The Chinese Navy already has its own aircraft carrier force. With the third aircraft carrier in the water, the new generation of carrier-based aircraft is still holding the Pipa half-covered! There is currently a lot of news about the new generation of carrier-based aircraft. Most of them are rumors but lack details, and there are many speculations from the outside world. Recently, an Indian media published an article titled "China's third aircraft carrier "Fujian" will carry an early warning aircraft and a large transport aircraft to perform COD and CAP missions", claiming: China's new generation of carrier-based aircraft is about to come out. To be more specific, it will be for the ship Airborne early warning aircraft.
The Indians claimed that the fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft will board the Fujian ship
Modern aircraft carriers are essentially aviation platforms, used as platforms for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land, with the purpose of supporting aviation operations. Carrier-based aircraft determine the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. . Our military already has many types of carrier-based aircraft, but there is always a shortcoming: the lack of the carrier-based early warning aircraft . According to India, China is studying carrier-based transport aircraft. The reason is that the Chinese naval aviation uses the and 7 for flight training, including: the 7yun 7 simulated landing, which is obviously to accumulate experience for the use of large fixed-wing aircraft on aircraft carriers.
Yun-7 conducts land-based simulated landing training
The conditions of Yun-7 cannot be suitable for landing on an aircraft carrier, but there is no problem in developing a carrier-based transport aircraft based on Yun-7, similar to the "Greyhound" of the US military . According to the analysis of the Indian media, the Chinese version of Greyhound is ready to go. Using China's technical capabilities to develop a carrier-based transport aircraft similar to Greyhound is not a technical problem. Maybe it is only a matter of time before it enters service. Now there is no ultimate goal of transport aircraft . It is actually just a transition. With the emergence of carrier-based transport aircraft, there will be no problem with carrier-based early warning aircraft. It is just that an airborne early warning radar system is installed on the basis of the former.
Greyhound is an inconspicuous part of the US military aircraft carrier, but it is a very important part.
This means that the Fujian aircraft carrier will achieve new breakthroughs, and the carrier-based aircraft it carries will be more enriched, rather than simply adding one or two. It is not about the model, but it has made a qualitative leap. It can be said that the Chinese version of Greyhound will be put on the ship, which is something that can be expected. The effect is: two steps at a time. Retired Indian Lieutenant General Shekhar Sinha pointed out the key uses: First, they are used to transport supplies. When an aircraft carrier goes to sea, when personnel and logistics personnel are dispatched from land facilities to the ship, carrier-based transport aircraft can also be used to transport supplies, etc. This is the COD mission (Carrier Onboard Delivery). Second, once the test is successful, it can be further modified into an early warning aircraft, just like the US-made Hawkeye, used for airborne early warning and control of other fighter aircraft operations, which is the CAP mission (Combat Air Patrolling).
In modern warfare, early warning aircraft are called: combat power multipliers, so carrier-based early warning aircraft naturally become combat power multipliers, which is of great significance for solving the combat power system of our army's aircraft carrier battle group . Without a ship-based early warning aircraft, relying solely on ship-based early warning helicopters is far inferior to ship-based early warning aircraft in terms of search radius and endurance time. If there are carrier-based early warning aircraft, then our aircraft carrier combat system will be very complete and can be compared with the US military.
Everyone has been looking forward to the carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft for a long time.
Some people may think that the Indian analysis is wrong, but in fact, the situation is almost the same. The development of the next generation carrier-based aircraft by our military is not a secret, but it has not been publicly introduced. There is a lot of relevant information circulating. Under the current situation, the Fujian ship's new carrier-based aircraft is about to be unveiled, and it is estimated that it will not take long.
Our military has a new generation of aircraft carriers, equipped with electromagnetic catapults , and a platform for carrier-based early warning aircraft, so it will inevitably develop supporting models. This belongs to the tradition of our military, but it is only based on tradition and is unwilling to disclose information.What is the performance of our carrier-based early warning aircraft? There is currently no detailed statement. People can only speculate. According to India, its performance is comparable to that of the US military. It is not wrong. Due to the constraints of the aircraft carrier, the size of the carrier-based early warning aircraft is actually limited. Similar models in China and the United States may have similar appearance. They are all similar, and there is only one factor that determines performance: the radar system, which involves the application of electronic technology and . In this field, we have the advantage of being a latecomer. Many things can use the latest technology instead of using old technology. Obviously, we can become more advanced.
The Fujian ship brings everyone unlimited imagination
Under such circumstances, our army will not only have a new generation of aircraft carriers, but also a new generation of carrier-based aircraft. This will be a very big progress, and it can be said to be almost leapfrog development. , is the speed of progress exceeding people’s imagination?
