Recently, the West has hyped up the historic deployment of five aircraft carriers by the U.S. Navy to the Western Pacific, intending to show its military strength against China and North Korea, which has caused waves among the public. After all, these five aircraft carriers account for half of the U.S. aircraft carriers in active service, and a display of power of this magnitude seems to foreshadow a potential military standoff.
However, the trajectory of the facts was unexpected and unexpected. What was initially advertised as a display of power was fleeting, leaving the USS Roosevelt alone in the waters around China. This huge reversal not only calls into question the credibility of the West, but also exposes the fragility of the US Navy's actual operational capabilities.
The mainstream and international media of the United States have hyped up that three aircraft carriers, including the "Carl Vinson," the "Roosevelt," and the "Reagan," have launched operations in the waters around China, that the "Lincoln" will soon depart from mainland China, and that the "Washington" will also arrive in Japan before the end of the year. Such reports undoubtedly cast a shadow over the US Navy's presence in the western Pacific.
However, this shadow soon dissipated. The Carl Vinson returned to the United States, the Reagan stayed in Japan for maintenance, and the Lincoln turned back shortly after its departure. This series of changes has turned the operation, which was originally expected to show strength, into an embarrassing farce for the US Navy.
This series of incidents is not only a humiliation to the West, but also a direct question of the US Navy's ability in terms of strategic deployment. As the pride of the modern navy, the mobilization and deployment of aircraft carriers must be carefully planned and prepared, and this failure has revealed major shortcomings in the actual operation of the US Navy.
First, it reflects the U.S. Navy's serious shortcomings in intelligence gathering and analysis. Before deciding on such a large-scale deployment, it was obvious that there was not a sufficient understanding and assessment of the actual situation in China's neighborhood, which led to a serious miscalculation of the situation.
Second, the incident exposed the inadequacy of the U.S. Navy's ability to coordinate operations. The cooperation between the five aircraft carriers is far from achieving the expected results, which may be due to the fact that in recent years, the US military has relied too much on the capabilities of a single aircraft carrier battle group and neglected the training and preparation of multiple aircraft carriers for coordinated operations. In addition, the lack of logistical support capacity is also an important reason for this failure. The prolonged deployment of aircraft carriers puts forward higher requirements for logistical support, and the US Navy is clearly not good enough in this regard.
This series of reversals is not only an accidental failure of the US Navy, but also a deeper reflection of its shortcomings in strategic deployment, intelligence analysis, and coordinated operations. Once invincible in the world, the sea hegemon has now become a joke after tea and dinner because of the failure of an operation. This is not only a huge blow to the face of the US Navy, but also a serious question about its actual combat capability.
In the face of such a reality, the global audience has the right to question, what is the true strength of the US Navy? Was this defeat just an accident, or is it true that the U.S. Navy is not as powerful as it once was? This is not only a question that the United States needs to ponder, but also the focus of the world's attention.
For the U.S. Navy, this failure should serve as a wake-up call to seriously reflect on its own problems and make adjustments and improvements accordingly. The U.S. Navy needs to understand that true strength lies not only in the number and size of ships, but also in its comprehensive capabilities such as strategic deployment, intelligence analysis, and coordinated operations.
To sum up, the failure of the five aircraft carriers to encircle China not only caused the US Navy to lose face, but more importantly, it exposed the problems of the US military's actual combat capability in many aspects. In the future, the U.S. Navy will not only need to be more cautious in strategy, but will also have to make substantial improvements in intelligence, coordinated operations, and logistics support to restore its international reputation and strength.
This incident should serve as a profound lesson for the US Navy, prompting it to adopt less aggressive posture and more practical improvements, so as to avoid similar embarrassing situations in the future.