Friends who have been concerned about national defense and military affairs recently must know that the U.S. House of Representatives has recently passed several major bills to aid Ukraine, Israel, and the so-called "Indo-Pacific allies" of the United States. However, what many friends may not know is that in addition to passing these military aid bills, the United States also passed a so-called "21st Century Peace Through Force Act" at the same time, although this bill does not directly involve military content, but its weight and deterrence are not smaller than the above bills!
In addition to targeting China and Russia, the content of this bill also has a content that seems to be aimed at Iran and is actually aimed at China, that is, the purchase of Iranian oil.
To summarize briefly, this content related to the import and export of Iranian oil mainly includes that after any company or entity buys Iranian oil, then the United States may directly confiscate the assets of the company, and at the same time, the ships operated by the company cannot dock in Iran. In other words, as long as the United States accuses a company of using Iranian oil, then it can arbitrarily confiscate the company's assets.
The danger of this law is that in the future, companies in any country in the world that do business in the United States and its allies are likely to face the risk of total confiscation of their operations in that country. In addition, it is clear that this bill will also greatly affect Iran's oil imports and exports, thus bringing a certain amount of uncertainty to Iran's economy, and the most "coincidental" thing is that oil is now Iran's largest export commodity, and China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil.
Iran's largest oil exporter is China, which imports an average of 543,000 barrels of Iranian crude oil per day, accounting for 22% of Iran's crude oil exports
It can be seen that such a bill by the United States is obviously relying on its military superiority in the Middle East, on the one hand, to suppress Iran's oil exports, and on the other hand, to use this as an excuse to make economic moves against China!
In the face of the wanton and frenzied provocations of the United States, we have long realized that it is not of much use to merely reason with the United States, and only by "showing the sword in the face of the enemy" can the United States realize the great strength of our armed forces and make it fearful! On 21 April, CCTV openly reported the relevant news of the Type 055 destroyer "Xianyang" of a certain unit of our military's powerful southern theater, and one point of this article has attracted the special attention of this writer.
According to a clear report by CCTV, the "Xianyang" ship has recently completed combat readiness patrols and training missions in the South China Sea, the eastern Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean. And the "Xianyang ship" not only reached these sea areas, but also carried out actual combat exercises including "air defense and anti-missile", "joint strike", etc.
This should be the first time that CCTV has gone out into the Indian Ocean, and it is also very likely that our Army's 055 will go out into the Indian Ocean for the first time! The signal revealed in this is self-evident! First of all, we know that the area of the Indian Ocean is the smallest among the major oceans except the Arctic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean is also a "crowded" ocean. It is not only an important transportation artery in the world, but also a major waterway in the world, including the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the Indian Navy and the Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy. And since this is the case, the Type 055 destroyer of our army, as a large destroyer of 10,000 tons, can actually swagger forward out of the Indian Ocean waters, while the US Navy and the Indian Navy have not reported any news, which will undoubtedly make the United States and India "unable to sleep."
According to India's habits, if the strongest destroyer of our army sails into the Indian Ocean, then India will inevitably make a big hype, and the same is true for the United States. However, we have not seen such news before. Obviously, it is very likely that our military will use some technical means to make it impossible for the United States and India to discover our powerful destroyers. This is very likely to show that our military is already quite technologically advanced in terms of the concealment capability of naval vessels.
Secondly, in addition to showing technical advantages, the significance of our army's public 055 cruise in the Indian Ocean is also extraordinary. You must know that the Indian Ocean is also an important energy and foreign trade artery of the mainland, and a large amount of energy needed by the mainland is transported from Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to the ports of the mainland through the Indian Ocean. Our army's 055 drive out of the Indian Ocean is also a declaration to the world that the PLA has the determination and ability to maintain the normal trade routes in the Indian Ocean!
Military fans of the older generation may still remember that the "Yinhe" was forcibly seized by the US Navy when it was heading for Bandar Abbas, Iran! It is really outrageous that the United States has once again passed such a threatening "bill" in a vain attempt to interfere with normal international trade in the Indian Ocean again! Now that the times have changed, 2024 is no longer 1993, and now China's powerful naval forces have the ability to go out of the Indian Ocean without even the Americans noticing, which undoubtedly shows that the era when the United States flaunted its might and acted recklessly at sea is gone forever!