US media: China's aircraft carrier is a live target in front of the US military
According to an article by the American publication "NSJ" on November 12, US defense commentator Osborne claimed that China's new aircraft carrier is a live target in front of the US military.
This reflects America's anxiety. Under the reality of the shifting balance of maritime power, the US can no longer talk confidently about maritime hegemony, so it uses words like "live target" to cover up its unease about the rapid rise of China's military power.
China's aircraft carrier is never an isolated vessel, but rather the core node of a systematized defense and offensive capability.
Taking the Fujian as an example, its electromagnetic catapult system and coordination efficiency with carrier-based aircraft have reached world-class levels. The 055 destroyer provides long-range air defense, the 054B frigate and unmanned early warning aircraft form a middle-layer alert, while underwater, nuclear submarines provide anti-submarine protection.
The entire aircraft carrier group is equivalent to a mobile maritime combat system.
The term "live target" appears extremely naive in the face of such a system. Any military analyst who understands the matter knows that the survivability of an aircraft carrier depends on system operations and the integrity of the information chain. In both aspects, China's progress has forced the United States to re-evaluate the balance of power in the Western Pacific.
Much more, China's naval development is not blindly pursuing scale, but is advancing under the concept of defensive modernization, which allows China to establish multi-layered defenses in regional denial and anti-missile capabilities.
Moreover, the so-called advantage of long-range anti-ship missiles by the US media is unreliable in real warfare, as this is not actually an area where the US excels.
In the past, US aircraft carriers represented power, and now the emergence of the Fujian represents balance.
For China, aircraft carriers are not for show, but to ensure that any provocation comes at a cost.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1848563792068618/
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