Due to the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, NATO's expansion in Europe has basically come to an end, coupled with the spillover impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war, NATO's power has gradually expanded to the Asia-Pacific region in recent years, which can be seen from the fact that Japan and South Korea have been invited to participate in NATO activities many times.
In addition to inviting Japan and South Korea to "go out," NATO's military forces are also showing signs of "moving into" the Asia-Pacific region. After the British Navy was preparing to rebuild the so-called "Asian Fleet" and preparing for the permanent deployment of warships in Japan, Italy, another NATO naval power, was also involved. Recently, Italy said that the Italian Navy's 30,000-ton aircraft carrier Cavour will go to Japan for deployment, and to carry out joint operations with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, Italy's move is nominally to strengthen cooperation with Japan, but in fact it is to increase Italy's influence in the Asia-Pacific region, and the sinister purpose behind it is to point the sword at China!
In terms of strength, the overall strength of the Italian Navy is indeed quite strong, ranking first in Europe and even in the world. At present, the total number of the Italian Navy is about 37,000, and there are as many as 46 surface ships of more than 1,000 tons, with a total tonnage of about 270,000 tons. With an aircraft carrier Cavour, an aircraft carrier Garibaldi, and an amphibious ship Trieste (quasi-aircraft carrier), the Italian Navy is one of the strongest navies in the Rim of the Mediterranean.
The aircraft carrier Cavour, which the Italian Navy is preparing to send to Japan, is a new type of aircraft carrier developed by Italy itself, which can carry more than 10 F-35 fighters, and indeed has a certain strength.
However, although the Italian Navy can dominate the Mediterranean Sea, this Cavour aircraft carrier is a bit "not enough" in the Western Pacific. Although the Cavour can carry the world's only active stealth carrier-based aircraft F-35, after the strongest 80,000-ton "Fujian" aircraft carrier of our army is put into service, it can also carry the J-35 carrier-based fighter developed by our army, and the overall combat power far exceeds that of the Italian Cavour.
Even if we want to deal with this Italian aircraft carrier, in fact, there is no need to use our own aircraft carrier at all, if this Italian aircraft carrier dares to deploy Japan, then it is actually completely within the attack range of our army's shore-based fighters, and our army's powerful J-20 fighter can completely destroy the aircraft carrier aircraft of the Italian navy.
Recently, the media of relevant aspects of our military once again disclosed the pictures of the military exercise in the South China Sea, the strongest 10,000-ton destroyer of our army, the Type 055 missile destroyer Zunyi, and many other warships. The Type 055 destroyer can carry the powerful YJ-21 heavy ultra-long-range anti-ship missile, and it once set a record for a single ship to directly face the US 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier! Now the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer has once again demonstrated its strength, and this may be a solemn warning from the relevant quarters to the Italian Navy that dares to stir up the situation in the Asia-Pacific region!