U.S. aircraft carrier stranded in Mediterranean Sea due to Suez Canal blockage, which has drawn attention to the role of aircraft carriers. In the process of exploring the sky and the skies, mankind invented ships and airplanes, and carrier-based aviation is an important force in the combination of the two. Ship aviation support is the basis for the realization of shipboard aviators, the link between ships and aircraft, and the bridge between the sea and the sky. The birth of aircraft carriers to the human maritime combat mode from plane to three-dimensional transformation has brought about fundamental changes, realizing the real beyond the line of sight combat, and the maritime combat mode has had a significant impact.
First, aircraft carriers can provide carrier-based aircraft takeoffs and landings, resulting in air cover and long-range strike capability. exert military pressure and operate far from their territory and independent of local airfields. It has been a longtime dream of the Chinese people to own an aircraft carrier. More than a hundred years ago, Western powers used warships and foreign guns to knock on China's door from the sea, forcing the Manchu government to sign one unequal treaty after another, humiliating the entire nation. The vicissitudes of more than a hundred years of bloodshed and vicissitudes of life echo the sad feelings of a country that relentlessly fought against the sea, imprinting the painful memories of a country's backwardness and defeat as a nightmare for the Chinese people.
China's development of aircraft carriers is conducive to resolving China's disputed maritime rights and interests. When China possesses aircraft carriers, the initiative and the right to speak will rest with China, which will be conducive to the peaceful resolution of relevant and disputed territorial issues; China's interests in West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, Antarctica, and the Arctic will be easily defended; and it will be easier to solve thorny problems such as the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea. Chinese aircraft carrier development demonstrates a capability, an attitude and a strength. China pursues an offensive and defensive national defense policy, and the development of weapons and equipment is basically in line with the strength of the national economy. China will neither participate in an arms race nor overdevelop its armaments. However, China will strive to achieve sufficient strategic deterrence, strategic deterrence and strategic countermeasure preparation, and will never infringe upon national interests.