocean will take a long time.
When the "Mao Zedong" encounter "Washington"
In 2007, China's National Defense spokesman Huang Qiang of Beijing is building the first time acknowledged the aircraft carrier.
US-China relations at Boston University Professor Robert Ross said in the past 10 years, China mainly relies on missiles, submarines and mine-laying ship to defend its territorial waters, when the demand for China's aircraft carrier is not urgent, but also uneconomical. Now, China's economy has reached 3.9 trillion U.S. dollars, the foreign exchange reserve reached 2.3 trillion U.S. dollars, making China's leaders are seriously considering the construction of fixed-wing aircraft capable of carrying aircraft carrier to join the United States, Russia, India, France and Brazil carrier composed of the club. Virginia Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), a China expert said David Finkelstein, "China's aircraft carrier create just a matter of its strategy also requires a carrier or delivery in the region, naval air power . "
Bloomberg article points out that since the Cold War, the United States has dominated the Pacific Ocean aircraft carrier operations, once a breakthrough in this field in China, will increase in Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines on the issue of territorial disputes component . Ross pointed out that "the aircraft carrier is a symbol of power projection, will easily lead to sympathy from other countries, like China, resulting in the same resonance." Ross also stressed that China would build aircraft carriers might surprise the U.S., but will not change comparison between the two countries military, because the United States have more than one aircraft carrier battle group, in addition, the United States also has a very quiet nuclear submarines capable of carrying cruise missiles.
Prior to the Chinese Navy submarine force has been increased focus on the purpose of preventing U.S. warships near Taiwan Strait and China. But the deployment of the carrier's strategic goal is to prevent the United States has not only close, but to keep pace with the United States as a superpower in the 21st Century initiative into the ocean. Diplomats assert that China's strategic attempt to clear: expansion of sea and air supremacy over the eastern part of the "first island chain" until the "second island chain"; in the west, sea and air supremacy will be extended to transport Middle East oil producers in the Indian Ocean.
On the other hand, has a carrier, and a political purpose, which is to enhance national patriotism, and enhance the centripetal force of the national government. Said that this will meet the growing power of national consciousness.
South Korea, "Central Daily" is also January 4, 2011 reported that China, as a land power, is under construction "Ocean Navy" pace. Symbol of China's maritime strategy is known as the "island chain" marine defense cordon. "Island chain strategy" was made in 1982. At that time, said the blueprint for the Navy to sea until 2010, established the first island chain within the sea, inland sea of them; to ensure that the second island chain in 2020, the sea; and in 2040 made to curb the U.S. Navy in the Pacific , the power of control over the Indian Ocean.
China is an "aircraft carrier" where to find the answer. Is considered the economic and military science and technology when the total aggregate of the carrier can be surfaced in China's sea? According to Reuters, an anonymous military sources said, China's aircraft carrier will be the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party as a gift when the debut. Chinese media are now arguing to China's first aircraft carrier made what to name the problem, including "Mao Zedong" No, "Beijing" numbers.
If the birth of China's aircraft carrier, will enter the U.S. aircraft carriers in Asian waters to compete for all the times. Does not rule out China's "Mao" number and the U.S. "Washington" aircraft carrier in the sea in a confrontational scene. China's aircraft carrier known as the trump card of anti-ship missile "DF-21D" is the formation of the constraints on the U.S. aircraft carrier. Instead the United States boasted that if aircraft carriers are nuclear weapons will be used to respond to attacks.
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