Chinese aircraft carrier ground staff uniforms exposed

China military: The video of Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag from taken by a Chinese army fans display, that the navy personnel on the deck dressed in logo clothing in different colors. This logo clothing is similar to the one of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier service staff.

Ground staff wearing red, white and purple vests

U.S. aircraft carrier ground crew

Ground crew wearing blue vests

U.S. aircraft carrier ground crew

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The aircraft carrier is designed based on Ulyanovsk prototype with only a little progress in ship island and self-defense system. Although only a CG! But I think these figures are likely to become reality！

The aircraft carrier is designed based on Ulyanovsk prototype with only a little progress in ship island and self-defense system. Although only a CG! But I think these figures are likely to become reality！



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China owns aircraft carrier will contain the idea of military impulse neighboring countries around the South China Sea

Defense Department spokesman confirmed that the aircraft carrier project has a low profile, and emphasizes the transformation of the aircraft used on the platform will be used for research and training. However, foreign public opinion is still the opportunity to hype the "China threat theory." This, naval experts to accept Mr. Wang Yunfei Global Network reporter interview that China's development of aircraft carriers will not only not a threat to other countries, the opposite would be more conducive to world peace and stability.

Chinese naval personnel boarded the Varyag aircraft carrier deck

China build aircraft carrier only beneficial to regional security
Mr. Wang Yunfei in an interview on the World Wide Web, told reporters that foreign carrier, said China's development will pose a threat to Asian security, but the opposite is true. If the carrier has said that China will be more conducive to regional peace and security and stability.
"First of all, is conducive to safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, we have a carrier, the further development of Taiwan independence secessionist forces to curb the momentum." Viewing from stress, "the second, but also conducive to regional peace and stability in the South China Sea, because of China's national defense policy is defensive, in the South China Sea policy is very clear, that is, putting aside disputes and seeking common development, we will not even have a carrier to take the initiative to attack another country, but he will curb some of the country's military surrounding the South China Sea on the impulse idea, for example, further to seize the reefs, looting of resources, which is obviously conducive to regional security and stability in the South China Sea. "
"Third, the aircraft carrier in non-combat operations in a very unique role and if the next Asia-Pacific countries tsunami, earthquakes and other natural disasters or humanitarian crises, we can use with the carrier for humanitarian relief. Only from these three aspect is concerned, we can say that China has been the aircraft carrier will be more conducive to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. "
Chinese aircraft carrier does not pose a threat to U.S.
As to whether the Chinese aircraft carrier would be a threat to a superpower like the United States, Mr. Wang Yunfei, said: "The answer is obvious, will not." He explained, we are building the aircraft, regardless of the level of technology, equipment size and level of training, are with the large gap between the superpowers, for quite a long time, are insufficient to compete with.
"The balance of military capabilities is conducive to regional peace and stability, the imbalance of military capabilities is not conducive to peace and stability in the relative balance of power if the two sides in conflict, or the idea of ​​the use of force would be greatly reduced." Wang Yunfei said, "and the current actual is that China military capabilities in Asia, especially naval force, does not have the clear advantage. For example, aircraft carrier, India and Thailand have, Japan has 'days to' level quasi carriers, including the future of DDH (helicopter destroyer, also known as the helicopter carrier), South Korea has 'Dokdo' No. quasi carriers. In fact, the sea air capacity, we are at a disadvantage. "

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"Kill the Chinese," How many U.S. aircraft carrier?

U.S. Naval mixed formation towards the Sea of Japan, nuclear submarines open circuit in front

Recently, for "Tian number" explosion sank, as to "send a clear message to North Korea, to Pyongyang to cease its provocative behavior." U.S. and South Korea in the Sea of Japan launched a vigorous called "indomitable will" anti-submarine exercises, scale unprecedented. U.S. and South Korea both sides deployed a total of more than 8,000 people and 20 ships participated, including the U.S. aircraft carrier "George Washington" and another 200 fixed-wing aircraft. Concern that the United States dispatched a heavy-duty F22 Raptor fighter, with supersonic cruise, over the horizon combat, stealth, all-weather, air and ground combat set in the 21st century the most expensive four-generation fighter plane.


Before the US-ROK To test the effect, South Korea as a U.S. mouthpiece, time and again intentionally or unintentionally send the wrong message to China, actually want to be asking for trouble, the aircraft diverted to the Yellow Sea to cheer their weight, put up a front? Thus affects the nerves of the Chinese people, history and hatred, national sentiments, especially those with four or five hundred million Chinese Internet users, without exception, will not be aloof to wave after wave of strong opposition, criticisms, obviously this is a threat the gateway to northern China, the Chinese government than strong objections, the military also refused to yield, military exercises held in the East China Sea, aimed at tight deployment, combat readiness. Korea and the U.S. will exercise even later change in the Sea of Japan, but also easy to see the usual American tactics, strategic deception ...


Goes, say, lay watch the fun, professional and subtle. The United States a "George Washington" aircraft carrier on its usefulness, especially for China? Then please take a look at "George Washington" carrier configuration: ship carrying more than 60 planes F-18 "Hornet" fighter, Super Hornet fighter aircraft, E-2C "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft, together with the 9000 ton Aegis destroyer crony "麦克坎贝尔 "number and" John McCain "was, nuclear submarines, there are four Aegis cruisers, seven destroyers, 1 and 2 nuclear-powered submarines composition.


Single one such carrier, can alone combat, by all-weather precision strike the other 14 hours, for a small country, the only one effort on all military installations can be paralyzed, caught in helpless situation. But there is a premise, as explained in talking about a small country like Afghanistan or Iraq.


If they have nuclear-capable Taepodong North Korea to say, martial arts do not fully spent, as long as the opportunity to give a counter, just a missile to Win, will be a devastating blow to the aircraft carrier! In other words, to deal with countries like North Korea, at least two aircraft carrier with more still invisible, be possible to completely collapse Jin Jiazheng Governance Group counterattacks. But also the default of a premise, China in this process must remain neutral.

