China News Service, Beijing, September 25th, title: The era of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier - written on the 10th anniversary of the entry of China's first aircraft carrier
Author Mo Xiaoliang Sun Fei
On June 17, 2022, a piece of news attracted the attention of the world: China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian ship, was launched and named.
This is the first catapult-type aircraft carrier designed and built by China completely.
On November 23, 2012, the J-15 carrier-based fighter jet landed successfully on the Liaoning ship for the first time.
Photo by Hu Kaibing
With the formation of the Liaoning warship, the commissioning of the Shandong warship, and the launching of the Fujian warship, the Chinese Navy has entered the era of three aircraft carriers.
A heavy weapon of a great country, it bears witness to the struggle and responsibility of the People's Navy.
China's construction of aircraft carriers is both a national need and a natural consequence
If modern civilization is initiated by marine civilization, then the aircraft carrier is the standard configuration of the modern navy and a symbol of a nation's maritime power.
Mastering the construction technology of modern aircraft carriers is the common pursuit of the world's maritime powers, and it is the "standard configuration" for an aircraft carrier battle group to become a maritime power.
On December 1, 2014, the J-15 carrier-based fighter jet ski-jumped off the Liaoning ship.
Photo by Zhang Kai
China's national security and development have never been so closely linked to the ocean as today. The peace and ecological maintenance of the global ocean cannot be without China's participation and the presence of the Chinese navy.
War practice throughout the ages has proved that weapons and equipment are the material and technical basis for improving the overall combat capability, which directly affects the level of combat readiness and the outcome of wars.
In the journey of striving to realize the leap-forward development of the Chinese military's weapons and equipment construction, the aircraft carrier, an equipment platform that symbolizes the country's comprehensive strength, is indispensable.
The construction of a modern aircraft carrier not only requires strong economic strength and developed shipbuilding capabilities, but also requires advanced scientific and technological capabilities and first-class defense technology and equipment manufacturing capabilities. The four are indispensable.
For today's China, the construction of an aircraft carrier is definitely not an accident.
On December 26, 2016, the aircraft carrier formation of the Liaoning ship left the Miyako Strait for the first time.
Photo by Zhang Kai
In 2008, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense stated that the Chinese government will seriously consider the construction of aircraft carriers in consideration of various factors.
In 2011, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense announced that China is currently using a disused aircraft carrier platform for transformation for scientific research, testing and training.
The Liaoning ship of the Navy released the J-15 carrier-based fighter jet at night.
Photo by Zhang Kai
On September 25, 2012, the Liaoning ship officially joined the People's Navy sequence. The Chinese Navy had its own aircraft carrier for the first time, opening the era of China's aircraft carrier.
The capabilities of Chinese aircraft carriers are developing little by little
The development of aircraft carriers is an entirely new undertaking for the Chinese navy and defense industry.
When the dream shines into reality, what others see is mostly halo and applause, only those who have experienced it will know more about the hardships and efforts behind it.
On December 17, 2019, China's first domestically-made aircraft carrier Shandong ship was delivered to the navy at a military port in Sanya, Hainan.
Photo by Pu Haiyang
Zhang Zheng, the former captain of the Liaoning warship, once said: "The largest warship I have ever worked on is 6,000 tons, and the Liaoning warship is 60,000 tons, ten times larger. The training, combat, management, safety and other subjects it brings, All are brand new, all are qualitative changes, we must completely change the habit of thinking and start from scratch.”
The aircraft carrier life of the first Liaoning crew members started from recognizing the way.
With 20 multi-level decks, more than 300 gangways, and more than 3,000 cabins, you will get lost if you are not careful.
"I can't find the way again" became a high-frequency word in the passage of the Liaoning ship in the early days of the ship.
On August 6, 2022, the Shandong ship's aircraft carrier formation carried out a maritime replenishment deployment.
Photo by Ji Xiang
Compared with recognizing the way, what really puts pressure on officers and soldiers is the hundreds of three-level systems, tens of thousands of sets of new equipment, hundreds of thousands of technical documents, and hundreds of millions of spare parts. How to get familiar with it in the shortest time. , Effective control.
Xu Ying, the deputy captain of the Shandong ship, was one of the first carrier-based aircraft pilots to obtain the qualification for night landing.
Recalling the days of the first night landing, Xu Ying said that before the night flight, the preparation room was silent, everyone was preoccupied and frowned.
Even though there were thousands of risks, he and his comrades still had no hesitation and achieved a breakthrough by landing at night.
On August 6, 2022, the aircraft carrier formation of the Shandong ship sailed.
Photo by Annie
The first high-speed lanyard test on land, the first low-altitude high-speed, the first stall spin, the first simulated landing test... When one "first" is broken through one after another, the capabilities of Chinese aircraft carriers Is a little bit of accumulation.
The development of China's aircraft carrier business continues to bring surprises
From "active ship, ship on board" to normalized long-distance voyages, from single-system and single-platform application to formation system integration, from offshore test trials to offshore deployments.
In the past ten years, the development of China's aircraft carrier business has continuously brought surprises to people.
At the end of 2016, the Liaoning ship broke through the first island chain for the first time and went to the western Pacific to conduct high-sea training.
It was a fine morning, and in the well-ordered cab, someone softly said, "We finally got out."
On August 7, 2022, the Shandong ship fired live ammunition at sea.
Photo by Shi Xinrong
In January 2017, the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation passed through the Taiwan Strait and went to the South China Sea to perform cross-sea training and test missions;
In December 2020, the Shandong aircraft carrier formation passed the Taiwan Strait to conduct training in the relevant waters of the South China Sea;
In April 2021, the aircraft carrier formation of the Liaoning ship conducts training in the waters around Taiwan;
In May 2021, the Shandong aircraft carrier formation will conduct training in the relevant waters of the South China Sea;
In May 2022, the aircraft carrier formation of the Liaoning ship conducts actual combat training in the western Pacific Ocean.
It has been seen that the trajectory of the Chinese aircraft carrier formation is constantly extending.
On the morning of June 17, 2022, the launching ceremony of China's third aircraft carrier was held at the Jiangnan Shipyard of China Shipbuilding Corporation.
Photo by Li Tang
Not only that, the composition of the current aircraft carrier formation has changed a lot compared with the initial stage of the Liaoning ship, with large comprehensive supply ships, 052D guided missile destroyers, and 0.55 million-ton destroyers joining in one after another.
These changes are a vivid portrayal of the accelerated transformation and construction of the Chinese navy.
With the launch of the Fujian ship, the Chinese aircraft carrier has once again evolved from ski-jump to "ejection + electromagnetic". A group of mature aircraft carrier crew members have once again invested in new positions, and various supporting equipment are also being developed as scheduled.
The era of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier is writing a new story.
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