Wave after wave, wave after wave!
In just over a week, China will usher in the Lunar New Year. Even when Chinese either make a final sprint to complete the work tasks at the end of the year, or embark on the road back home, the international community is still in turmoil.
On January 19, three major events occurred around China, ranging from heartening news to regrettable tragedies.
First, let's talk about the sudden explosion of an Indian warship.
On the 19th, the Indian destroyer "Ranville" suddenly exploded at the Mumbai Naval Shipyard, killing 3 sailors on the spot and injuring 10 others.
At the time of the incident, the Ranville was undergoing a cross-coastal combat deployment and was preparing to return to its home port, with about 340 crew and officers on board.
The specific location of the explosion was located in the internal cabin of the warship, and if it were not properly handled by the officers and men on the ship and quickly controlled the dangerous situation, the consequences would be unimaginable.
At present, the Indian Navy has launched an investigation into the explosion, according to people familiar with the matter, it can be basically ruled out that the explosion was caused by any weapons, missiles and ammunition on board.
The Ranville was not designed and built by India itself, but was the fourth ship of the Rajput-class destroyer built by the Soviet Union.
The ship was the capital ship of the Indian Navy in the 1980s, but is now an "old antique" and one of the oldest destroyers in the Indian Navy.
It is worth mentioning that this explosion is already the second major accident that occurred on the "Ranville" in half a year.
In October last year, the Fire on the "Ranville" during the joint U.S.-Japan-Australia-India "Malabar" maritime exercise caused four sailors to be burned.
More notably, major safety accidents on warships are not news in India.
In 2019, a fire broke out on the Indian guided-missile destroyer USS Visakhapatnam, which severely damaged the second and third decks that had already been completed, and killed one person.
Last May, a fire broke out on India's only active aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya, setting off alarms on board. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time without casualties or heavy losses.
The reason why Indian warships frequently have safety accidents, on the one hand, is because most of the Indian warships are "made in all countries", and many of them are seriously aged, coupled with the lack of maintenance and maintenance in peacetime, which eventually led to tragedies.
On the other hand, although India has made a generous offer in terms of arms purchases, it does not attach great importance to the rigor of military technology, and has previously made jokes about driving tractors on aircraft carriers as tractors.
All in all, although India has become the world's fifth-largest economy, its concept of military technology is still very backward. If you want to avoid a recurrence of tragedy, you must improve your rigor and safety awareness.
Let's talk about the joint maritime exercises between China, Russia and Iran.
On the 19th, the Information Office of the Russian Pacific Fleet said that China, Russia and Iran will hold joint maritime exercises in the near future.
At present, some Russian warships have arrived at iranian docks, including the guided-missile cruiser Varyag, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs, and the large sea tanker Boris Butoma.
It is not difficult to see from the level of ships dispatched by the Russian side that the battle in this exercise is not small.
In 2019, China, Russia and Iran held the first trilateral joint military exercise for four days, in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman.
After the exercise, all three countries gave high praise. Sayari, deputy commander-in-chief of Iran's armed forces, also said it was the first military exercise between the three countries, but it would not be the last.
Although there is not much information about the exercise at present, it is expected that the location of the exercise will be located in the waters near the Persian Gulf- Strait of Hormuz - Gulf of Oman.
The sea is one of the busiest seas in the world and a major waterway for international energy and trade. It is not only of great significance to China, Russia and Iran, but also to regional security.
You know, most of the economic exchanges between Russia and Iran are carried out through freighters. Iran's oil exports, China's oil imports, natural gas and other energy sources, also rely on water shipping.
Therefore, this joint military exercise undoubtedly demonstrates the confidence and determination of China, Russia and Iran to safeguard global maritime security.
More importantly, they are also joint maritime exercises, and the military exercises between China, Russia and Iran are fundamentally different from those of the United States and its allies – the former is not frequent, and the purpose is to maintain regional security and stability. The latter is not only very frequent, but also aimed at consolidating its own global hegemony.
It is self-evident who is the defender of world order and stability and who is the greatest threat to world peace and stability.
Finally, let's talk about Ukraine picking up the "rags" of the United States.
On the 19th, the US media disclosed that as part of Washington's military assistance, the United States will provide 5 Mi-17 and 1 Mi-8 helicopter to the Ukrainian army, which will be delivered as soon as next spring.
Looking at the model, it is estimated that many people will wonder - why Washington provided military assistance to Kiev, why did it choose Russian-made helicopters?
It turned out that the helicopters aided by the United States were not "brand new", but belonged to the Afghan Air Force.
What is even more unexpected is that these helicopters are also the "flight planes" of senior Afghan government officials who fled to neighboring countries when Afghanistan "changed overnight".
For the United States, these Russian-made helicopters cannot be used by themselves, and they cannot be given to European allies, so they are simply thrown directly to Ukraine, and they can also be called "this is part of the aid provided by the United States to Ukraine."
In other words, the United States is tantamount to throwing its own unwanted "rags" to Ukraine. But for the Ukrainian army, which lacks transport aircraft, these "rags" are all treasures.
This proves once again that the United States has never regarded Ukraine as an ally in the true sense of the word. In Washington's eyes, Ukraine is nothing more than a pawn that consumes and holds Russia back, and can be discarded at any time once the wind changes.
Sadly, Zelenskiy is still naïve enough to believe that as long as the threshold set by Biden is met, Ukraine will one day be accepted by NATO and become a true "Western country" in the true sense of the word.
For Ukraine, this is clearly a tragedy.