So how will China deal with, usually an aircraft carrier battle with another aircraft carrier as necessary to support and cover supply, replacement, and supply an aircraft carrier group will take three to four days, we can imagine how difficult is beyond imagine, by the time, resources, manpower and material resources ...

The carrier assembly according to the time spent calculating the time being, in the end how many aircraft carriers need to really be able to assemble the bottom buttoned China? To be precise, in China has 9.6 million square kilometers of land, the United States to completely ban Chinese, China totally did not want to be prohibitively difficult to fight back.


Speculated that the only way, in China does not possess ICBMs, long-range missiles, or did not have a mobile shelter capacity, nuclear submarines do not have a second and third counter, as well as China does not have the hunting satellite capacity and so on, so get rid of the Chinese Government to the United States have six more aircraft carriers to cope with only so-so won, or only on paper.


In view of this, according to China now has a four-dimensional long-range military strike, unless the United States to self-mutilation, or would like to settle in China, the Chinese kill? Asked the United States eat more, "turnip" it!

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More powerful than aircraft carrier, cruise homeport looks down upon the world

Although the US-led military power of China adopted the policy of containment, but the reform and opening up, or gives us the rapid rise in a number of key areas of our army has made significant breakthroughs and progress, so in terms of an economic or military already have a little capital to compete with them, if the construction of several cruise home port, not only can completely break the U.S. so-called "island chain" encirclement, but also the strength takes a back seat.



Cruise home port is not a ship, but a new concept, powerful, and can cruise the sea base is a set of military airports and ports, Marine Corps Base on a platform of the Floating Island.

Homeport cruise length 1000 meters wide, 200 meters high 35 meters, draft 4 m, a displacement of 800,000 tons, it comes with power systems and plug-in power function. Top-level aviation in Hong Kong, with two 1,000-meter runway, the lower on both sides of the port, there are 1000 meters in length each can accommodate ships of various sizes of terminals, the middle is a multi-hangars and barracks, in addition to load the aircraft, and flexible configuration of various pairs of air-to-sea-land equipment and weapons can also be placed up to five thousand marines.

Cruise homeport of light-weight solid material as the base of the floating island-type structure, the base thickness 6 m, the proportion is only 0.25 tons / cubic meter, from lightweight foam ceramic, steel, polymer and other composite materials, corrosion resistance, high intensity, against strong resistance, in a blow after the danger has not sunk, with unsinkable performance, this performance is all the ships, aircraft carriers do not possess.



After the cruise homeport loaded with draft 4 m, 6 m thick base, there are still two Mickey seat in the water line, plus 33 meters of the superstructure, with a total of up to 35 meters, at the same time, one kilometer long and 200 m matrix the width of the ability of anti-wave of any ships, aircraft carriers are no match.

Cruise home port not only for the solid base, and the area is huge, it is very stable throughout the home port, and land bases similar to land-based equipment without modification can be directly configured to use the upper 1,000 meters of runway to take off and land directly to land-based aircraft, the internal can be Configure a variety of land-based artillery, missiles, electronic equipment, with a land-based aircraft, land-based firepower against the same force, combat radius is also far greater than the most advanced aircraft carrier.

Cruise home port is still a huge naval port, carrying more than one fleet, especially the endurance to carry the original raid on power is very weak and the strong body of 2208 pairs of wave-piercing stealth missile boats and other small boats, the ships into the coastal and ocean, changing the original far from the sea surface pattern of the power for the 2208 pairs of body wave-piercing wolf stealth missile boats, the implementation of tactics to attack and provides a great opportunity for a naval battle of the "killer", to large ships, especially aircraft carriers has brought new threats.



Homeport cruise a huge space and load capacity can be large amounts of materials that can provide long-term supplies, while land-based aircraft can take off and land at any time, be able to keep in close touch with the mainland, you can not dock a long-term cruising.

More powerful performance, so that its home port cruise can envy of the world, aircraft carriers dominate the sea will become history. From China's current strength and level of technology, manufacturing capability, have the ability to equip two or three years, 3-5 this cruise home port, the layout of the East China Sea, South China Sea, Indian Ocean, to the painstaking efforts during the past few years the United States the "island chain system of China "The advantage disappear, Taiwan, Okinawa, the Diaoyu Islands, the South China Sea and other issues not resolved, and sea routes are also guaranteed, more importantly, China will become the world's most important force for peace.

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North Korea may test-fire missile again, to warn the U.S. aircraft carrier provocation

Response to North Korean special operations forces infiltrated by sea has been a fixed subject of South Korea-US joint military exercises, but the beginning of 13th South Korea-US joint naval exercises, has been different reverse osmosis unusual means: The United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier's first entry into South Korea's West Sea participating in the exercise. Participating in the exercise is the U.S. "Washington" aircraft carrier, the "Washington" is the arrival of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier's first entry into the Korean Peninsula, the West Sea ( "Western Sea" that is referred to the Yellow Sea of China, "East Sea" or the Sea of Japan), South Korea is the first of two Fleet sent the main force of "Gang Gam-chan" missile destroyer, the US-South Korea joint naval exercises of the sea and air operations and communications switching subjects.

US-South Korea joint military exercises aimed at pointing its sword towards North Korea's special operations forces, North Korea will not submit to humiliation to boomerang, after all, the upcoming US-North Korea bilateral talks is a strength, and lose the momentum of either party will be at a disadvantage at the negotiating table, even though North Korea's know that their small, but also not to be outdone. But for North Korea's only able to come up with only a hand-deterrent weapons, missile weapons, including anti-ship missiles and ground-ground missiles, while the other is the strength of the Navy and Air Force Nabuchushou, so North Korea's recent deal with the U.S. the only means of exercise to counter the missile test-firing . Because it is a response to US-South Korea joint naval exercises, the U.S. military to fly is a great advantage of air strikes against the carrier, therefore, North Korea test-firing anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, the possibility may be significant, and as a provocation to the US-South Korea effective response.

