Under the pressure of the United States and strategic containment, China, Russia and Iran began to work together to inject elements of stability into regional and international security. According to the public information of the Information Office of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, Russia will join hands with China and Iran to hold joint military exercises at sea. As for the specific timing of the exercises, the Russian ambassador to Iran replied in an interview, around the beginning of 2022. As for the sea area of the exercise, it is mainly concentrated in the direction of the Persian Gulf.
According to Russian and Iranian media reports, the main purpose of the military exercise is to ensure the safety of international shipping and combat piracy.
Russia, which is moving quickly, has sent a fleet of ships under the Pacific Fleet to the Iranian port of Chabahar to participate in the trilateral joint maritime exercise. The Russian Navy's advance team is large in size and has a large number of star ships, including the guided-missile cruiser Varyag, the anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs, etc., as well as a number of oil tankers.
Due to the perennial war and the influence of foreign forces, the international shipping lines in the Persian Gulf region have frequent piracy activities, often robbery, kidnapping and other bad maritime crimes, in the context of the new crown epidemic and global turmoil, the safe and smooth passage of the Persian Gulf route has undoubtedly played a huge role in promoting the global oil and gas supply and the strategic stability of the Middle East region.
Countries around the world have long been aware of the maritime risks in the region, and after the numerous crimes committed by Somali pirates in previous years, the world's major countries have sent maritime escort formations to the region to ensure the safe operation of their own ships. After years of joint strikes, the arrogance of Somali pirates has been greatly suppressed, but outside of the pirates, another powerful force has begun to frenzy in the region.
In November 2021, the Iranian media exposed a "US military hijacking of Iranian oil tankers", and the US Navy, which has always been known for its wealth and wealth, tried to make a difference by hijacking Iranian oil tankers. After receiving the distress signal from the oil tanker, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards acted quickly, dispatched missile frigates, more than 10 missile boats, helicopters, drones, etc. to quickly rush to the scene of the incident.
At this stage, the strength of the United States in the Middle East region has not changed from the past, Iraq, Syria and other countries have gradually set off anti-American storms, and the United States' commanding and invincible posture during the Gulf War will never be staged again. In addition to actively confronting Iran, the global strategic focus of the United States is mainly focused on the two directions of China and Russia.
Instigated by the United States and the NATO bloc, ukrainian president Zelenskiy, who was incapable of self-control, chose to confront Russia, and the Ukrainian crisis erupted. Foreign media rumors have spread that Russia and Ukraine have deployed more than 100,000 troops on the border and are ready to start at any time. In solidarity with Ukraine, the United States not only gave Ukraine $60 million in military aid, but even sent a brigade-sized mobile combat unit to Ukraine.
Last week, Russia held three talks with the United States, NATO and the OSCE, and three meetings without any progress made Putin understand that dialogue and negotiation are not the right way to deal with the United States, and only in-depth and comprehensive strategic cooperation with other countries with the same anti-US hegemonic demands can completely defeat the US global hegemony system. Russia chooses to cooperate with China and Iran precisely because all three countries are enduring the encirclement and blockade of the Western bloc led by the United States.
Today, the United States has assembled four "aircraft carriers" and begun to flaunt their might in the waters around China, namely the "Lincoln" and "Carl Vinson" carrying F-35C stealth fighters, and the other two equally powerful "quasi-aircraft carriers" - "America" and "Essex". Compared with the treatment of Iran and Russia, the United States has made great efforts to deal with China.
China in the Asia-Pacific region, Russia in Europe, Iran in the Middle East, the "anti-US iron triangle" in the mouth of foreign media is not a military strategic alliance in the concept of Westerners, let alone to build a military organization similar to NATO, but the inevitable cooperation of the three countries in resisting the expansion of US power.