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2 months ago | 
wnd.com | Carl O. Schuster
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is accelerating the growth of its carrier aviation force. The highlights have already appeared. CNS Fujian (CV 018), the PLAN’s Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Landing (CATOBAR) aircraft carrier’s sea trials just concluded its second round “touch and go’s,” a critical introductory pilot-carrier crew test before conducting flight recovery and launch operations.
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2 months ago | 
staradvertiser.com | Carl O. Schuster
Reports of China’s completing its ninth Type 055 guided missile cruiser and the inclusion of introductory flight operations by China’s latest carrier, Fujian, are but two components of Beijing’s growing power in the Western Pacific. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) already vastly outnumbers the U.S. Navy in warships and the People’s Republic’s (PRC’s) are concentrated in the Western Pacific. Nor is the PLAN alone in challenging the U.S. and its allies’ maritime power.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
realcleardefense.com | Carl O. Schuster
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
realcleardefense.com | Carl O. Schuster
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is accelerating the growth of its carrier aviation force. The highlights have already appeared. CNS Fujian (CV 018), the PLAN’s Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Landing (CATOBAR) aircraft carrier’s sea trials just concluded its second round “touch and go’s,” a critical introductory pilot-carrier crew test before conducting flight recovery and launch operations.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
fairfieldsuntimes.com | Carl O. Schuster
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is accelerating the growth of its carrier aviation force. The highlights have already appeared. CNS Fujian (CV 018), the PLAN’s Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Landing (CATOBAR) aircraft carrier’s sea trials just concluded its second round “touch and go’s,” a critical introductory pilot-carrier crew test before conducting flight recovery and launch operations.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
theohiopressnetwork.com | Carl O. Schuster
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is accelerating the growth of its carrier aviation force. The highlights have already appeared. CNS Fujian (CV 018), the PLAN’s Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Landing (CATOBAR) aircraft carrier’s sea trials just concluded its second round “touch and go’s,” a critical introductory pilot-carrier crew test before conducting flight recovery and launch operations.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
washingtontimes.com | Carl O. Schuster
OPINION: China’s ongoing dual-carrier operation marks yet another indicator of its navy’s growing operational capability. Although such operations are comparatively routine for the American, British and French navies, they are a new forward step for the People’s Liberation Army Navy and reflect Beijing’s intention to become a major maritime power.
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May 19, 2024 | 
staradvertiser.com | Carl O. Schuster
China’s latest aircraft carrier, Fujian (CV-18), has completed its first sea trials, to much domestic and international media fanfare. Characteristically, China’s media has hyped its capabilities while some Western commentators have noted its shortcomings. By all accounts, though, the engineering, propulsion and systems tests went well, suggesting that the next more comprehensive trials will begin soon.
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May 14, 2024 | 
segye.com | Carl O. Schuster
By Carl O. Schuster(columnist) The Chinese military envisions its carriers as the forward elements of a comprehensive operational system incorporating air, missile and maritime power against America’s carrier strike groups. As such, it is developing the procedures and doctrine to integrate its air and rocket forces into maritime operations within and just beyond the “near seas,” or what the West calls the first island chain ?
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May 14, 2024 | 
news.nate.com | Carl O. Schuster
By Carl O. Schuster(columnist)The Chinese military envisions its carriers as the forward elements of a comprehensive operational system incorporating air, missile and maritime power against America’s carrier strike groups. As such, it is developing the procedures and doctrine to integrate its air and rocket forces into maritime operations within and just beyond the “near seas,” or what the West calls the first island chain ?
