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關鍵詞:South China Sea aircraft carrier
概念:
LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT CHINA"S AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAMME, WHICH IS A STATE SECRET. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THE NEW CARRIER"S DESIGN DRAWS ON EXPERIENCES FROM THE COUNTRY"S FIRST CARRIER, THE LIAONING, WHICH WAS BOUGHT SECOND-HAND FROM UKRAINE IN 1998 AND REFITTED IN CHINA.
BEIJING - CHINA"S SECOND AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERED SERVICE ON TUESDAY, ADDING MAJOR FIREPOWER TO ITS MILITARY AMBITIONS AS IT FACES TENSIONS WITH SELF-RULED TAIWAN AS WELL AS THE US AND REGIONAL NEIGHBORS AROUND THE DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA.
CHINA』S SECOND AIRCRAFT CARRIER, THE TYPE 001A, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. PHOTO: SINA
CHINESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS THROUGH TAIWAN STRAIT ON WAY TO TRIALS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
CHINA HAS COMMISSIONED ITS FIRST DOMESTICALLY BUILT AIRCRAFT CARRIER INTO SERVICE AT A KEY BASE ON THE SHORES OF THE DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA, IN ANOTHER BIG STEP IN THE COUNTRY"S AMBITIOUS MILITARY MODERNISATION.
ARE CHINA'S 'UNSINKABLE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS' IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN TROUBLE?
U.S. OFFICIALS WILL CONSTANTLY MONITOR CHINA AT SEA, SAID ANDREW YANG, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CHINESE COUNCIL OF ADVANCED POLICY STUDIES THINK TANK IN TAIWAN. 「IT』S A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO SHOW THE U.S. IS VERY MUCH ADHERED TO THE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION OPERATIONS,」 HE SAID. HE ALSO SAID THAT CHINA PROBABLY SENT ITS NEWLY COMMISSIONED AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO THE SEA AS A PRACTICE RUN RATHER THAN AS ANY KIND OF PROVOCATION.
THE BASE IN THE SOUTHERN ISLAND PROVINCE OF HAINAN OPENS ONTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, WHERE CHINA IS ENGAGED IN AN INCREASINGLY HEATED DISPUTE OVER TERRITORY AND UNDERSEA OIL AND GAS RESOURCES. CHINA』S CLAIM TO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC WATERWAY, THROUGH WHICH PASSES AN ESTIMATED $5 TRILLION IN TRADE ANNUALLY, OVERLAPS PARTIALLY OR IN WHOLE WITH FIVE OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
CHINA’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, THE LIAONING, IS BASED IN QINGDAO, EAST CHINA’S SHANDONG PROVINCE. WHILE AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE TO DISTANCE WATERS, JUST AS THE LIAONING HAS SAILED TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND EVEN PASSED THE MIYAKO STRAIT IN THE PAST, HAVING ONE BASED IN SOUTH CHINA WILL ALLOW FASTER REACTION TIME IF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REQUIRES A CHINESE CARRIER’S PRESENCE, ANALYSTS SAID, NOTING THAT THE LIAONING CAN THEN FOCUS MORE ON THE EAST.
THE USS MONTGOMERY RECENTLY TOOK PART IN A JOINT MISSION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. PHOTO: AFP
THE US HAVE ALSO MADE AVIATION A CENTRAL PART OF THEIR EFFORTS TO CHALLENGE CHINA IN THE REGION HOWEVER, REGULARLY SENDING MONSTROUS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS INTO THE WATERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THEREFORE ALLOWING F-35 FIGHTER JETS A BASE FROM WHICH THEY CAN CIRCLE HOTLY CONTESTED AREAS.
MORE LIKELY, CHINESE FLEET ARCHITECTS ARE THINKING ABOUT CARRIERS MORE FOR THEIR ABILITY TO EXERT INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT THE REGION, LIKE COERCING NATIONS RELUCTANT TO TOE CHINA』S NINE-DASH-LINE CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND IN ORDER TO DISPLAY GLOBAL CHINESE INFLUENCE AS FAR AFIELD AS THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
LI XIAOYAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF 10 PILOTS SELECTED FOR A TRAINING PROGRAMME DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHINA'S FUTURE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS BACK IN 1987. BUT THE WHOLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PLAN WAS SUSPENDED IN 1998 BY PREMIER ZHU RONGJI FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REASONS, ACCORDING TO CHINA'S CARRIER, A BOOK PUBLISHED BY CHINA DEVELOPMENT PRESS.
EVIDENTLY THE CARRIER SUFFERED WHAT THE U.S. SEA SERVICES CALL A 「CLASS B」 FIRE, A CONFLAGRATION FUELED BY FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. A CLASS B FIRE IN A PROPULSION ENGINEERING COMPARTMENT—A 「MAIN-SPACE FIRE」 IN AMERICAN PARLANCE—RANKS AMONG THE MOST FEARED CATACLYSMS THAT CAN BEFALL A VESSEL. THIRTY YEARS AGO, FOR INSTANCE, THE U.S. NAVY COMBAT LOGISTICS SHIP WHITE PLAINS WAS ENGULFED BY A MAIN-SPACE FIRE WHILE TRANSITING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SIX SAILORS FELL DURING THE MAELSTROM. FIVE MORE WERE INJURED.
HOWEVER, LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS ARE UNIQUELY SUITED TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE SOUTH CHINA SEA STRATEGIC SITUATION PROBING INITIATIVE, A THINK TANK AFFILIATED WITH PEKING UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE OF OCEAN RESEARCH.

 

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