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Chinese aircraft carriers vulnerable to submarine attack: CSIS report
Chinese aircraft carriers vulnerable to submarine attack: CSIS report
A new report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that China's growing aircraft carrier fleet, including the Fujian now undergoing sea trials, remains highly exposed to submarine attacks.…
The Story in Brief
A new report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that China's growing aircraft carrier fleet, including the Fujian now undergoing sea trials, remains highly exposed to submarine attacks. The Washington-based think tank assesses that Chinese carriers could be 'sitting ducks' against hostile subs from the US, Japan, and Australia in a Pacific conflict. CSIS outlines a five-pronged 'cost-imposition' strategy of land-based missiles, air strikes, cyberwarfare, drone swarms, and submarine ambushes to hold the carrier groups at risk. The report flags persistent gaps in China's anti-submarine warfare ability even as Beijing pushes its ships towards the second island chain.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative of Chinese naval might often ignores the vulnerabilities that cost and distance impose. Exaggerated claims of a 'shipbuilding spree' fail to stress that anti-submarine warfare remains a glaring weakness for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), as this CSIS report reminds us. The real test is not how many decks China can float, but whether its carrier groups can survive an engagement with America's silent service beyond the first island chain. The number of ASW-capable hulls Beijing deploys in the western Pacific will be the concrete metric to watch.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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