[NTDTV, Beijing time, May 26, 2022]The CCP’s “Liaoning” aircraft carrier recently conducted an actual combat exercise in the eastern waters of Taiwan, intensifying the tension in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan experts said that the “Liaoning” is only a training ship and does not have actual combat capabilities. If it goes to war with the US aircraft carrier, “it will be like a dwarf meeting a giant, and it will be very funny.”
Expert: There is a huge difference in the combat effectiveness of Chinese and American aircraft carriers
According to The Epoch Times, on May 25, the Taiwan National Policy Research Institute held a symposium on ASEAN, the United States, Japan, and South Korea and the Quad Summit, inviting a number of experts to analyze the recent international situation.
Ma Zhenkun, director of the Institute of Military Affairs of the Chinese National Defense University, said that the recent Russian-Ukrainian war and the CCP’s “Liaoning” aircraft carrier group’s drills in the eastern waters of Taiwan have aroused everyone’s attention to the security of the Taiwan Strait.
Since May 3, the “Liaoning” has conducted more than 200 take-offs and landings of carrier-based aircraft. During this period, several co-operated aircraft crossed the Bashi Strait, and armed helicopters crossed the middle line of the Taiwan Strait. On May 25, the Eastern Theater Command of the CCP claimed that the CCP’s recent organization of multi-service joint combat readiness patrols and actual combat drills in the sea and airspace surrounding Taiwan is a warning to the United States and Taiwan.
In response to the CCP’s military provocation, the U.S. amphibious assault ship “Tripoli” recently arrived in the Western Pacific, and joined the Japanese quasi-aircraft carrier “Izumo” together with the U.S. aircraft carriers “Lincoln” and “Reagan” to form a four-on-one stare. “Liaoning” confrontation situation.
Guo Yuren, executive director of the National Policy Research Institute, said that from the perspective of actual combat capabilities, the “Liaoning” is only a training ship and does not have actual combat capabilities. If you really encounter the USS Reagan or USS Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, “it will be like a dwarf meeting a giant, and it will be very funny.”
The “Liaoning” is the CCP’s first aircraft carrier and has always been called the “shanzhai aircraft carrier”. “Liaoning” and another Chinese-made aircraft carrier “Shandong” both use traditional power instead of nuclear power, which is a huge difference from the advanced aircraft carrier technology of the United States, Britain and other countries.
Huang Pengxiao, a retired officer in Taiwan, once said that the “Liaoning”, which lacks air superiority and space superiority, is only a “target at sea” and cannot be guaranteed by itself.
Taiwan military expert: The CCP does not yet have the ability to attack Taiwan
Ma Zhenkun, director of the Institute of Military Affairs of the Chinese National Defense University, said at the symposium that the Chinese Communist Party has the idea of using force against Taiwan, but it does not yet have the ability to attack Taiwan.
He said that the communist army has no actual combat experience for 30 years, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in trouble, which will make Xi even more questionable about the situation analysis and combat capability assessment put forward by the military. Therefore, he speculates that the Russian-Ukrainian war will not increase the CCP’s intention to invade Taiwan by force.
Ma Zhenkun said that if the CCP wants to launch military operations against Taiwan, it must first have anti-access capabilities against the United States, including: peacetime deterrence, conflict containment, and combat strikes.
At present, in the Western Pacific region, the combat capability of the Communist army is far inferior to that of the US military. “This is also an important premise and key to assessing whether the Communist army has the ability to attack Taiwan.” Ma Zhenkun said, in addition, the US military also has Japan, South Korea, and Australia in the Asia-Pacific region. Waiting for military support, this is something that the Communist army does not have.
Ma Zhenkun analyzed that the Liaoning ship’s drill this time is part of the preparations for the Chinese military’s military struggle against Taiwan. It is necessary to implement anti-access combat capabilities against the US military and be familiar with future battlefields, “but it does not have the ability to attack Taiwan now.”
He said that at this stage, the National Army is paying close attention to the movements of various naval and air aircraft and ships in the training of the Chinese military, because this may reveal the combat mode adopted by the Chinese military.
(Comprehensive report by reporter Luo Tingting/responsible editor: Wen Hui)
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