Admiral Timothy Keating, head of US Pacific Command, said in Beijing last year that Chinese development of a carrier should not be the cause of any unnecessary tension, and that the US would even be willing to lend a helping hand.
To that I say, nonsense. We’ve seen enough in terms of "free" technology transfers to the Chinese over the years. Let them do a bit of trail and error development themselves. "Lending a helping hand" would appear to work against our best interests in the region by helping to destabilize the military situation there.
Couldn’t agree more, I was always thinking that we were using Australia and India to somewhat ’fence’ China in. |
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"and that the US would even be willing to lend a helping hand."
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Someone needs a change of scenery-a nice little securely gated retirement community perhaps, where he can take up a relaxing new hobby, one without sharp pointy things, like dominos or watching television.
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. . . the US would even be willing to lend a helping hand. "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." - Sun-tzu |
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Lending a helping hand is foolish, but Keating is right, this isn’t anything to really worry about. India is building one carrier and is refitting a second they bought from the Russians. China has also purchased a carrier from the Russians, so they may be closer to fielding a carrier force than we think. |
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Well, Varyag wasn’t in great shape — not even completed fitting out — when the Chinese bought it, but no doubt it gives them a head start, particularly on structure and arrangement. And they’ve built an airfield (on land) shaped like a carrier, to practice aircraft handling. So there’s a fair bit of distance they’ve already gone. I am not sure how our helping them would be to our advantage, given that we already know they’re quite far behind us, and I don’t see that we’d get much information we’d need to fight them from the deal.
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If one looks at the historical uses of aircraft carriers, one sees that power projection is not the only application. "Escort carriers" were widely used to protect merchant ship convoys in WWII. Escorts are a major step below attack carriers in technology and commitment.
Escort roles might be the stepping stone to full power projection roles though.
Of course, interdiction of shipments of oil to the Chinese is a major role for our naval forces in case of war, so the argument holds - why should the US aid China develop carriers in any role? |
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This has been a long time in the making for China. They used the ex-HMAS Melbourne for a good deal of ’research’ before they scrapped it. The Varyag has been under an extensive refit since the moment it reached Chinese waters. But the hard job is operating a real one under real sea conditions, which will have a bit of a learning curve. Looks like the Sub faction lost emough strength for the Air folks to push forward. |
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China does not need an aircraft carrier to deal with Taiwan. It’s only a 30 minuter commercial flight from Fujian province to Taiwan.
I agree about not helping them build it.
If we are going to help them, sell them one instead. Better for the balance of payments and would help boost our economy.
Actually, other than Taiwan, are China’s geo-strategic goals that far from our own i.e. protect the sea-lanes, protect the oil? |
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What about China, as the Great Power of the East Pacific, projecting force on the western littoral of the Pacific? As in friendly or not so friendly visits to Chile, Peru, Mexico, Panama (oh, they have a canal there, don’t they?), and San Francisco and Vancouver. The latter two for the sake of the take out menus. |
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China does not need an aircraft carrier to deal with Taiwan. It’s only a 30 minuter commercial flight from Fujian province to Taiwan. Militarily China must have increased sea-lift, airlift and a way to protect and sustain any invasion. An aircraft carrier or two would be critical to the protection of any military action there (on the offshore or far side of Taiwan). |
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" protect the oil?"
A carrier might be useful to protect (acquire) the oil thought to be around the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by China. It is also, as Kishnevi notes, useful to increase prestige and influence, impressing and perhaps intimidating other countries in the area.
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