Recently, Western news reported that the United States is preparing to deploy five aircraft carriers in the western Pacific Ocean as a challenge to China, which has exceeded half of the total number of 11 aircraft carriers currently in service in the United States. As a result, reality slapped them in the face, and only a few days later, the only remaining aircraft carrier of the United States, "Roosevelt", was still able to sail in China's coastal waters.
Let's see, Newsweek, India, Eurasia Times, etc., have reported that the United States will deploy more than half of its aircraft carriers to the western Pacific region to deter China and North Korea. In fact, not so long ago, three American aircraft carriers surrounded China, Carl Vinson, "Roosevelt" and "Reagan", and it is said that "Lincoln" has left the US mainland and entered the Pacific Ocean, and "Washington" will also arrive in Japan by the end of this year.
According to reports, three American aircraft carriers are on duty in the Pacific Ocean, and two more are about to arrive. This is the first time that five of the 11 US aircraft carriers have carried out missions in the area.
This is the first time in recent years that the United States has five aircraft carrier formations in the Pacific Ocean, letting the whole world know how strong the United States really is. ”
Almost half of all U.S. aircraft carriers will fly around China with unprecedented momentum, compared to three previously. ”
Barton, an associate professor at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, said that although there are frictions between Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. dispatch is to show that the United States is focused on the Indo-Pacific region. "Even as relations [between the U.S. and China] warm, U.S. control over China remains a priority," Patton said.
* The report hyped up the U.S. military layout, as if "five aircraft carriers can deter China" can scare China off. The veteran people have long seen that this is simply a play, and the "Lincoln" and "Washington" were supposed to sail for the western Pacific, but in order to replace the "Carl Vinson" and "Reagan," two aircraft carriers stationed in this sea area all the year round, it is impossible for them to meet in the Pacific Ocean.
But what he didn't expect was that those reporters from European and American countries would respond like this. The South China Sea Strategic Situation Monitoring Platform released the US aircraft carrier formation on the 22nd, only the "Roosevelt" aircraft carrier is still fighting in the Pacific Ocean, and the "Lincoln" class aircraft carrier that is said to be heading to the Pacific Ocean is turning back!
Recently, it was reported that on February 19, the USS Carl Vinson had withdrawn from Pearl Harbor or was preparing to evacuate the United States from the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. "Reagan" is still being repaired at the Yokosuka dock in Japan, and it is unlikely to be completed in the short term; On 5 February, the Lincoln sailed from port to the Pacific Ocean, and on 16 February, it returned to San Diego.
Satellite remote sensing** shows that 21 U.S. Marines "Roosevelt" are on duty in Philippine waters. On February 14, the USS Roosevelt sailed out of ** and sailed into the waters north of ** on the 20th. Previously, the US Navy's "Roosevelt" had carried out the above-mentioned maritime military missions in the Pacific Ocean, and it will go to the western Pacific in the coming months, becoming the only remaining aircraft carrier of the US Navy operating in the Pacific.
Hey, the American aircraft carriers are not powerful, these are all things done by people in Europe and the United States.