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Chinese Naval Training secret: to construct high-simulation land-based aircraft carrier

Wuhan, China, the mysterious aircraft carrier-style building with sliding deck


The mysterious aircraft carrier-style buildings, its size is almost exactly the same as real aircraft carrier, with a slipling deck

The aircraft carrier is a powerful maritime mobile air base, hardware, the limitations and operational complexity of the tasks require carrier-based aircraft carrier pilot and the ship staff have the most outstanding professional qualities. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the rapid generation, has a medium-sized aircraft carriers, the naval power, coincidentally built on land, a very high degree of analog simulation training facilities for the training of pilots and aircraft operators.

All of the United States, Russia and France have Land-based training facilities

Since landing on the aircraft carrier landing and land vary widely, together with ship-borne aircraft tasks become more diverse, carrier-based pilots to train much more complex than land-based pilots. In general, the training of carrier pilots mostly from land-based simulation of the deck began to really skilled only after the deck of an aircraft carrier practice.

The United States, the world's first aircraft carrier ownership and its carrier-based aircraft pilot training is the most formal. U.S. Navy air force pilots, mainly in Florida, Naval Air Academy and the Naval Air Force officer cadets school learn to fly, its land-based training is divided into five levels: First, the pre-training, two primary flight training, the third is the use of propeller-driven aircraft for infrastructure and advanced flight training, the four is the use of jet aircraft to conduct basic and advanced flight training, 5 was simulated aircraft carrier landing, night flight, air, attack subjects. Only those who passed all the tests, before getting on the ship at sea into the next phase of flight training.

Russia's carrier-based pilots of the training model and the United States is slightly different. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, the Navy temporarily rented a "Nitka" Navy flight training center as a training base. The center focus on training pilots to take off and land on the carrier deck technology, with flying leaps, including simulated aircraft carrier deck, sliding, blocking devices, the ejection devices, including a full set of land-based training systems. Because the Russian aircraft carrier off the sliding Yueshi ejection is different from the U.S. Navy to take off, so a relatively large degree of difficulty of their training, both to test the performance of carrier-based aircraft, but also test the pilot's personal technology.

France landivisiau base, covering about 950 acres, the runway length 2700 meters, is the ship-borne aircraft taking off and landing training, support land-based sites. The base of the existing "Rafale" M-type fighter 10, "super-flag" attack aircraft 50 and the "Falcon" type of aircraft 10. Pilots trained here, 21% of the time for land-based simulated carrier landing practice day, 6% of the time for night carrier landing simulation exercises on land, while 73% of the time was spent on other training subjects.

Simulated teaching can accelerate the combat force generation

Aircraft carrier like a floating city at sea, in addition to the pilot, the other "residents" The same is true with the ship's combat effectiveness is closely related to. U.S. aircraft carrier's crew of about 6,000 people, in addition to the usual combat surface ships, navigation, weapons, observation, communication, electrical and mechanical, supplies and other departments, but also specially designed with aviation maintenance, safety, health and other departments. At all levels, from the department heads responsible for each department consists of several units, as the basic combat unit on the aircraft carrier.

Countries around the world aircraft carrier captain's selection is the most rigorous, in view of the core of an aircraft carrier formations at sea and combat command centers, aircraft carrier captains need to have excellent command capabilities and strong coordination capacity. This capacity on the one hand by a multi-level training institutions, on the other, in peacetime training and exercises in the exercise accumulation. According to the U.S. Navy's experience and training a qualified aircraft carrier captain needs at least 20 years of military career.

The second most important position on the aircraft carrier aviation commander. Couplet captain demands the ability to work mainly in flight leadership, they usually have 2 or 3 different models of flight certificates. The position of the person must have undergone a variety of training, including air wing combat the use of tactical operations and program development, information access and analysis.

Department heads on the carrier is usually from the department produced an excellent sub-captain. Department heads are not necessarily familiar with all the expertise in this sector, the key is to have a higher level of leadership. Department heads before engaging in office after several weeks training to enhance their confidence to become an effective manager, helping them to assume leadership responsibility for the capacity required to effectively perform their duties.

Aircraft carrier is a highly complex unit, ship the thousands of types of personnel, must go through specialized hands-on training can perform their work. This is no experience in the use of state aircraft, this is clearly an extremely ambitious project. And if there is no realistic field of teaching, simply by virtue of the empty talk about perceptual knowledge, trained personnel is difficult in practice to play its due role.

Therefore, there is no carrier can not turn to other people's countries, if we can build a high-degree simulation of land-based aircraft carrier model, the plan for the future aircraft carrier equipped with all the staff concentrate here on-site teaching, to make their very own feelings and experiences about the challenges facing their own, no doubt a wise move is feasible. Through the closed study and drills, they can fully familiar with their own needs and then skillfully use the technology as soon as school was completed and actually ship, they can more freely in a predetermined position, becoming a qualified appointment will be able to combat ship members. Only in this way, the new aircraft carrier equipment in the shortest possible time in order to enter into a state-wide training to accelerate the formation of actual combat capability.

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The former commander of the North Sea Fleet: China 10 years ago should build an aircraft carrier

Admiral Ma Xinchun, a former North Sea Fleet commander, deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region.

Lieutenant General Ma Xinchun: China ten years ago should build aircraft carrier

Moderator: The Members also noted that among the weapons and equipment, square appeared above the Chinese Aegis air defense system, we hope that the next time the Phoenix User parade, or when the carrier be able to see the model appear in the ranks of the military parade .

