Looking at the role of the United States on the international stage and its impact on global peace and stability from the perspective of history, it is clear that the superpower's influence in international affairs has always occupied a prominent position. However, in the current context, the situation has changed subtly due to the declining overall strength of the United States, as well as its military strength.
Today, U.S. military bases and armed forces in all corners of the world facilitate the U.S. military's involvement in global situations, but that doesn't mean it's free to intervene in every conflict. This situation has begun to attract close attention from all over the world.
First of all, from an economic point of view, the United States, as one of the world's largest economies, has become more and more aware of the risk factors of economic bankruptcy and debt crisis, which undoubtedly poses considerable pressure on the United States to implement actions to maintain global order.
Second, from a political point of view, although the United States has a significant political influence in the world, its domestic political environment is increasingly tense and unstable, which makes it difficult for the United States to make decisions in international affairs. Finally, at the military level, although the U.S. military still has strong combat effectiveness, its long-term overseas deployment and high defense budget have put pressure on the U.S. military, and it is unknown whether it can actively carry out missions around the world as it did in the past.
Obviously, the direction of the global trend depends on the degree of efforts of each country to promote the cooperation mechanism of multilateralism, and at the same time, it is necessary to properly handle the interests and responsibilities of each country. In any case, countries around the world should abandon the mentality of partial confrontation and work together to find the best way to solve the problem through various channels of dialogue.
Regrettably, this morning (11 December), an F-16 fighter plane belonging to the Seventh Air Force stationed in South Korea was flying in the Yellow Sea when it encountered a crash. Although the pilot on board the plane successfully escaped, we have not been able to determine the root cause of the accident so far. However, there is speculation that the accident may have been caused by mechanical problems caused by the aging of the aircraft's fuselage.
It is reported that the F-16I that crashed this time belongs to the Seventh Air Force of the US Army stationed in South Korea, with a total of nearly 9,000 personnelAt the same time, it is equipped with many types of fighters, such as: 72 F-16s"Fighting Falcon fighters, 21 A-10 Warthog attack aircraft, and four F-35 Lightning-based fighters are mainly assembled at U.S. military bases in South Korea, such as Kazan Air Base and Osan Air Base. It was from these two bases that the F-16 flew into the air.
Recently, in order to deal with the military threat of the DPRK and cooperate with the so-called "Asia-Pacific strategy" of the United States, the ROK ** team and the US military stationed in the ROK have almost reached the point of having no borders, including military exercises, Xi training, demonstrations and other activities in an endless stream. For example, according to an announcement issued by the ROK Army, it launched a joint combat exercise with the US military on the 5th of this month, Xi the ROK Army. During the Xi exercise, the ROK Army's 7th Division and a battalion of US troops rushed to the rescue, and the entire exercise is expected to last up to three days and two nights.
Earlier, in response to North Korea's satellite launch, the U.S. military, the South Korean military and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force jointly organized and carried out defense exchanges between the United States, Japan and South Korea. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand why there are successive problems with the equipment of the US military stationed in South Korea.
Just a few months before the US F-16 crash, on May 6 this year, the US military stationed in South Korea lost an F-16 fighter plane due to the same accident. It was also due to a similar unexpected situation that caused the plane to fall accidentally. 100 help plan
For a long time, the presence of US troops in South Korea has not been conducive to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, on the contrary, it has only exacerbated tensions. Moreover, the frequent crashes also pose a potentially huge threat to the safety of the lives and property of the majority of South Korean civilians. For example, in the case of the U.S. military crash in May this year, the scene of the accident was precisely in the densely populated Gyeonggi Province of South Korea. Therefore, the US military stationed in South Korea and the US military stationed in Japan have not only become a hidden security danger in China's East Asian region, but should also be resolved as soon as possible and eradicated as soon as possible.