Disclosure of Final Landing Drill and Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Training Details
The Chinese military has unusually disclosed detailed training procedures for joint amphibious operations by land, sea, and air forces, which would be necessary in the event of a cross-strait (China-Taiwan) war.
On August 4 (local time), according to Chinese state media such as China Central Television (CCTV) and Global Times, CCTV recently revealed these details for the first time through the five-part documentary "Gongjian," commemorating the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese military.
The documentary footage shows a Type 05 amphibious assault vehicle belonging to the Chinese Army boarding a Navy landing ship at night, and on the second day of navigation, the landing ship detects an unidentified aerial target and reports the relevant information to a destroyer as part of the exercise.
During the final landing drill, a carrier strike group supported the landing ships. After fighter jets, warships, and ground launchers struck enemy targets with missiles, the landing operation proceeded.
On the flight deck of the Type 075 landing helicopter dock, a Z-8C helicopter transported troops. Type 05 amphibious assault vehicles, disembarked from Type 071 and Type 072 landing ships, advanced under drone escort. Airborne troops parachuted from a Y-20 large transport aircraft.
CCTV also disclosed detailed information regarding the real-world open-sea training in the Western Pacific involving China's first and second aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, which took place in June.
During the exercise, the Chinese military scrambled four fighter jets in response to enemy aircraft, and for the first time, launched a J-20 carrier-based aircraft to identify an unidentified high-altitude drone in sensitive waters.
CCTV further introduced footage suggesting that Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, conducted its first catapult-assisted launch training for carrier-based aircraft using an electromagnetic catapult system.
Unlike Liaoning and Shandong, which use the ski-jump launch method, Fujian is the first Chinese carrier to adopt the catapult launch system and is expected to be commissioned within the year.
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