Ma Xinchun: aircraft carrier is our greatest concern, I think we ought to last a decade ago. Ten years ago there is controversy, people who want to build an aircraft carrier has also been criticized, and I also think we should build an aircraft carrier at that time. Our country's economic development and national defense should be the development of parallel development, we can not say the economy should first boost, and then back Laigao defense. Manufacture of aircraft carriers need to have a cycle, as we have used the first generation of nuclear submarines for 18 years, from development to put into use, it is science and technology, shows the overall national strength, the Navy's ordnance is the most cutting-edge, and you have what kind of fleet is the country's economic , military and other comprehensive national strength is all about. Chairman Mao said that building a strong army, Deng Xiaoping say we want to build a modern, there are combat troops. Interfere in our past, mostly from the sea, while a country's prosperity, all the world's major cities, are sea, the sea can develop. As we are relying on Beijing, Tianjin, close to the sea development of room for large, so we promote ocean, advocacy navy knowledge is correct.

Ma Xinchun will: waves 1, failed in the first trial

Moderator: Just now you mentioned submarine-launched missiles, in fact, the outside world has always been very concerned about a missile called the waves on the 2nd, today, we seem to have not seen.

Ma Xinchun: This wave 2 can play 8,000 kilometers. "Wave 1" missiles, I am in the North Sea (Fleet) have been tested when the first test was in August 1985 launched in Port Arthur, the first launch fails, go out automatically after an explosion, and from the track. The second launch, hit the Taiwan Strait. Most worried about now is the JL-2 missile in the end how do we now from them to our Embassy in Yugoslavia after the bombing, we are really on the two types of submarines. Was 091,092 on the original, now on the 094. This missile, once up, and it is the range of the superiority of a large, second, hidden high, then one is mobile, you can walk all over the world undersea. It is more powerful than the Army missile. Why? Submarine to the bottom, it is active. On land, east to fight Ye Hao, west to fight or whatever, can reach. This (submarine) can go behind him to play, you can go to the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, the current submarine is hidden in terms of the boat the best, we have developed the navy, building advanced equipment, building an aircraft carrier, like let's such a big country, more than 300 million square kilometers of territorial waters, over 18,000 km coastline, another transportation line that is now so much , there is no naval protection, if something happens, the consequences disastrous.

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Chinese Navy's "strategic nuclear submarine Aircraft carrier" design

Because of the international countries under the influence of the economic crisis, ready to make trouble for the transfer of internal contradictions, the disputed region of China's bold provocation to Japan on the Diaoyu Islands to seize full control and Nansha islands, particularly in countries trying to occupied territory, I is not acceptable and the National People's tolerance for the Chinese Navy have enough power of deterrence and the ability to counterattack, that is modest, the design of a nuclear submarine Aircraft carrier program, hope to give our military research and development work in advanced scientific research personnel of the ships that inspiration and ideas to our Blue Ocean Strategy future a force. I ship to the mother submarine named "Zheng He", which feather-class strategic nuclear submarine mother, its meaning is to return to the status of maritime supremacy. Simple to explain design ideas:

A potential front-end with the mother can take-off and landing of the missile launchers can be fired on the air, such as anti-ship missile (also according to the situation with other missiles), when the underwater vehicle to close the door seal. Second, all enclosed hangar is expected to set the volume for the 40 aircraft carrier-based aircraft, five anti-submarine helicopters, three unmanned AWACS, which is taking off and landing on both sides of the runway for take-off one-time fighter 4.

Third, the submarine Aircraft carrier equipped with a tail of the 36 strategic nuclear missiles silos, submarine-launched strategic ballistic missiles could be launched to create a strong second nuclear strike capability.

Fourth, mothers are mounted on both sides of four conventional submarines can be mounted in accordance with the number of levels to increase the size and characteristics of conventional submarines can conduct underwater with escort and supply can be carried out underwater to break the conventional submarines can not be the first ocean-going.

Other parts of the details of a military is not my primary means of enthusiasts, or first-line scientific research personnel of our army left it, through your tireless efforts to fight the sea caused by a real giant.

Chinese Navy's "strategic nuclear submarine Aircraft carrier" design

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Top secret: explain China's first aircraft carrier group!

China aircraft carrier formation naval vessel conceives the chart

Editor's Note: Today, China's aircraft carrier construction program has gradually surfaced, if the Chinese Navy's future aircraft carriers and equipment, then the composition of the aircraft carrier fleet and operational use of the navy commander-in-chief authority will surely become the most view the issue of Notes. According to the carrier battle group with the world the past, the composition and tactical experience as well as the use of the existing provisions, combined with the reality of China's navy, I test for the future composition of China's aircraft carrier fleet and the use of such tactics could be envisaged and analysis.

What kind of aircraft carrier

On the current situation in China shows that to maintain a lower level of the defense budget for the healthy development of the entire national economy and create more favorable to China's international political environment more favorable. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2006 China's gross national product for the 20.9407 trillion yuan, while the National People's Congress passed the 2007 defense budget for the 283.8 billion yuan, the total military spending of GNP to about 1.4%. The proportion could be the future aircraft carrier project will start slightly higher, it is estimated that the growth rate of no more than 18%, then according to the total military budget for 2006 estimated that in 2008 may increase the 51 billion yuan, and then assume that all the money spent on China's aircraft carrier construction program, then the next few years does not include the additional funds, it is up to my recent two carriers have.

