The United States and China are on a potential collision course, with U.S. military strategy heavily reliant on aircraft carriers as a central force in the Indo-Pacific.' -China is aware of this reliance and has developed advanced missile and hypersonic weapon systems specifically designed to target and neutralize these carriers,

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is still conducting sea trials of its first big locally built aircraft carrier, the 80,000-ton Fujian. While Fujian’s crew works out the ship’s kinks,

China's expansion of its aircraft carrier fleet offers the United States and its regional allies a strategic opportunity to counter Beijing's naval ambitions using anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategies.