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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Combat coordination of Chinese aircraft carriers |
| 2025-11-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Text taken from the Telegram channel of china3army Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics. See the link for phototas of the ships mentioned in this posting. [ColonelCassad] Two Chinese aircraft carriers, the Shandong and the newest Fujian, are conducting joint exercises. They are not yet equipped with full-fledged strike groups, the ships for which are also being built in parallel with the aircraft carrier construction program. China plans to have four strike groups by the 2030s. Three aircraft carriers already exist: the Liaoning, Shandong, and Fujian. Construction of the fourth is just beginning. They are to be escorted by Type-52D and Type-55 destroyers, as well as Type-54 frigates. In the future, each strike group should be assigned a nuclear submarine (like the Americans). The strike groups will play a vital role in the highly probable event of war in Taiwan. To put this into perspective, it's about a third larger than our cruisers Varyag and Marshal Ustinov (around 12,000-13,000 tons). Meanwhile, the Chinese already have eight of them, all in the fleet. All entered service after 2020. And to top it all off, the new Chinese amphibious assault ship Sichuan (Type 076) has begun sea trials. This is in addition to the already built series of four Type 075 amphibious assault ships. Those were 35,000-40,000 tons each. This one is almost 50,000 tons. Overall, China is currently doing roughly the same thing the USSR did under Admiral Gorshkov – building a blue-water navy. They have the money, so they can afford it. Related: Chinese aircraft carrier: 2025-06-22 Chinese navy drill near Japan sparks concern and protest Chinese aircraft carrier: 2023-09-16 China ratchets up ‘carrot and stick’ pressure on Taiwan Chinese aircraft carrier: 2022-11-21 Pentagon promotes critical race theory, gender identity 'insanity': GOP report |
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