China urged to fast-track carrier fleet upgrades as Japan boosts strike power
China should speed up aircraft carrier group upgrades and boost their combat capabilities to counter Japan’s growing defence strength amid mounting tensions, military experts have said. This comes as Tokyo ramps up its defence posture with long-range anti-ship missiles and deployments on Japanese islands near Taiwan, putting Beijing on high alert. A recent simulated attack also highlighted the potential threat. As tensions escalated in December over the Japanese prime ministe
A potential gap that China’s carrier strike groups ‘need to address is the limited number of stealth fighters’, former PLA Navy officer says
This comes as Tokyo ramps up its defence posture with long-range anti-ship missiles and deployments on Japanese islands near Taiwan, putting Beijing on high alert. A recent simulated attack also highlighted the potential threat.
The unprecedented scale of the deployment was widely interpreted as a saturation-attack drill using the Liaoning fleet as the hypothetical adversary.
Fu Qianshao, a military expert and former PLA Navy officer, highlighted the strategic gravity of these exercises.
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