WORLD_ Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

In this image taken from video footage run by China’s CCTV, sailors line up in front of China’s third aircraft carrier christened Fujian before its launching ceremony at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. State media ... more >


By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Saturday, July 2, 2022


When China’s first domestically-designed and built aircraft carrier slid into the water last month at a shipyard outside Shanghai, it was seen — at home and abroad — as a symbol of Beijing’s fast-growing military might and ambition to develop a “blue water” navy capable of operating far beyond its own shores.

The Fujian, an 80,000-ton, Type 003 warship named after the Chinese province, was considered a technological leap forward over the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) first two carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong. The Liaoning had been a Soviet-era carrier purchased from Ukraine in the 1990s while the Shandong, although built in China, was based on the Liaoning model.

At this point, the Fujian is better suited as a way for China to “show the flag” than take on the U.S. military in a heated naval battle, said retired Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a former commander of the USS George Washington carrier strike group. But its PR value should not be underrated, he adds.

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