If we want to talk about the big military news in the world this year, the US aircraft carrier "Eisenhower" will definitely occupy a place when it is beaten in the Red Sea. Of course, whether it was hit or not, we can still let the bullet fly for a while. But what is certain is that the "Eisenhower" has left the Red Sea for the Mediterranean, and it is likely that it will return to the United States, and it is not known whether it will be overhauled. But the U.S. military has not yet figured out which aircraft carrier to take over. It could be the "Roosevelt" in the Pacific or the "Truman" on the east coast of the homeland. But the U.S. Navy said the attack was an accident, so it somewhat disrupted the U.S. military's deployment plan. The U.S. Navy believes that the existing 11 aircraft carriers are simply not enough, and the latest USS Ford is not yet available, so it is indeed too late for this global deployment.
11 aircraft carriers are not enough, and the mouth of the US military is really big. Why are 11 aircraft carriers not enough? In fact, the road to prosperity of the existing capitalist powers is almost the same, which is nothing more than ocean adventures, the exploration of overseas colonies, the plundering of colonial resources and wealth, the occupation of colonial markets, and so on. In the eyes of these countries, it was a romantic adventure, but in the colonial countries it was a very hateful act of invasion. In order to maintain their maritime supremacy, European and American countries have historically attached great importance to the construction and use of their navies. Those who once dominated the seas, including the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Britain and other countries, once had powerful navies. Today's America is just a continuation of this phenomenon. The United States still uses a powerful navy to control the world's oceans, and from this point of view, 11 aircraft carriers are indeed not enough.
But obviously, China does not have such evil ideas for the time being, and what it wants to dominate the world is not a reckless use of force. The founding principle of our navy was to defend the mainland's territorial waters and interests, and now it has expanded to include the defense of the mainland's sea lines of communication. But even so, we will never infringe on the sovereignty of other countries like the United States. So how many aircraft carriers does China need to be enough?
It has been said that the three major fleets of the PLA Navy, each fleet has at least two aircraft carriers, which is convenient for alternate rotation deployment, which is more reasonable. Then there would have to be 6 aircraft carriers. But we still have a lot of problems with that goal. First of all, the age of the first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is relatively old. At present, the Liaoning is no longer suitable for high-intensity combat missions, and is only suitable for low-intensity training missions. Secondly, at present, only the North Sea and the South China Sea have built aircraft carrier bases in the Navy, that is, Qingdao and Hainan. The Zhoushan Islands, the main station of the East China Sea Fleet, are busy with shipping lanes, crowded docks, and whether there is room to build a large aircraft carrier base. If you want to build a new building, where is it appropriate? Therefore, even if it is necessary to preliminarily complete the deployment of 6 aircraft carriers, it is not so easy. Not to mention 8, 10 ships. It is really not easy for the mainland navy to develop from a poor and white navy to today's scale. We have higher expectations for the Navy, but we also need to give enough time and understanding to the development of the Navy.