And what combat experience has China gained since Desert Storm besides supposedly publishing a report the ended up with eggs on the PLA's leadership's faces?The US got some "experience" in the first Gulf War. It hasn't fought a peer level adversary since Vietnam. That generation is long retired.
But still quite detectable by US.Notice how the article says Chinese subs are quieter.
You got that right...The ONLY way you -- as this hypothetical general -- will be able to defeat a US aircraft carrier battle group is if the whole fleet is sitting still.