This time, the United States has understood the word game, but it has made a big joke. Recently, a number of foreign media have used the deployment of US aircraft carriers as a pain point in their reports, and have made a big deal about the US military dispatching five aircraft carriers to China's doorstep in one go, and have blown the US Navy's deployment plan to the fullest. Under the description of these foreign media, it seems that the US military can swallow China by dispatching 5 aircraft carriers, and the Chinese have been frightened.
It's just that I didn't expect that before I was excited for a few days, the reversal came, and this reversal was called a slap in the face of the US military. According to relevant reports, the only aircraft carrier currently active in the western Pacific region is the "Roosevelt," and the other aircraft carriers are actually not even visible. You must know that for a long time, the West has been advocating that it will regularly deploy three aircraft carriers around China, and with the current change in the situation, this time it has upgraded three aircraft carriers to five. If you can occasionally capture the figure of 3 aircraft carriers in the past, but this time there is only 1 real one, and 1 is exaggerated into 5, is this playing "the emperor's new clothes".
According to the analysis of professionals, it stands to reason that five aircraft carriers should appear at China's doorstep at the same time, but it is not as reported by foreign media, and the US military does not really want to send five aircraft carriers to encircle China. Presumably, the reality is that the United States plans to send the USS Lincoln and USS Washington to replace the USS Reagan and USS Carl Vinson, after all, the latter has been deployed in the waters of the western Pacific for a long time, and it is time to rest. These foreign media just seized on this pain point to play word games and deliberately create gimmicks to build momentum for the US military. And the United States does intend to use this to increase its own face, and by the way, to deter China.
But then again, after the overwhelming coverage of such reports, many people are worried that if the United States really moves its mind to build an aircraft carrier encirclement, China will really be passive. In fact, there is no need to panic, although the United States has 11 aircraft carriers in active service, and theoretically it is feasible to send five aircraft carriers to fight at one time, but this is only a theoretical statement, and in practice this is not the case at all.
It has been learned that the US Navy is currently implementing the "three-three-three" aircraft carrier rotation system, which means that the 11 aircraft carriers will be divided into three parts, one will be on duty on duty, one will stay at home for pampering and maintenance, and one will be mainly used to meet the needs of daily training. In other words, according to the maximum proportion, the US military can only send four aircraft carriers to the sea at a time for duty. However, judging from the current situation, it is difficult for the United States to make up its mind to deploy all four aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific, after all, the complex situation in the Middle East and the North Atlantic is no less than that in the Western Pacific.
It is worth mentioning that it is also extremely difficult for the United States to send four aircraft carriers to carry out missions at the same time. Judging from the situation all along, every time the US Navy sends an aircraft carrier, it basically has no choice but to deploy it over time and overload. This is not to say that the performance of US aircraft carriers is superior and that those who can do more work can do more, but that it is difficult for the US military to call in other aircraft carriers in a timely manner, and no matter how many times it is a situation where it cannot be turned over. After all, most of the U.S. aircraft carriers are old, and they often have problems while walking, and they need to be returned to the warehouse for maintenance.
This is also the reason why the United States was bragging one day and was slapped in the face the next day. According to reports, the US USS Carl Vinson has long since left Pearl Harbor and is very likely to return to the US mainland, while the USS Reagan is still forced to stay in Japanese ports for maintenance. As for the "Washington", it seemed to have disappeared. The "Lincoln", which has attracted the most attention, has been rumored to have left for the Western Pacific a long time ago, but it has already returned to its home port, probably lying on its stomach halfway, and has to return to its hometown as a last resort. At present, the only one that can still move is the "Roosevelt," which is a world of difference from the layout of the five aircraft carriers advocated by the US military.