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Rather than aircraft carriers I think it is US nuclear submarines that pose the main threat to Chinese seapower, so I was interested in this article:
nationalinterest.org
The Western powers have been in the ASW business for a long time thanks to Germany,.Japan and the USSR. China can copy a lot of the equipment but it will be harder to catch up on over a century of hunting subs.
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China Is Improving its anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities
For now, the United States still retains a significant advantage in undersea warfare, but Washington cannot permit superiority to result in complacency.
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The Western powers have been in the ASW business for a long time thanks to Germany,.Japan and the USSR. China can copy a lot of the equipment but it will be harder to catch up on over a century of hunting subs.