Why is it two? Because the removal of formation expenses, as well as other ships of the carrier-based weapons systems expenditure, can be used to build aircraft carrier cost goes up to around 30 billion yuan. Carrier in accordance with the construction of the international community is now priced between 100 to 30 billion yuan, the China's recent construction of up to two aircraft carriers, of course, later years of the investment but also for the entire life-cycle costs, why the author believes that China will build a large aircraft carrier rather than medium or light aircraft carrier then? We know that as a Big Mac at sea, aircraft carrier operations, not only in plays an important role in the use of more political significance. As a great country, China's rapid economic development in recent years, the rapid growth of the national forces, as a symbol of national strength, military strength on the fast track construction. In recent years, China launched from F - fighter, "Sea Journey", "Ocean Journey" series of new destroyers, submarines and a new generation of advanced conventional submarine can be seen that our military is now the goal of the development of equipment is not enough on the line, but re - in catch-up, so the construction of a small aircraft carrier is extremely unlikely, and medium-sized aircraft carrier, that is, a displacement of 40,000 tons in about the possibility of the carrier is not very high. Because of large fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft carrier on the machine even if the medium-sized aircraft carrier, the number will not be too much, this will be constrained to a large extent the carrier's combat effectiveness. Therefore, the initial author to determine China's future aircraft carrier should be loaded with a displacement of about 60,000 tons of prospective large-scale carrier.

Activities envisaged in the regional aircraft fleet

We know that the carrier is generally used principles of ocean on the mainland's military action, while China's national defense strategy defined the scope of the Navy for coastal waters, Liu will have been given a clear explanation, he pointed out in his memoirs: " 'offshore' is China's Yellow Sea and East China Sea, the South China Sea, Spratly Islands and Taiwan, both inside and outside the sea area of Okinawa island chain, as well as the northern waters of the Pacific. "He also clearly pointed out that as the situation changes, China's navy's operational area will be gradually expanded to the northern Pacific to ' The second island chain ', the Navy should be' at the necessary time, effective control with China, an important area connected to the sea. . . . . . With China in the area adjacent to the area of combat '. Here the "first island chain" refers to is located in the western Pacific, near the Asian continent along the Aleutian Islands, Kuril Islands, Japan Islands, the flow ball Islands, the Philippines Islands, island groups, such as the Indonesian archipelago, and the 'second island chain' is Guide to the islands (including the Ogasawara Islands, sulfur Islands) Mariana Islands, Palau Islands and the island of Halmahera island group and so on.

'Island chain' the term was first officially appeared in the 20th century at the end of the 40's and early 50's. Shortly after the end of World War II, the US-led Western military alliance on the best use of the "first island chain" to build a socialist country of the so-called "crescent surrounded." Since then, many countries put such a situation surrounded by island arc image referred to as the "island chain", referred to as "the island chain." Geographical location from a chain of islands can be seen even in the first island, China's naval forces and air forces, shore-based naval firepower and basic cope easily with the existing, and the second island chain is very difficult to achieve operational needs. Therefore, the future of our major activities of the carrier battle group in the region should be among the first to the second island chain, as well as the southern tip of the South China Sea to the Malacca Strait, which requires two aircraft carrier battle groups east and south, respectively, to assume the defense request. Some people may say that China's construction of two aircraft carriers for the purpose of rotation of posts, an implementation of combat duty, a rest to. But I believe that such a thing in the near future is unlikely to happen because the construction of warships in accordance with the way our country and the service situation, such as the construction of aircraft carrier, will start at the same time, and soon one after another into the water between the two did not exist before and after the substitution, rest of the time difference. Furthermore, the U.S. Navy in our country at this stage as there is no demand for ocean-going operations, so even an aircraft carrier in service, nor will much of the need for large vacuum defense added that China's future aircraft carrier fleet will be fully deployed to combat duty and exercise in different geographical deployment.

The future composition of the carrier battle group with the idea of

The main threat to China's future sea surface ships from the enemy, especially an aircraft carrier, the carrier should be the future of my country to attack a formation of the additional anti-submarine mission. As an attack formation, a carrier battle group in our country should be equipped with 6 ~ 8 convoy fleets, 1 ~ 2 large supply vessel. For the escort, the ocean should have a certain degree of combat capability and the ability to attack anti-saturation, or will not achieve the role of escort. At the same time, anti-submarine ship in specialized aspects of security should also be borne ship. On the present situation, as the escort aircraft carrier, in the air defense area, including 170,115 options, such as destroyers, as well as' Jiangkai 'class frigates.

According to foreign media reports, China's latest 'Jiangkai' class frigates are not equipped with "HQ-7" anti-aircraft missiles, but the latest research and development to change the vertical launch air defense missile system. It is said that the new ship-to-air missiles with a range of powerful warheads and the Russian-made SA-N-12 missile is similar to the effective range of between 3 to 55 kilometers, the minimum shot not more than 10 meters high, the use of active radar-guided, in phased array radar can simultaneously deal with under the control of multiple air targets (including 20 km in distance from the anti-radiation missiles). In this way, the new frigate may be responsible for fleet air defense system from the defense in the task, to make up for 170 ship-to-air missile destroyer shot high minimum larger defects. This is the future of the Chinese Navy carrier battle group air defense medium-range air defense network is a great complement, especially to deal with sea-skimming anti-ship missiles to fill the gap between the scope of the medium.

Destroyers of our 170 first appeared, one of the biggest bright spot is that the above vertical launch long-range air defense missile system. The system is similar to the Russian-made, "Sharif" (NATO codename SA-N-6) as the runner-type, cold to launch, but each launch system launch, only six units, rather than the SA-N-6 of 8 unit diameter than the SA-N-6 small. Judging from the media reports, the vertical launching system structure than the SA-N-6 in many advanced, SA-N-6 launchers each group has only one opening and a set of ignition devices, rotating tank shells 5 of the way transmission unit share, while China's new long-range air defense missiles, tank shells were fired in each unit has a mouth, do not need to rotate, so the launch speed and reliability is higher than the SA-N-6.

