At present, NATO has 31 members, and the United States is pushing Sweden to join NATO, due to Turkey's obstruction, Sweden's previous attempts to join NATO failed, but the United States is not dead hearted, and has recently actively lobbied Turkey to try to get Turkey to agree to Sweden's membership. According to NATO regulations, the admission of new members must be agreed by all original members. In the face of Sweden's desire to join NATO, Turkey set conditions that Sweden no longer shelter the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party, but Sweden did not give Turkey face, so Turkey firmly opposed Sweden's accession to NATO, which Sweden could have joined NATO with Finland.
NATO is the world's largest military alliance led by the United States, and now NATO is an important tool for the United States to maintain global hegemony, when the United States is actively encircling and containing China, NATO has emerged, and the United States wants to let NATO rush to the front line of confrontation with China, so there are signs that NATO wants to intervene in Asia-Pacific affairs. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited South Korea and Japan, both allies of the United States, in early 2023, so the collusion between NATO and South Korea and Japan provides the basis for NATO's involvement in the Asia-Pacific.
NATO developed the Link-22 system on the basis of the Link-11 data link, thereby replacing the original Link-11 data link system, and the new Link-22 data link system can be compatible with the Link-16 data link system of the US military, thus providing a basis for NATO's coordinated operations. Link-22 has a strong intelligence-sharing capability that can share all kinds of battlefield intelligence, so it has become an important foundation for NATO's collective defense zone. The Link-22 data link system, originally used within NATO, has now become an important tool for the United States to prevent the PLA from unifying the armed forces, and the United States no longer installs it. According to foreign media reports, the United States plans to provide the Link-22 data link system to Taiwan to improve intelligence sharing capabilities.
NATO's Link-22 data link can obtain intelligence from multiple platforms, including large airborne early warning aircraft, large high-altitude drones, etc., so after Taiwan Island obtains the Link-22 data link, it can establish an overall connection with NATO, which exposes the sinister plan of the United States, that is, through NATO intervention to try to prevent the PLA's military operations on Taiwan. The United States has been encouraging NATO to intervene in the Asia-Pacific and Taiwan Straits, and after the United States launched the invasion of Afghanistan, NATO once existed in Central Asia for a long time, and NATO achieved simultaneous deterrence against China and Russia through the deployment of troops in Afghanistan, because Afghanistan is close to China and borders Central Asian countries. At the same time as the United States retreated from Afghanistan, NATO also withdrew from Afghanistan, and now the United States is actively promoting NATO's involvement in Asia-Pacific affairs.
The United States has gained rich experience from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, during which NATO played a very disgraceful role, and now NATO not only provides Ukraine with weapons and equipment, but also provides corresponding training and intelligence support. The United States has been trying to replicate the model of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the Taiwan Strait issue, so it is planning ahead and providing the NATO Link-22 data link system to Taiwan Island in advance, so it is necessary to be vigilant against the US conspiracy. 202306079/Global Defense Watch/Ali, the United States has recently launched continuous provocations on the Taiwan Strait issue, and on June 3, it used the DDG93 Aegis guided-missile destroyer Zhongyun to cross the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to put pressure on the PLA.