Western naval doctrine relies heavily on the aircraft carrier battle group as the primary instrument of power projection.

China's military planners, however, developed a strategy that incorporates thousands of inexpensive, unmanned drone aircraft.

China recently launched the first of many drone carriers, capable of carrying a hundred drones, including kamikaze drones.

But a new breakthrough in VTOL (Vertical Take-Off-And-Landing) drones may make even the drone carrier concept obsolete. VTOL drones can be launched from any large warship, even in rough weather. Now, any Chinese warship can serve as an aircraft carrier, and control over vast areas of ocean are now possible.

Perhaps even more ominous are recent developments in the Ukraine War. In Operation Spiderweb, Ukrainian operators used commercial trucks, driven by Russian drivers unawares, to deploy drones deep inside Russian territory. Possibly assisted by Western satellite imagery, Ukrainians then launched those drones in deadly offensive strikes, from civilian assets.

That may open the door to new military applications for naval drones.

Closing scene, Hukou Waterfall, Shanxi

Resources and links:

Operation Spider Web – What have we learned (in the West) – AT ALL ?

https://www.circlescope.dk/articles/operation-spider-web/

China’s Thriving Drone Industry

https://arc-group.com/china-thriving-drone-industry/

Nuclear Aircraft Carriers in the U.S Navy: Most Expensive Warships Ever

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/nuclear-aircraft-carriers-us-navy-most-expensive-warships-ever-207813

China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it's getting ready for takeoff

https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/china-has-developed-the-largest-drone-carrier-in-the-world-and-its-getting-ready-for-takeoff

China Builds World’s First Dedicated Drone Carrier

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/china-builds-worlds-first-dedicated-drone-carrier/

China unveils first high-speed VTOL jet drone that makes every warship an aircraft carrier

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3321677/china-unveils-first-high-speed-vtol-jet-drone-makes-every-warship-aircraft-carrier

China unveils ‘world’s first’ jet-powered vertical landing drone for warships

https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinas-new-jet-powered-vtol-drone

Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web is a game-changer for modern drone warfare. NATO should pay attention

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/06/ukraines-operation-spiders-web-game-changer-modern-drone-warfare-nato-should-pay-attention

The World's Biggest Sea-Trading Countries

https://www.statista.com/chart/32882/countries-with-highest-throughput-of-containers-at-seaports/

Trump is targeting China-made containerships in new flank of global economic war on the oceans

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/trump-pursues-new-trade-war-on-seas-targeting-china-containerships.html

Mirrored - Inside China Business

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