170 ship's bow B a total of six groups of emplacement Vertical Launching System, and hangar structure in the center of the axis of the two sets of tandem also, for a total of 48 units. In order to prevent the missiles fired tank shells and after the ignition could not cause danger to fall into the deck, B emplacement of the six groups around the vertical launch system is divided into 15-degree angle toward outboard tilt, and the library installed on the helicopter vertical launching system were also the same design. New long-range air defense missile has a range over 100 kilometers, has a strong ability to intercept long-range aerial targets. It can be said that the emergence of 170 destroyers, to ensure the future of China's long-range anti-aircraft carrier fleet to attack the demand for air saturation.

According to foreign media reports, 115 new-type missile destroyers purchased from Russia installed the "Sharif" M regional air defense missile system. The S-300PUM1 missiles for ship-borne version of the missile is the use of 48N6E, a range of 150 to 1000 meters, engine thrust and the warhead has been further strengthened the power of a maximum speed of around Mach 6, can walk 4 grams heavy 20,000 fragment , with the fire control radar for the Phased Array type 30N6E1 Search fire control radar, the largest search distance of 300 km, capable of simultaneously guided missiles to attack 12 different targets 6, and tactical ballistic missile tracking and stability. It can be said that, like 115 and 170, you can assume the distance from the saturation attack against the mission, enough to play in China's future aircraft carrier fleet from the air defense mission.

Ship alone is not enough air, but also the need to tie in with the anti-ship and anti-submarine. Anti-ship missile destroyers equipped with the main deal with the enemy surface ships and aircraft, China's outstanding performance at this stage of the main anti-ship destroyer of "modern" and 168 destroyers, they may become an important member of the carrier battle group. "Modern" class destroyer is an advanced large-scale surface warships, the largest displacement of 8480 tons, with the United States the "Ticonderoga" class similar to the Aegis missile cruiser, the vessel equipped with an anti-submarine helicopters, 48 "Shi Greig "anti-aircraft missiles and eight SS-N-22" Sunburn "anti-ship missiles, equipped with torpedoes, mines, long-range artillery ship running and complex electronic warfare systems.

168 to install a bridge on top of a similar Russian-made "music" as the goal of instruction radar, in the special climate conditions, the top to make use of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere to detect the reflective properties of the horizontal line below the goal of control can be used to guide ships contained in domestic "YJ" 83 anti-ship missiles. Future 168-ship may also be converted to the new supersonic missile developed to further enhance the strike capability of the sea.

In anti-submarine, my main "Luhu"-class missile destroyers and "Jiangkai" class missile frigates. "Luhu" class ship of the six anti-submarine weapons and 324 millimeters for the B515 torpedo tube, which A244S "bald" torpedo the use of master / passive acoustic homing, 30 at a range of 6 km, anti-submarine rockets to 12-2 2500 tube fixed launchers, anti-submarine capability. VDS ship 112,113 anti-submarine sonar used by France and Italy DUBV-23 mixed-DE-1160 technology, the largest detection range of 12 kilometers, and the ship also contained two anti-submarine helicopters, and more to enhance its anti-submarine anti-submarine capabilities and means of .

"Jiangkai" (054)-class guided missile frigate is a dedicated anti-submarine frigates in our country, and its anti-submarine equipment on ships are also made in the most complete, including anti-submarine rocket launchers, anti-submarine missiles, anti-submarine torpedoes, anti-submarine helicopters and submarine-detection equipment. Bow is equipped with 2 primary guns sitting in front of 86-style six-mounted anti-submarine rocket launchers, each loaded to 24 missiles can attack 4 km outside the 300 m deep submarine and launching the latest anti-submarine passive acoustic self-guided rockets. Bridge before the two sides have four multi-purpose 18 122 mm rocket launchers, capable of launching platinum and IR decoy, in the 4 kilometers to deceive, or interference with, and the use of new anti-torpedo decoy bombs and the interceptor missile. Although the anti-submarine rocket ships in the West would have gone, but in actual combat in anti-submarine rockets still play a role in its place, you can crack down on the shallow sea water in small goals. State of deep submerged submarines and to warn against interception, and even can be used, such as intercepting torpedoes. As a result of the use of simple, low cost, so it can be widely used. Ship of the class goes in the bottom of the rear cover of the activities within the right and left each with a triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes installed, used to launch new China-made anti-submarine torpedoes, the torpedoes are in our country after the 90's new destroyer construction standards in recent from anti-submarine weapons, but in the frigate appeared on the first time, mainly for anti-submarine task within 10 km, In addition, the type of long-range anti-submarine ship from the K-28 as anti-submarine helicopters.

As regard to the configuration of the submarine escort, I believe that the Han-class nuclear submarines on active service less performance, especially in noisy, making it difficult to defend the carrier battle group as a submarine. However, the new nuclear submarines in the next period of time for various reasons is not likely to become the carrier's security, so the next aircraft carrier in China's submarine fleet with the most likely should be "Kilo" class conventional submarines or new type of China-made.

In the supply ship, the next most likely to be equipped with the carrier battle group to be "Chi Fu" class supply ship. The horizontal level liquid cargo ship depot, dry goods depot, and vertical liquid cargo depot, you can edge edge navigation vessels for water supply and the main non-staple foods, and the class destroyers can carry a helicopter vertical replenishment. Workers in the class destroyers 4 automatic fire stations and an automatic spray device, with camera monitoring system and advanced dirt, sewage treatment equipment. These properties sufficient to meet China's demand for the carrier battle group with supplies, if the future of our country are equipped with the new ambulance boat is better with.

In anti-submarine, my main "Luhu"-class missile destroyers and "Jiangkai" class missile frigates. "Luhu" class ship of the six anti-submarine weapons and 324 millimeters for the B515 torpedo tube, which A244S "bald" torpedo the use of master / passive acoustic homing, 30 at a range of 6 km, anti-submarine rockets to 12-2 2500 tube fixed launchers, anti-submarine capability. VDS ship 112,113 anti-submarine sonar used by France and Italy DUBV-23 mixed-DE-1160 technology, the largest detection range of 12 kilometers, and the ship also contained two anti-submarine helicopters, and more to enhance its anti-submarine anti-submarine capabilities and means of .

