Dear MEL Topic Readers,
China says it’s building new homegrown aircraft carrier
Get one of already-established technology from abroad and mimic it. Just
as they did for now the longest high speed railroad systems in the world, China
has officially announced the long speculated its aircraft carrier program.
China secretively purchased an incomplete aircraft carrier from Ukraine
when the country had no way of completing and using it in 1998, claiming it to
be used for an amusement park. They converted it to the Liaoning and commissioned
it in 2012. Meanwhile, they started building two carriers of their own version to
be in operation in a few years.
Three aircraft carriers versus US’s ten. But while the US is deploying
their carrier fleets in other waters, China can use their all three in the
South China Sea where territorial disputes are becoming increasingly intense.
Furthermore, China has as many submarines as the US. Submarines are like mines.
It would be risky to send ships to the water where there are many of such hazardous
underwater vessels waiting for preys unless you have removed or expelled them
beforehand.
What will the South and East China Sea be like in 2020?
Enjoy reading and thinking what such deterrent reinforcement of
military power will bring about.
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