The U.S. Navy has a very large lineup of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers in the battle sequence, and in recent years, the U.S. Burke-class warships have also stepped up various operations on China's doorstep. Judging from the information obtained by the War Research Institute, these Burke-class warships have passed through the Taiwan Strait many times in order to declare their so-called presence in the Taiwan Strait. These Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, which are tasked with regional air defense, are now fighting against Yemen's Houthi rebels. The United States has repeatedly claimed to have successfully intercepted ballistic missiles fired from the Houthis and protected the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower. Compared with the Houthi missiles, the PLA's Dongfeng ballistic missile is more powerful in terms of comprehensive performance, and the United States is also quite scrupulous, so the United States recently used the standard 6 anti-aircraft missile on the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer to simulate the interception of the PLA's Dongfeng-21 ballistic missile in Hawaii.
The United States chose to use the DF-21 SSBM as its imaginary enemy rather than other PLA DF missiles because the DFM's target was to strike surface ships. The Dongfeng-21 missile is also known as the "aircraft carrier killer", and the United States is worried that it will be threatened by the PLA missiles during the intensive operation of the aircraft carrier at China's doorstep, so it has now practiced using the standard six-type air defense missile on board the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer to intercept it, and after the United States successfully intercepted it, the United States also has the confidence to argue with the PLA. It is worth mentioning that in this interception exercise, the United States also obtained Australia to conduct the operation together. The game between the United States and China has become more and more tense, and when China is speeding up the construction of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, the United States also has a very urgent need for aircraft carriers, otherwise the United States will not let a large number of amphibious assault ships play the role of quasi-aircraft carriers.
Judging from the latest budget proposal, the Pentagon has decided to slow down the manufacturing of aircraft carriers, and since the United States urgently needs nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, why should it slow down the manufacturing speed? Fox News believes that the United States is now delaying the construction of aircraft carriers, which may cause more trouble. Although the U.S. Navy has prepared a budget to give aircraft carriers the ability to drop drones and equip them with laser weapons to target China, the lack of large amounts of money in the budget has also led to the possible collapse of the U.S. aircraft carrier program. The United States has put more energy into the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, so for the United States, the United States is very short of money today.
What the United States is doing on aircraft carriers is diametrically opposed to what China is doing today. China is investing heavily in building aircraft carriers, the Fujian aircraft carrier has been equipped with electromagnetic catapults, according to the plan, the Fujian aircraft carrier will also undergo more sea trials this year, and there may be a test of carrier-based aircraft boarding, but the United States has slowed down the construction of aircraft carriers. China has always crossed the river by feeling the stones of the United States, but the United States has taken a path diametrically opposed to China.
The change in attitude of the United States in the field of aircraft carriers boils down to the lack of funding in the United States. The United States is constantly arching the fire around the world, and the military aid of a large amount of weapons and equipment has made the United States unbearable. Although the United States' military spending continues to increase, in fact, after the United States increased its military spending, a lot of the United States' military spending has been used for arching fires in the Middle East and on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. Text/Iris