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U.S. military mobilization to deal with a large number of submarines, 31 new Chinese submarines in service

U.S. Navy Los Angeles class nuclear submarine docked at the pier

China's latest 094 nuclear submarine capable of launching nuclear bombs

According to the United States, "Honolulu Advertiser" reported on May 4, a few days ago, the U.S. Navy, "Los Angeles" class nuclear attack, "Jacksonville" No. Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal, arrived in Hawaii, it became the latest one from the Atlantic submarines to the Pacific. In 2006 the United States announced the "Quadrennial Defense Review Report", by the end of this year, the U.S. military have attacked 53 of the 31 nuclear submarines will be deployed in the Pacific.

From "cold" into the "heated"

"Jacksonville" tall Commander Major Dole said that the whole crew came to the romantic desire to Hawaii service, long-term work in the cold waters of the suppression of emotion is, "to the warm waters now, we no longer need to wear is called 'pumpkin bag' orange winter clothes, in the deck do not have to wear a protective mask. "In his view, the U.S. Navy to the Pacific focused on the deployment of nuclear submarines to help in the Asia-Pacific to maintain a strong military presence; nuclear attack against the other countries not only of conventional submarines, aircraft carrier battle groups to protect themselves, but also the secret monitoring of the country such as China.

Pearl Harbor is an important base for the U.S. Navy, the total 1 / 3 to prepare the submarines stationed here. Sea Systems Command, according to the U.S. military revealed that from February 20 this year, Pearl Harbor, the beginning of the implementation of a cost of 25 million U.S. dollars of construction projects, for water, compressed air and welding gases to provide permanent facilities for the distribution to the large number of nuclear submarines for maintenance. In the coming years, the transformation of the Pearl Harbor-based investment plan totaling about 800 million U.S. dollars.

The transfer of U.S. nuclear submarines to the Pacific in order to "Virginia" and "Los Angeles" class-based, the former not only the depths of the ocean activities, but also the implementation of invasive potential enemy coastal reconnaissance and assault, is the backbone of the future submarine force. In addition, the modified end of the four "Ohio"-class cruise missile submarine (SSGN) has also been deployed to Guam, the boat is equipped with 154 "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, which claims to have "a week to destroy a country," the ability of .

Say that the Chinese submarine fleet "bad people"

On the nuclear submarine "cluster" phenomenon in the Pacific, the former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary, the incumbent left-wing think tank "Center for American Progress," analyst Lawrence Cobb said: "China is a rising maritime power. If you re - take a look at the Atlantic end of the Cold War situation, you will find that there will not have any trouble. "

U.S. Naval War College professor, specializes in the issue of the Chinese Navy Andrew Eriksson stressed that, in order to keep energy, China is committed to strengthening the combat capability underwater. In fact, between 1995 to 2005, China has been 31 new submarines in service.Assuming this rate continues, China will, in its coastal form the world's most terrible underwater fleet group, "This will cause some psychological pressure on the United States, in the waters near Taiwan, the U.S. ships would be very uncomfortable."

Western analysts claim that the April 23 military parade Qingdao sea of the world understand the intention of China's maritime strategy, large-scale emergence of the People's Liberation Army of the submarine force in particular, shocked the outside world. Eriksson pointed out that the most confidential of the Chinese Navy 093 and 094 nuclear attack submarine ballistic missile as an example, consider that the 093 will go a long way to broaden the scope of the Chinese navy's operations, and may even become a real basis for the blue water navy power. 094 will be to China's nuclear deterrence and nuclear counterattack ability to a new level, you can let the crisis in Beijing in a more proactive position to occupy.

Concerned about how the Chinese submarine

In fact, the U.S. Navy is also concerned about how China's own value and role of the submarine - "Only clear how other people think, we can know how to do that." In recent years, the U.S. military publications frequently cited Chinese media articles relating to the submarine, with a view to provide for their own support strategies.

The United States, "Journal of the Navy War College," had an interview with Chinese media quoted the two China's "father of nuclear submarines," the report, these remarks as the Chinese Navy on nuclear submarines in particular the use of the submarine's position. Chinese Navy nuclear-powered experts Peng shilu in "Modern ships" magazine, said: "The main advantage of nuclear power, high speed, equipment and personnel for carrying capacity, large-scale deployment capabilities, and excellent ability to cover ... ... the scope of their operations is very broad, so the most suitable to meet the security needs of major powers. " Americans also noted that the Central Party School's publication also conducted an interview with Peng Chen, the article said: "the nuclear propulsion system of the great advantages is that conventional propulsion systems can not match."

In addition, talking about the reasons to support the development of nuclear submarines, the Chinese architect of the first generation of nuclear submarines Huang xuhua of "weapons of knowledge" magazine explained that the high-speed nuclear submarines for the successful implementation of long-range deployment is crucial. Due to the lack of overseas bases in China, which means that, in order to achieve a certain impact on a range of blue-water navy, the submarine will become the foundation.

It is clear that Americans from China's official report that the - the overall strength of the Chinese Navy in the case of weak, as the backbone to develop an underwater submarine assault force is of decisive significance. Professor Andrew Erickson said, "the Chinese Navy submarines do not give up the pursuit of high standards, we should not be taken lightly."

