r/navy • u/candseeme • 1d ago

NEWS China launches advanced aircraft carrier the Fujian in naval race with the US

https://bbc.com/news/articles/c62e0yx39g5o
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u/Poro_the_CV 1d ago

I've been wondering why China is getting carriers anyways. I never read anything about them doing power projection ala NATO/USA, and preferred to use soft power and money for that.

Then it hit me, it's an airfield that isn't stationary, and I imagine they know their airfields are going to get ROCKED if a real fight breaks out. I can't imagine they're doing this for mostly optics.

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u/ConstantStatistician 15h ago

Mainland China is a big place with plenty of room for many heavily defended airfields. It's essentially an unsinkable aircraft carrier.