The Fujian aircraft carrier has entered the final stage of sea trials, and according to the analysis of military experts, it can enter service with the PLA within this year at the earliest.
The three new carrier-based aircraft that are equipped with it have also recently undergone intensive test flights one after another, preparing to board the aircraft carrier. Major General Taiwan said that the new Air Police 600 carrier-based early warning aircraft is even more powerful than that of the United States, which has aroused extensive discussions.
Three new carrier-based aircraft of the People's Liberation Army will be launched on the ship soon
It can be said that under the current situation, China's surroundings are not stable, the PLA Navy is facing a lot of pressure, and the PLA's demand for aircraft carriers is obviously urgent.
Liaoning, Shandong, Fujian
At present, our navy already has two warships, Liaoning and Shandong, but there is still a big gap in the number of aircraft carriers in the Asia-Pacific region compared with potential opponents; in particular, under the condition that the US military has strengthened the deployment of aircraft carrier strike groups in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan is actively developing light aircraft carriers, the entry into service of the Fujian warship will be able to completely give our naval air force a decisive superiority over the carrier-based air forces of the United States and Japan within one island chain.
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In addition, three carrier-based aircraft prepared for the Fujian ship are also intensively conducting flight test work, including the J-15B, J-35 and Air Police 600 carrier-based early warning aircraft. Among them, the J-15B is a comprehensive overhaul and upgrade model of the J-15, using composite materials, the fuselage avionics, fire control radar, and weapon systems are fully upgraded, and the landing gear is specially reinforced for electromagnetic ejection.
The J-15B disclosed by CCTV
The comprehensive performance of the J-15B in the field of heavy carrier-based fighters has reached the world's first level, comprehensively leading the conventional carrier-based aircraft of the United States, Russia and France. In the future, the J-15B on the Fujian ship will be mainly responsible for multi-purpose mission functions, and its "main business" is to strike at sea and land targets, giving full play to its advantages of combat radius, large bomb load, and rich ammunition carrying capacity.
As the Navy's next-generation carrier-based aircraft, the performance is better than that of the US F-35C stealth carrier-based aircraft, and the J-35 has stronger perception and air combat capabilities, and will undertake the main task of seizing air supremacy in the wartime of the aircraft carrier strike group.
Air Guard 600
Major General Taiwan: The Air Police 600 is more advanced than the US military's early warning aircraft
However, Taiwan Major General Li Zhengjie made it clear in his participation in a political discussion program that among the three new carrier-based aircraft that will be launched on the ship, the J-35, J-15 and Air Police 600, the most important is the Air Police 600.
Chestnut Zhengjie
Li Zhengjie said that the original Liaoning and Shandong warships only took off from the deck in a sliding type, and there was no way to catapult such a large early warning plane, so they could only use early warning helicopters, so the warning range and distance of the aircraft carrier were relatively small, and the combat effectiveness was limited.
Air Police 600 test flight
But now the Fujian ship has an electromagnetic catapult, which can catap the air police 600 early warning aircraft, and the radar on the air police 600 early warning aircraft has a large detection range and distance, which is farther and newer than the air police -500, and the radar is more powerful and advanced than that of the United States, and the radar on it is fixed, and it can be directly received in a 360-degree direction, which is the latest type of radar.
However, what needs to be corrected is that although the Liaoning ship and the Shandong ship are sliding jump decks, they can still take off and land for the 30-ton carrier-based early warning aircraft such as the Air Police 600, but the PLA did not have a carrier-based early warning aircraft before, so the Ka-31 early warning helicopter was used, and the future Air Police 600 has the ability to install the Liaoning ship and the Shandong ship.
The Air Police 600 is of great significance to China's aircraft carrier battle group, as it is the eye of the aircraft carrier battle group, which can greatly improve the combat capability and survivability of the aircraft carrier fleet.
The Air Police 600 is a generation ahead of the US military early warning aircraft in terms of performance
The Air Police 600 adopts the latest generation of active phased array radar, and the situation perception capability has been greatly enhanced. According to Taiwan media analysis, the active phased array radar of the Air Police 600 is a whole generation ahead of the E-2D carrier-based early warning aircraft of the United States, and is even better than the radar of the Air Police 500, with an effective detection range of 400-450 kilometers.
Air Police 600 is the combat power multiplier of the PLA
This means that the Air Police 600 is capable of detecting enemy aircraft and missiles at a distance of 400 kilometers, surpassing the perception of the aircraft carrier itself. This ability to detect threats in advance gives carriers more time to respond, whether it's mobilizing fighter jets or anti-aircraft missile interceptions.
The Air Police 600 is also very powerful in collecting and processing information, which allows the aircraft carrier fleet to strike at targets at a longer distance and expand its combat range. This not only improves the fleet's offensive capabilities, but also allows the fleet to carry out its missions from a safer distance, reducing the risk of being counterattacked by the enemy.
For example, the Southern Theater previously conducted a combat exercise of "A shooting and B guidance", and our army's air police 500 early warning aircraft guided the People's Liberation Army 052D to launch air defense missiles to strike enemy targets, which is to rely on the situation perception and command coordination capabilities of early warning aircraft to allow naval ships to give full play to their 1+1>2 combat capabilities. This is especially true for other targets in the air.
Moreover, the Air Police 600 is not only an "air radar station", the carrier-based early warning aircraft can be used as an information node to transmit information on the battlefield to various units of the fleet in real time, can perform command and control tasks, coordinate the combat operations of carrier-based fighters, and can greatly improve the fleet's combat response speed and decision-making efficiency.
This capability is especially important in complex battlefield environments to ensure that all units of the entire carrier battle group can quickly perform their respective combat missions.
Russian media "Reporter" also previously issued an article saying that China's air police 600 early warning aircraft has strong performance and can be purchased to make up for the lack of early warning aircraft faced by the Russian army in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Russian media said that if 3-4 air police 600 are purchased from China, the pressure on Russia's front-line troops can be greatly relieved, and at the same time, millions of square kilometers of land and sea on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield will be monitored around the clock.
In short, the installation of the Air Police 600 carrier-based early warning aircraft will not only solve the long-standing problem of the lack of carrier-based early warning aircraft in the People's Navy Air Force, but will also greatly enhance the comprehensive combat capability of China's aircraft carrier fleet.
By improving the aircraft carrier's early warning capabilities, command and control capabilities, anti-missile and anti-ship capabilities, long-range strike capabilities, and maritime surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, the Air Police 600 will become an indispensable force for China's aircraft carrier battle group and a key step in the modernization process of China's maritime forces.
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