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Japanese media: China's top leaders probably in April announces the plan to build aircraft carrier

Japanese media: China's top leaders probably in April announces the plan to build aircraft carrier

"China's aircraft carrier" in these two days once again become popular on the Japanese media vocabulary. According to Kyodo News reported on the 21st, the Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on the 20th in Beijing, met with the visiting of Japan's defense that the great powers, only China has no aircraft carriers, China should not never have a carrier. This stance by the Japanese media quickly interpreted as "Chinese Defense Summit will be the first time made it clear that the construction of aircraft carrier." Some media also made no secret of the Chinese aircraft carrier to express concerns, saying it would undermine the security situation in Asia. In this regard, Chinese experts have said that Japan has been the development of China's military is too sensitive, Sino-Japanese relations will not be because the Chinese have a fundamental change in carrier.
According to Kyodo, Liang guanglie and Hamada talked about the Somali pirates and the Chinese defense budget and other issues. When asked about the possibility of the owner when the aircraft carrier, Liang said that China is a vast sea, a heavy responsibility to defend the sea, China's current naval power is weak, there is need for the development of aircraft carriers. Kyodo said China's defense This is the first time made it clear that the summit will build aircraft carriers, Hamada Japanese side did not convey this concern.
"Chinese Defense Summit clearly want to build an aircraft carrier," the news caused great concern to the Japanese media. "Yomiuri Shimbun" to "Chinese Defense Minister to express a strong desire to have the aircraft carrier" was reported. "Tokyo Shimbun" reported that the title is also emphasized that "the Chinese clearly want to build an aircraft carrier." "Japanese Economic News" is also quick to follow up on website, saying This is the first time the Chinese Government to speak the way the Government's intention to show that the construction of aircraft carrier. The report also speculation China's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier should not be, and is likely to be ordinary diesel-powered aircraft carrier, saying how the construction of aircraft carrier technology, and cultivate the pilot will be the construction of an aircraft carrier when the Chinese are facing an important issue.
"Asahi Shimbun" in the 22 reports were more detailed speculation, saying China's supreme leader is likely to announce next month plans to build an aircraft carrier. Reported that April 23 is the 60th anniversary of the army the Chinese Navy will be held in Qingdao, a large military parade ceremony at sea, according to Chinese military sources, the United States, Britain, India and South Korea will send warships to the congratulations. However, taking into account China's anti-Japanese sentiment, the Chinese side were not invited to take part in the Japanese ships, only high-ranking officials to attend the invitation of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces military parade. The event will be the Chinese navy's biggest ever celebration of Chinese leaders announced at the parade on the construction of aircraft carrier "a great possibility."
In addition to a variety of speculation, and some media reports also focus on "China threat" theory, saying that the construction of Chinese aircraft carrier, it will break the military balance in the region and called on Japan to take active measures to deal with. "Yomiuri Shimbun" published an editorial on the 22nd, the Chinese army's rapid modernization and to the Navy as the center of the expanding scope of activities that could undermine security and stability in Asia. If China sincerely hope that the elimination of "China threat" theory, it must actively open the specific content of military equipment, such as the number and deployment plan, Japan must continue to urge China to enhance military transparency. The article also said, "In view of the medium and long term China will move toward becoming a military power," Japan should strengthen the Japan-US alliance, based on the build with the Southeast Asian countries to strengthen strategic cooperation between. Kyodo News also reported that the Chinese in January this year at the National Defense White Paper published in clear ocean enhance combat capability of the approach, showing that enhanced the combat effectiveness of the explicit intent of the Navy, which are bound to cause around the country "China threat" theory of high .
Tsinghua University, expert Liu Jiangyong Japan on the 22nd at the "Global Times" reporter said in an interview that after the Cold War, Japan has been put China and North Korea as a threat to their own, plus there is historical grievances between the two countries, as well as the East China Sea territorial disputes and other issues , Japan on China's military development has been very sensitive, and even can be said to be the most sensitive country. Therefore, the Chinese military in Japan are very concerned about every move. Now proposed the construction of a Chinese aircraft carrier, Japan naturally worried about public opinion. In addition, Japan is also in this way enhance the sea for their own defense forces prepare public opinion to do.
Liu Jiangyong said, building an aircraft carrier, China has the necessary, but also have the ability. In order to defend the Chinese coastal areas and territorial seas, the other with the economic globalization, China's overseas trade and energy transportation around the world, in order to defend the safety of Chinese ships, aircraft construction, improve maritime forces are a powerful Chinese after the inevitable choice. The relationship between China and Japan would not because China has been formed against the carrier, the two defense departments should strengthen communication and exchanges to avoid a strategic misjudgment and misunderstanding.

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China Defense Chief Liang Guanglie stance phase of Japan's defense: Can not never have a Chinese aircraft carrier

March 20, 2009, Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Liang (right) welcomes Japan's defense minister

Liang (left), accompanied by Japan's defense minister reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

According to the Japanese side said Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie Day 20 in Beijing, met with the visiting Japanese Defense chief Hamada said that the major powers were not the only Chinese carrier, China should not never have a carrier.
Japanese media reported yesterday, Liang said China has a vast marine territory, guarding a heavy responsibility; Chinese naval power necessary to develop the weaker, stressed the need to have the aircraft carrier. He also pointed out that the construction of aircraft carriers must be taken into account various factors.
Hamada Japanese side did not convey this concern.
In fact, China's Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Xueping yellow at the end of last year to introduce the PLA Navy, the Gulf of Aden, Somalia sea escort mission when the situation had said that the Chinese government will also consolidate all factors carefully studied considering the construction of aircraft carrier problems. Regarding the construction of Chinese aircraft carrier is re-triggered overseas media attention. "Aircraft carrier are a nation's comprehensive strength performance, but also a country specific requirements of naval power. China has vast coastal areas and territorial seas, the main direction of the sea to protect national security, safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial seas the territorial sea rights and interests of Chinese armed forces are sacred duties. Chinese General Government will be various factors to consider the problem serious study. "he said.
Hamada yesterday also visited the Tianjin People's Liberation Army No. 196 Brigade, and watched the firing exercises. Hamada heard at the brigade took part in the Sino-Japanese War and the Korean War, etc. After the introduction, to observe the automatic rifles, artillery, mortar fire fighting training and training.

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