After the Fujian aircraft carrier has just undergone sea trials, the Indian side has already publicly pointed out that India will carry out joint research and development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with France. At present, there are very few countries in the world that have mastered the technology of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and China has not completed the production and manufacture of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but the French Navy has the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the combat sequence, so now India is also looking for the right person, India will jointly build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with France, and from the perspective of planning, the aircraft carrier has a displacement of about 75,000 tons, the project is planned to start in 2025, and the aircraft carrier will be commissioned in 2038.
India currently has two aircraft carriers, Vikramaditya and Vikrant, while India's self-developed Vikrant aircraft carrier has a displacement of only 45,000 tons, and can only carry 18 carrier-based fighters.
First of all, the current state of the Fujian aircraft carrier is not just starting to be manufactured, but has entered the stage of sea trials, which also means that the Fujian aircraft carrier is getting closer and closer to forming combat effectiveness. As the mainland's first conventionally powered aircraft carrier to use electromagnetic catapult and a straight flight deck, even if the mainland wants to produce and manufacture nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the future, the Fujian aircraft carrier will actually be able to accumulate a lot of experience for the new generation of aircraft carriers.
Today's China has become an out-and-out shipbuilding power, in addition to the delivery of military ships like dumplings, China has also recently won a large order for civilian ships from Qatar. It is understood that Qatar has purchased 18 LNG carriers from China in one go, and there are very few countries in the world that have the production and manufacturing capacity of such carriers. South Korea has also been monopolizing orders for a large number of LNG carriers worldwide for some time in the past. According to U.S. estimates, China will put the Fujian aircraft carrier into service early in 2025 and have as many as six aircraft carriers in 2035.
At present, although India has repeatedly put out a dual-aircraft carrier lineup to call China, but in fact, India's existing dual-aircraft carrier combat capability is limited, when India and France began to manufacture nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, China's Fujian aircraft carrier has been put into service, so India is not able to catch up, of course, India wants to serve this nuclear-powered aircraft carrier before 2038, and China will have at least 6 aircraft carriers by then, and it will be clear in whose hands the maritime superiority is in at that time. Aircraft carriers do not carry out operations alone, in the entire aircraft carrier combat system, it is necessary to take into account the comprehensive strength of carrier-based aircraft as well as the comprehensive strength of other destroyers in the fleet, and the war research institute believes that in the process of system operations, India's performance will become even worse, after all, India's carrier-based aircraft need to rely on overseas military purchases, and India does not have a few destroyers and frigates that can be handled. Text/Iris