The incident of US and Canadian warships crossing the strait has aroused great concern.
In the face of the US guided-missile destroyer passing through the strait, the Chinese warship adopted tough interception methods, directly cutting into the US warship's forward route at a high speed, causing the US military to quickly reduce its speed below time and adjust its course, so as to avoid a more serious collision accident! In this incident, we have also seen some countermeasures and means of the Chinese Navy that are different from the past, and compared with the previous blind protests and statements, this direct interception is indeed much more domineering.
And this incident was first announced by the Canadian media, mainly because the US guided-missile destroyer also brought a Canadian frigate when crossing the strait, which is the frigate Montreal! For Canada, it may have been thought at first that crossing the strait with American warships was just a normal task, and they even let their own media follow the battleship to film and conduct interviews, which seems relatively relaxed!
After the interception incident, Canada was really shocked, and the captain of the frigate seemed to have palpitations when interviewed by the Canadian media afterwards!
He said that when the warships of this class are 100 or 50 yards apart, it is very terrible, and he also believes that the behavior of the PLA is indeed too unprofessional, and he specifically moved out international law, believing that the United States and its own warships comply with international navigation regulations! Finally, the commander of the frigate also expressed the hope that similar incidents would not happen to him again!
It can be seen that the Canadian Navy did not expect the PLA to be so tough, and then the US Indo-Pacific Command also released its own statement, mainly accusing the PLA of unprofessional behavior!
There is a question here that may attract everyone's attention, because from the news and the footage on the scene, we can see that Canada is the first perspective, and the PLA's warships are indeed more decisive and tough in intercepting American warships, but we also noticed that in the face of the Canadian frigates that passed through the strait with American warships, the Chinese warships did not embarrass Canada too much.
In this regard, our netizens joked that the reason why they didn't hit Canada was because they were grateful to Dr. Bai!
Of course, we will respect the past history, but in this incident, China did not take the initiative to intercept the Canadian warship, the author personally believes that there are three main reasons!
First, from the navigation route at that time, we can see that the US guided-missile destroyer is sailing in front, and the Chinese warship has obviously been ambushed in the relevant sea area, so when these two warships pass through the relevant sea area, it must be the US missile destroyer that bears the brunt of it.
Second, China is demonstrating its pertinence. The voyage itself was initiated by the Americans, Canada is really just a supporting role, pulled by the Americans to go with themselves, in this case, the PLA is clear about right and wrong, and it is reasonable to point the main spearhead at American warships!
Third, play a warning role to the outside world! Especially for US allies like Canada, they follow the strategic direction of the United States and frequently provoke incidents around us, for this situation, the PLA made decisive interception behavior under such a reality, which played an obvious deterrent effect on the Canadian Navy! This has essentially achieved our goal, that is, to let Canada and some other so-called "friendly" countries in the United States know that blindly following behind the Americans against China will not have good fruit to eat! In the face of China's increasingly tough countermeasures and various measures, these countries should consider whether they have the ability to face such storms!
Therefore, based on the above three reasons, our warships did not intercept the Canadian warships! However, here we need to pay attention to a practical problem, that is, although we did not carry out direct interception, but according to the memories of the captain of the Canadian frigate, we can know that the PLA warship was only about 1,000 yards away from the Canadian warship at that time, that is, whether it is an American warship or a Canadian warship, their related activities and actions are under the surveillance of the Chinese Navy's declassification.
Therefore, China did not mainly intercept Canada's frigates this time, Canada must have a plan in mind, if there is really a confrontation, in terms of Canada's naval strength, the frigate sent to the strait this time does not even have decent air defense capabilities, plus the service life is relatively long, it is simply not qualified to wrench the wrist with the Chinese Navy, and now even the US Navy, which Canada relies on, has not achieved its goals under the tough countermeasures of the Chinese Navy, let alone Canada!