Double 055 escort! How powerful is the "luxury version" of the Liaoning fleet? Experts explain in detail

Recently, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy organized the Liaoning aircraft carrier group to conduct training in relevant waters of the Western Pacific. This is a routine training organized according to the annual plan. It is designed to test and improve the actual combat training level of the troops and continuously improve the ability to perform missions. It is in line with relevant international laws and international practices and is not targeted at specific countries and goals.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on the 14th that on the 13th, the Liaoning aircraft carrier fleet passed through the waters between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island and sailed southeast. According to photos released by Japan, the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation also includes two Type 055 10,000-ton guided missile destroyers Anshan and Wuxi and a Type 052D guided missile destroyer Huainan.

In synchronization with the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation, the Japanese side also reported our military's air reconnaissance force, including a Y-9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft and a Wuzhen-7 high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Some netizens speculated that Wujian-7 and Yun-9 would jointly roll out a situational awareness network for the periphery of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation.

Which types of carrier-based aircraft will follow the Liaoning out of the West Pacific is also a topic of widespread public concern. In June this year, after the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation returned to its home port after completing more than 40 days of practical training in open seas, footage of multiple J-15T carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing on the Liaoning was released for the first time.

The J-15T is a single-seat heavy-duty catapult carrier-based fighter independently developed by my country. It is an improved and upgraded model based on the J-15 "Flying Shark", which improves the performance of the avionics weapon system and aircraft platform, and further highlights the carrier-based characteristics and seaworthiness. This time the Liaoning aircraft carrier group goes to the Western Pacific for training. The answer to which types of carrier-based fighter jets will be used may not be revealed until it returns.

In the future, more than two 055s may join the aircraft carrier fleet.

Military commentator Du Wenlong: According to different combat plans, including different mission environments, the formation of aircraft carriers is a complex and scientific system. This time we are using a luxury version, which is double 055 plus 052D. If a super deluxe version of the combat formation is formed in the next step of the expansion process, there may be more than two 055 cruisers, so the environment we are dealing with this time is different, and the threats of offshore training are also different. This time we have deployed double 055s in the entire formation, indicating that our ocean presence and strike capabilities, including comprehensive control capabilities, will undergo major changes.

The target can be accurately positioned through the Chinese Aegis system.

Through the fire strike system, major fire threats can be produced against various targets.

Through the comprehensive support system, the entire formation can stay and win in the far sea area.

Wujian-7 + Yun-9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft = supernumerary "carrier-based early warning aircraft"

Military commentator Du Wenlong: From the analysis of the basic tactics and technical indicators of the two types of aircraft, it is obvious that it plays the role of a supernumerary carrier-based early warning aircraft. Therefore, if different services and different aircraft types conduct joint training and mixed training in far-sea areas, they can achieve a strong comprehensive combat effect.

These two types of aircraft have strong electronic reconnaissance capabilities and optical reconnaissance capabilities, including situational awareness capabilities. If it can be combined with the Liaoning ship formation, especially with carrier-based fighter jets, the offensive and defensive capabilities of the combat formation formed in the far sea area will reach new heights.