What Combat Capabilities Can Be Enhanced by Aircraft Carrier Task Force Training in Distant Seas? Expert Analysis →

The Liaoning aircraft carrier group has been continuously operating in multiple training maritime and aerial areas in distant seas, building an early warning detection system, organizing joint shore-sea confrontation exercises, tactical flight training for carrier-based aircraft, and various other training subjects. What combat capabilities will this enhance for the aircraft carrier group?

Military commentator Du Wenlong: During the training process, various training subjects play a particularly important role in enhancing combat capabilities. For example, joint shore-sea confrontation training involves command, reconnaissance, and firepower strikes from both land and sea, which is a common form of combat, especially in landing operations and island warfare. Therefore, after adapting to the conditions, the ability to adapt to various combat environments will gradually improve.

The tactical flight training for carrier-based aircraft requires different types to be mixed and to form a complete engagement process according to tactical procedures, tactical phases, and tactical actions. This will play an important role in enhancing the air superiority and maritime control capabilities of carrier-based aircraft, as well as other capabilities.

Additionally, formation search is equally important because, during distant ocean training, there is no support, and various guarantees differ significantly from those in near seas. If the formation can independently solve issues such as intelligence search, intelligence exchange, and combat decision-making, it will play an important role in enhancing real combat capabilities.

Reporters丨Sun Chenxu, Zhang Chengru, Qi Yunyun, Bai Yang, Zhao Ziqing, Shan Kenong