Since China introduced the Ukraine has not completed, “Varyag” aircraft carrier, and its dock in the coastal city of Dalian, the Western media, “Varyag” was speculation that has never stopped. Recently, some Western media speculation that China would “Varyag” was built aircraft carrier training ship for future Chinese-made aircraft carrier “paving the way.” In addition, the Western media that China is building a number of landlocked aircraft carrier model facilities as ancillary facilities for the training of pilots.W-Liang Ge Zheng reportedly converted
Bloomberg News Service reported October 20 that the park in Dalian, “Varyag” aircraft carrier deck can already see workers in the construction, can be seen at dusk or even obvious “welding sparks.” Ukraine inherited “Varyag” was in 1998 after its sold to China, and officially settled in 2002, is located in Dalian shipyard.
U.S. Navy intelligence agencies in July, according to the report of the disclosure, parked in Dalian, “Varyag” was completed will be the first. The report speculated that, “Varyag” was in the 2010 to 2012 put into use, but only as a training ship, and China’s domestic carrier would be “some time after 2015,” appeared. Canada published the “Han Defense Review” also speculated that China’s aircraft carrier project is not affected by the financial crisis, and the supporting facilities are to continue to build, the construction of modular construction of the internal carrier Outside the factory, filled with a variety of containers, some stacked three containers to achieve a high level, showing that preparations for the construction of China’s aircraft carrier has reached its final stage.
In China, the aircraft carrier the discussion has been going on for 50 years. Military analysts pointed out that exports of goods, as well as oil, gas and iron ore imports are highly dependent on the safety of sea lanes, so China is set to send an aircraft carrier at sea within a few years.
Intensify the development of aircraft equipment
In addition to concern about so-called “Varyag” was modified process, the Western media, the so-called carrier-based early-warning aircraft and an aircraft carrier is also very interested in training facilities. U.S. Global Strategic Network has recently speculated that China will be under construction by the Chinese-made aircraft carrier with a “Yun -7″ platform installation KJ200 phased array radar system, a new carrier-based early warning aircraft. “Yun -7″ aircraft for the Chinese imitation Russian AN -24 aircraft. China’s “Win -7″ early-warning aircraft will undertake similar to the U.S. 23 tons of heavy E-2 AWACS-type aircraft on the carrier’s combat duty.
In the ocean 643 kilometers away from Wuhan, the Western media seems to have found a Chinese carrier’s “clues.” Bloomberg news agency speculated that an aircraft carrier near the lake, etc. Although the size of models can not be moved, but it totally can be used to train crew on the aircraft carrier. Last week, the lake shore to fertilize vegetables, the farmers have seen two cranes in the construction of aircraft carrier-type architecture. The United States, “Aviation Week” article pointed out that the Internet reportedly appeared on ship Design and Research Institute is located in Wuhan, a large number of very interesting pictures of the facilities, photos displayed on a building above the main superstructure of an aircraft carrier is under construction, but also there is a large roof platform can be used as training planes and a helicopter landing deck to use.
In addition, the United States a “strategic’s page” website article also revealed that the U.S. commercial satellite photographs taken by the Chinese carrier plans to provide new evidence: China is on the slide-yue-type aircraft carrier deck design of tests and speculation that China will have one next year, with 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 aircraft carrier similar to the real environment. The article said that China’s carrier-based pilots, only got a four-year training is “gambling”, but “the Chinese people aggressive, and are struggling to make progress.”
A cost of 10 billion aircraft carrier battle group
U.S. Department of Defense reported that China’s future will have one, including 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 learn to control technology aircraft carrier at sea. U.S. Naval War College, according to researchers estimated that the cost of an aircraft carrier battle group of about 100 billion U.S. dollars.
Sino-US relations at Boston University, USA Professor Robert – Ross, said the past 10 years, China mainly relies on missiles, submarines and mine-laying ship to defend its territorial waters, when the demand of China’s aircraft carrier is not urgent, but also uneconomical. At present, China’s economy has reached 3.9 trillion U.S. dollars, its foreign exchange reserve reached 2.3 trillion U.S. dollars, making China’s leaders are seriously considering the construction of a fixed-wing aircraft capable of carrying aircraft carrier to join the United States, Russia, India, France and Brazil, the composition of carrier club. United States, Virginia Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) The China expert David – Finkelstein pointed out that “China is only a matter of time Zaochu carrier, its strategy also requires a carrier or a delivery in the region, naval air forces . ”
October 21, Western military experts, the famous Chinese Johanna Weng (Johnathan Weng) in the “comprehensive report on China’s national defense” web site published an article some time ago through the analysis of China’s Internet exposure of early-warning helicopters for Direct -8 relevant circumstances.