"Urgent warning: Five U.S. aircraft carriers have assembled in the Western Pacific, tensions have escalated, and China and the United States may usher in conflict"
Heading into 2024, a shocking alarm spreads quickly, and the United States is about to send five huge aircraft carriers to the Western Pacific to prepare for an unprecedented deployment of military forces in this strategically important region, all of which will be directed at China.
According to a report by Phoenix.com, the U.S. plan is not sloppy at all. In the western Pacific, the U.S. military already has three powerful aircraft carriers, namely the USS Reagan, the USS Roosevelt and the USS Carl Vinson. The three carriers conducted a large-scale joint military exercise with Japan and the Philippines last month, but what is even more alarming is that two other carriers are arriving, one of which is the Nimitz-class "Lincoln", which has left its home port in San Diego, California, and is heading for the western Pacific. The other is the USS Washington, which is also scheduled to return to Japan this year to replace the USS Reagan and become the core of the US Seventh Fleet.
This is undoubtedly an unprecedented move that has attracted international attention. In total, the United States has 11 aircraft carriers, and a deployment of this magnitude means that almost half of them will be assembled in waters around China. This move begs the question, what exactly is the United States trying to do?
The report pointed out that the so-called Western Pacific region of the United States is not limited to China's periphery, but also includes ** and other places. Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that the United States will deploy three aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific at the same time, but this operation clearly breaks with convention and is extremely alarming. For a long time to come, China is likely to be under tremendous pressure to be prepared for the challenge.
At the same time, the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war remain volatile. Some experts have analyzed that the simultaneous deployment of five aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific means that in the eyes of the United States, even if there is a military conflict in the Middle East and Europe, the Asia-Pacific region is still the top priority of the United States, especially to deter China.
Looking back on last year, the U.S. military was a "fiasco" in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war. After the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States served as an "escort" captain in the Red Sea region, only to be fiercely attacked by the Houthis. At the same time, Israel, supported by the United States, has not been able to complete the so-called task of "eliminating Hamas" within four months, despite all its efforts, and has instead plunged the Middle East into an even more chaotic situation. U.S. military bases in Iraq, Syria and other places are no longer safe.
In the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S.-backed Ukraine has been losing ground one after another, and recently lost strategic towns such as Avdeyevka. Russia's victory would pose a direct threat to NATO, which the United States has strongly supported in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This not only means that the long-term deployment of the United States in Russia's periphery has been revoked, but also shows that the gathering of NATO forces cannot "defeat" Russia.
Perhaps it was the failure in the Middle East and Russia and Ukraine that the United States began to adjust its strategy and gradually shift its global focus to the Indo-Pacific region. The huge military mobilization in the western Pacific is undoubtedly the first attempt by the United States to "return to its home turf after defeat." By strengthening its military presence in the Western Pacific, the United States seeks to assert its global hegemony.
How should China respond to this "threat" from the United States? Although there has been no official statement on this issue from the Chinese government, China has always adhered to the principle that "no one will offend me, and I will not offend anyone; If anyone offends me, I will offend others", which means that the Chinese side will remain calm until the US military takes substantive measures against China.
However, in the face of such a large-scale deployment of aircraft carriers by the United States, China needs to be prepared. First of all, it is imperative to strengthen the construction of its own navy. Although the Chinese Navy has made significant progress in recent years, there is still a certain gap compared with the United States. Therefore, China needs to continue to invest more in its navy and improve its maritime capabilities to counter U.S. military deterrence.
Second, China should actively participate in multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. By strengthening communication and cooperation with multilateral institutions such as APEC and the East Asia Summit, China can better coordinate the interests of all parties and jointly respond to the US military deployment. At the same time, with the help of the "Belt and Road" initiative, we will promote regional infrastructure construction and economic development to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
Finally, China needs to be prepared for emergencies. In the case of a military confrontation, various contingencies can trigger conflicts. Therefore, China should strengthen military communication with the United States and establish a crisis management mechanism to avoid miscalculations and conflicts.
To sum up, the deployment of five US aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific is both a huge challenge and a huge opportunity for China. In meeting this challenge, China needs to maintain firm confidence, strengthen its own construction, actively participate in international cooperation, and be prepared to respond to emergencies. Only in this way can China steadily move into the future in this changing world.