That's true, it may have been colder at sea than in Shanghai (where daytime temperature was mostly in the mid and high 20's Celsius, reaching as high as 32c) during the 8th sea trial in late May. But I think it is safe to rule out the current ongoing 9th sea trial in the tropical South China Sea as the source of the EMCAT launch videos based on the thick insulated clothing of the deck crew, which was unlikely in any case as PLAN simply don't release information that fast.
It's just helicopters now, I don't think anyone operates fixed wing carrier based ASW anymore
I read a comment on a talkboard somewhere, many years ago, about the time S-3 was retired, that they were not actually that good at detecting subs, and P-3s were way better. The poster actually gave stats of Soviet subs detected in the 1980s.
Hi There. Just joined the forum and really enjoy everyone's posts and comments about Chinese military aviation. Always been a huge fan. Apologies if this has been covered before, but is there another carrier being built after Fujian? I recall see something that it was not very far along, but again a bit new to all this!
Based on publicly available data of multiple wargames by the war college, the standoff distance of CSGs is almost out to 2IC so the scenario of multiple carriers near Chinese shores would be a non starter.
