The war in Ukraine has been ignited, but the United States and NATO, which are constantly arching against Ukraine, have announced that they will not send troops to help Ukraine, which also makes Ukraine, which is eagerly looking forward to the help of the United States and NATO, dumbfounded. Ukraine can only face a military strike from Russia on its own, and it seems that the price of provocation is to bear all the consequences itself. However, in the United States, it has announced that it will not send troops to help Ukraine, but the United States has also deployed heavy troops around Ukraine, including US aircraft carriers, and has not left the area.
The latest news is that on March 5, local time, a US official familiar with the matter said that the USs Aircraft Carrier Harry Truman has been deployed in the northern Aegean Sea this week, in part to ensure the safety of the Turkish Strait and surrounding areas, and if the situation in Russia and Ukraine escalates, the aircraft carrier can ensure that fighters can carry out air missions. In fact, judging from the number of aircraft carriers deployed by the United States, the United States has no intention of helping Ukraine in the entire Ukrainian crisis. If the United States wants to intervene militarily, the United States will definitely not deploy an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, but should be multiple aircraft carrier battle groups.
In fact, as early as the beginning of January this year, when the United States was constantly instigating the Crisis in Ukraine, the United States sent the Usable Truman Aircraft Carrier Battle Group to the Mediterranean. Nominally, the United States is supporting Ukraine, but in essence, it is arching fire for Ukraine, posing as a posture of not hesitating to use aircraft carriers to defend Ukraine. The carrier battle group can also be said to be a strong lineup, which consists mainly of seven warships, the nuclear aircraft carrier Truman, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser San Jacinto, the Burke-class destroyer Cole, the Bambrich, Grievry, and Duham. Subsequently, a number of NATO warships joined, and it seems that the U.S. and NATO navies are large enough to deter Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Until Putin ordered a military strike on Ukraine on Feb. 24, U.S. aircraft carriers made no military moves in support of Ukraine. To put it bluntly, the purpose of the United States has been achieved, and there is no need for the US aircraft carrier to encourage Ukraine to cheer up the Ukrainian authorities. But the United States still deploys aircraft carrier battle groups in the Mediterranean region, apparently for the consideration of the United States. Don't look at the US aircraft carrier wandering around in the Mediterranean Sea, the United States also wants to achieve several strategic goals.
First, at a strategic level, the United States wants to ensure strategic deterrence throughout Europe.
We all know that the US aircraft carrier is the strategic deterrent force of the United States, and wherever there is war, there will be a US aircraft carrier. Since war has broken out in Ukraine, how can there be no AMERICAN aircraft carriers around Ukraine? In particular, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's strategic deterrent to upgrade its operational readiness level on February 27, NATO must also upgrade the operational readiness level of strategic nuclear deterrence. Then, as a strategic deterrent force of the United States and NATO, in addition to strategic bombers, the aircraft carrier battle group is naturally the most important deterrent front.
Second, the U.S. Navy needs to demonstrate its ability to protect its allies.
Russia's military strike against Ukraine will make many NATO allies and U.S. allies in Eastern Europe more worried, after all, after Russia has finished fighting Ukraine, who will know if they will be next. Although the United States has repeatedly indicated that it will not send troops to help Ukraine, the United States still has to show a protective posture for other U.S. allies and NATO members. In addition to the Continuous Deployment of U.S. troops to Poland, Romania and other countries, maintaining the presence of U.S. aircraft carriers patrolling the Mediterranean region can of course also increase the protection of the United States and reassure these allies.
In the end, the United States can't afford to humiliate itself, so the team can't be brought.
The USS Truman has been deployed in the Middle East and the Mediterranean for months, and after the Ukraine crisis, it is clear that there is no choice to leave. Although the US aircraft carrier may face a powerful Russian navy, if the United States chooses to withdraw from the aircraft carrier at this time, it is not only a matter of humiliation, but also the US team will be difficult to lead. You must know that the boss has run away, who can still believe that the United States will protect the little brother, who is still willing to follow the United States behind the ass to wave the flag and shout. So even if the USS Truman aircraft carrier is crushed into the Aegean Sea by the Russian Navy, even in such closed and narrow waters, this is why the United States is reluctant to withdraw from the Truman.
Therefore, for the United States, the Ukrainian war will certainly not be militarily involved, but the American aircraft carrier must not withdraw from the battlefield. The United States must maintain its military strength around Ukraine, and at the same time show its U.S. allies a strong defensive capability, so that these allies continue to cling to the thighs of the United States. Although the US aircraft carrier will face the threat from Russia, for the sake of the face of the United States, for the sake of the influence of the United States, and in order to reap the benefits in Europe, the US aircraft carrier must also be open-minded. Nowadays, the US aircraft carrier is shrunk in the Aegean Sea, and it is reluctant to leave, in fact, it is to retain the influence of the United States. (The picture in this article comes from the network)