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Text/Ha Ge

China is currently facing a very severe struggle situation, with powerful enemies and their allies escalating their containment of China. Under such circumstances, the construction of the Fujian, the third aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy, has also accelerated. Since entering the sea trial stage, it has been going out to sea for testing on average every month. The speed has attracted great attention from the outside world. During the third sea trial stage, satellite photos showed that there were gratifying new developments on the deck of the Fujian.

A set of satellite photos that appeared on the Internet recently showed that on the deck of the Fujian ship, which was conducting sea trials in the Bohai Bay,A suspected carrier-based aircraft appeared, and conducted a launch test using the No. 1 electromagnetic catapult. Some observers believe that this meansThe Fujian ship most likely conducted takeoff tests of carrier-based aircraft during this sea trial.

Prior to this, other satellite photos showed that several planes approached the Fujian ship from the rear, seemingly entering the landing route.It is likely that a carrier-based aircraft landing or touch-and-go test was conductedAmong them are the J-15 fighter jets and a large carrier-based aircraft with a wingspan of about 25 meters, which is most likely the legendary "Kongjing-500" early warning aircraft.

Did the Fujian ship really complete the most important carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing test so quickly? Does this mean that the Fujian ship is ready for delivery?

When the Fujian went to sea for the third time, someone took a photo of two J-15s parked on its deck. At that time, some people thought it was a full-scale model, but others believed it was a real aircraft because there was a tanker parked next to the island for refueling the test aircraft.

However, there is still a small problem. As of now, there is still no evidence that the Fujian ship was equipped with arresting cables on the deck when it went to sea for the third time. Based on the above information, the Fujian ship may have carried out the launch test of carrier-based aircraft and the touch-and-go test of carrier-based aircraft, but did not conduct a complete carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing test, which may be the key subject of the next sea trial.

It is understandable that the manufacturer and the navy made such an arrangement. Based on the experience of the US military in using aircraft carriers,The most dangerous phase for carrier-based aircraft is taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier, and the risk of landing is much higher than that of taking off.Currently, U.S. aircraft carriers can use automatic flight mode when taking off, but must be manually operated by the pilot when landing.

Therefore, during the third sea trial, a relatively safe carrier-based aircraft launch test was first carried out, and the test pilots were familiar with the environment of the aircraft carrier deck through touch-and-go methods. Then, during the fourth sea trial, a complete launch-landing test was carried out, which is obviously more in line with the stable style of our navy.

Regardless of the situation, the Fujian started testing its carrier-based aircraft during its third sea trial, which is considered "super fast". Our first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, conducted its first sea trial in September 2013, and did not conduct its first carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing until November 2014, a time span of more than a year. The Fujian was able to conduct relevant tests in just a few months, further proving that our aircraft carrier combat system has been gradually improved.

More importantly,The fact that the carrier-based aircraft was able to complete the take-off and landing test on the Fujian aircraft carrier means that the most important system of the aircraft carrier, the aviation combat system, has passed the acceptance inspection, and also means that the Fujian aircraft carrier is basically ready for delivery to the troops.It is foreseeable that the Fujian ship will create the fastest record for a Chinese naval aircraft carrier from launching to commissioning, which is quite rare even in the world.

With the improvement of our naval aircraft carrier combat system and the continuous strengthening of aircraft carrier combat capability, we believe that the Chinese Navy will smoothly achieve strategic transformation.Becoming a global maritime force that cannot be ignoredOne day, we will see our fleet maintaining world peace on major shipping routes around the world!