China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea in this file photo. Reuters
Maritime Executive: China May Build Six Carriers, Ten Overseas Bases
In an editorial published Friday to mark the anniversary of China's navy, the official military outlet PLA Daily suggested that the nation needs six aircraft carriers, an enlarged marine corps and ten naval bases in friendly foreign nations.
"In the long run, China needs to develop its own aircraft carrier battle teams, with at least six aircraft carriers, maritime forces led by guided missile destroyers, as well as attack submarines," said Xu Guangyu, a senior advisor to the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. "China will build about ten more bases for the [carriers] . . . Hopefully, China could have bases in every continent, but that depends on countries which would like to cooperate with China."
The PLA Daily said that the purpose of the enlarged carrier fleet would be to enable the PLA(N) to "break through" the first island chain (Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines) to exert its power in the Western Pacific.
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4 comments:
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What for / did they state the objective, or just wish list?
China needs ten friendly nations? Okay let's see - The Philippines, Djibouti, ....
/maybe they'll just build their own new islands off the coasts of nations/continents they deem vital. After they've outfitted 6 CG's.
"The PLA Daily said that the purpose of the enlarged carrier fleet would be to enable the PLA(N) to "break through" the first island chain (Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines) to exert its power in the Western Pacific. "
In otherwords, make the transition from a regional Naval Power in the South China Sea, to being a Global Naval Power.
Old enough to recall the years of the cold war with russia? this is the new cold war, the two superpowers..if we can have so many military in so many places, why would not a rising power also want to?
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