CHINA-US: NAVY CAPABILITY

 Russian defence analyst Konstantin Sivkov wrote in the Moscow-based 'Military Parade' that even as China speeds up the development of its first domestic aircraft carrier, it would still be unable to defeat the United States in a future carrier battle. Sivkov said that China had successfully changed the equipment aboard the Liaoning to use domestic products. A Type 382 Sea Eagle S/C air-search radar, which allows the Liaoning to track 10 targets in the air simultaneously can be seen aboard the ship. It is also fitted with a set of four active electronically scanned array radar panels. However, Sivkov said that China's air defense missiles can only intercept between four and five US anti-ship missiles during the first round of the fight. Under US electronic attack, the capability of Chinese air defense systems would drop to between 30% and 70%. In this scenario, the Liaoning would be able to intercept probably no more than three American anti-ship missiles in a confrontation.The primary weapon systems of the Liaoning against a US aircraft carrier is the YJ-83K anti-ship missile.  While US destroyers can fire between 30-40 long-range anti-ship missiles against a Chinese carrier battle group 600 kilometers away, the PLA Navy's surface combat vessels can only fire 30.

 
The Chinese aircraft carrier can carry up to 40 J-15 carrier-based fighters and 20 different types of Ka-28 helicopters. It is able to launch 16 aircraft into the air simultaneously. China's first carrier battle group is likely to be comprised of between four and five advanced destroyers such as the Type 051C, the Type 052D and Sovremennyy-class destroyers not to mentiom several Type 054A frigates.
 






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