The operation in Ukraine reminded China of its main military task

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Satellite imagery confirms reports that mainland Chinese shipyards, run by conglomerate CSSC, are rushing to complete a third aircraft carrier and other warships and submarines delayed by the pandemic. The Russian special operation in Ukraine reminded Beijing of its main military task, writes SCMP, Hong Kong's oldest English-language newspaper, citing experts.

The PLA Navy's schedule has been disrupted by persistent outbreaks of COVID-19 across the country, including at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, a metropolitan area that has been on lockdown since March, delaying the commissioning of a third aircraft carrier. Type 003 wanted to hand over to the fleet on April 23, on the 73rd anniversary of the PLA Navy. There were also delays with other warships and submarines, the construction of which is provided for in the budget of the 14th five-year plan for 2021-2025. Work on the aircraft carrier resumed at the end of April and is now nearly complete.



At the same time, two Type 094 and one Type 093 nuclear submarines, as well as five Type 052DL missile destroyers (an upgraded version of Type 052D), are being built at the Huludao shipyard in the northeastern province of Liaoning.

Analysts say Russia's demonstrated weakness is putting pressure on the PLA Navy, which wants to be prepared for any change in the status quo in Taiwan. The lessons of the conflict in Ukraine pushed China to the growth of military shipbuilding

– noted in the publication.

Shanghai University Expert political Science and Law Ni Lexiong believes that the conflict in Ukraine revealed the vulnerability of weapons and combat concepts developed by the USSR and Russia in modern warfare. This is what prompted the PLA to overcome the delays caused by the pandemic.

Furious fighting between Russians and Ukrainians put China in a difficult position

Ni emphasized.

By 2030, the PLA plans to have at least four aircraft carrier strike groups to become the second largest modern navy in the world after the United States, bringing the strength to 460 pennants.

With the US busy helping Ukraine, Washington and Taipei are concerned that Beijing could use the ongoing crisis to attack Taiwan.

- says in an article posted on the social network WeChat, quotes the publication.

Maintaining a stable growth rate for the PLA Navy is the best way to retain highly skilled and experienced engineers and workers. NATO is likely using Ukraine to fuel geopolitical confrontation in the Eurasian region. At the same time, the United States is going to copy the “Ukrainian experience” to Taiwan, without giving China time to develop new generation warships in order to prevent the PLA from going on alert as soon as possible.

Expert Ni stressed that the Ukrainian crisis has exacerbated the deep political distrust between Beijing and Washington. In China, they are unhappy that Joe Biden continues the anti-Chinese policy of Donald Trump and strengthens the military, diplomatic and economic ties with Taiwan. Contacts between Washington and Taipei, as well as the US promise to sell the island more modern weapons, only further unnerve Beijing.

Rising tensions will only push the mainland to prepare for the worst, and the risk of a possible war for Taiwan increases accordingly.

Ni concluded.
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  1. Bulanov
    Bulanov
    +1
    24 May 2022 10: 51
    The Chinese have always been timid and indecisive. And now they are afraid to take advantage of the situation when their main enemy, the States, is engaged in a war with Russia. As a result, Taiwan is moving further and further away from China. And when the United States put together a coalition of Japan, South Korea, Australia, England and themselves, it is quite certain that Taiwan will be added there, which will be used as a ram against China in the war against it. Therefore, as Lenin, the leader of the world proletariat, said, "Procrastination is like death!"
  2. Jacques sekavar
    Jacques sekavar
    +3
    24 May 2022 14: 02
    The lessons of urban battles in Mariupol showed the importance of infantry and its weapons - drones such as the US hornet, disposable flamethrowers and grenade launchers, means of combating enemy tactical drones or appropriate ammunition for grenade launchers, mobile mortars based on garbage trucks, not universal and expensive Terminators, but relatively cheap Shilok, individual means of communication and, of course, combat coordination and interaction of different types and types of troops.
    The PRC has not attacked its province before and does not intend to do so today. On the contrary, the PRC seeks to expand economic and political, scientific and cultural ties, the free movement of citizens, and only in such a peaceful (!) way to integrate it into a single Chinese space while maintaining its identity and political autonomy based on the principle of one country - two systems, similar to how this is the case in the former British and Portuguese colonies of Hong Kong and Macau.
    The growth of the Chinese economy automatically reduces the share of the United States in world GDP, and, accordingly, political and economic influence in the world. The unification will only strengthen China's position in the world, and therefore the United States is doing everything possible to prevent this, and having a military advantage over the PRC, they are trying to strengthen it at the expense of NATO, QUAD, AUKUS and provoke the PRC into an armed clash in which the advantage will be on their side. The PRC understands this and is building up its military potential, and the US proposal to join the START-3 treaty was reasonably answered - immediately, as soon as the US reduces its nuclear strike potential to the level of the PRC.
  3. Vladimir1155
    Vladimir1155
    0
    27 May 2022 06: 24
    China has so many destroyers that the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier would also be useful to them, we still have no tasks for it, and no escort, and use the money received to build nuclear submarines of minesweepers and frigates, PLO aviation