2 months and 1/2 in such a little space!!! That's a confirmation : China's fleet is a coastal fleet (joke). More seriously, I would be surprised if, when this assessment is true, the picture above really presents the fleet that will sail.
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Bohai Sea is about 150 miles wide and 200 miles from North to South, for a total area of 30,000 square miles, several times bigger than the Gulf of Lion. So it is not exactly a small area. More importantly, it is China's internal sea and it is safe from interference by foreign naval vessels.
If I remember correctly, both Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong did their first sea trials there.
antiterror13
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"little space", how would you define it? do you know how big Bohai sea is? its 78,000 km2
For me it's small: half of the Adriatic sea, depth less than 40meter. Equivalent to the Channel. Not the best place for a carrier doing naval air operations: that's what I mean for little space. But we can discuss it.
Why would depth, as long as it's sufficient (which it is in this case), matter to a carrier doing air operations? It's not doing anti-submarine operations where you need deep seas.
No nuclear sub to protect the carrier
It's an exercise, not a far seas combat deployment. Besides, those waters are teeming with Chinese SSKs.
agree, but a difficult exercise makes war easy
antiterror13
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antiterror13
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have you been to sea?