On October 18, after the Chinese and Russian navies concluded the "Joint Maritime-2021" military exercise, the Chinese and Russian navies jointly crossed the narrow Tsugaru Strait in Japan for the first time. However, the United States is not sure where the next route of the Chinese and Russian naval formations is going, which undoubtedly makes the US military break out in a cold sweat. After all, the current deployment of aircraft carriers in the direction of the United States in the Pacific Ocean is in a vacuum, if the Chinese and Russian ship formations take the opportunity to rush to the empty place where the US military is deployed, imagine that the Chinese and Russian navies come to the door of the United States to "sail freely", how can the Americans not be nervous?
Fortunately, after the Sino-Russian maritime formation ended its cruise in osumi Strait on the 23rd, it did not walk around the U.S. coastline, but sailed separately. Among them, the 0.55 million-ton large drive led the Chinese naval formation to the East China Sea, and the Russian naval fleet led by the electronic reconnaissance ship "Marshal Krylov" went north into the Tsushima Strait.
However, the day after the Sino-Russian naval fleet ended its joint exercises, the United States transferred an aircraft carrier battle group from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific For deployment. In addition, according to the "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness" platform on the 24th, satellite signals show that the US Navy's "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier formation entered the South China Sea from the Strait of Malacca in Singapore.
You know, the front foot of the "Carl Vincent" aircraft carrier has just participated in the "Malabar 2021" four-nation military exercise. It is clear that the United States wants to immediately fill the gap in the naval deployment in the Pacific region so that other countries can not take advantage of it. It is worth noting that according to statistics, this is the ninth time that the US Navy has entered the Waters of the South China Sea this year.
The movement of the US Navy's "Carl Vincent" aircraft carrier closely follows the Sino-Russian joint military exercises, is the United States going to "fight" with China and Russia? Obviously, the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier is not aimed at filling the vacuum of US aircraft carrier deployment in the Pacific region. You know, the aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson" into the South China Sea carried the F-35C stealth fighter that the Americans are proud of.
It is foreseeable that the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier entering the South China Sea is bound to be foolish, and it is not certain that it will commit any provocative acts. After all, the United States has vowed to maintain its worldwide hegemony and to weaken China's growing regional influence in Southeast Asia. In this way, the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier is very likely to take the opportunity to provoke China's sovereignty to highlight the us maritime hegemony, let alone whether this is the motivation for the US move. After all, what is there that domineering Americans can't do?
In addition, the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier may also once again strengthen the "glorious image" of the world hegemon for itself under the banner of "free navigation". On the one hand, it will absorb more countries to follow the "anti-China" strategic deployment of the United States; on the other hand, the US military also hopes to use the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier to form a military deterrent in the South China Sea. This is also the purpose of the US military's frequent dispatch of aircraft carrier strike groups to "free navigation" in the South China Sea.
In addition, it is necessary to mention the deployment strategy of the US Navy's nuclear submarines, that is, the US military requires that the deployment of nuclear submarines be strictly controlled within the route of the aircraft carrier strike group. That is to say, when the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier strike group entered the South China Sea, it is very likely that there are still US nuclear submarines ambushed under the sea. If China can use anti-submarine technology to force the US military's nuclear submarines out of the water, it will not only constrain the activity area of the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier, but also kill the sharpness of the US Navy submarines and reduce the number of times the US aircraft carrier formation enters the South China Sea.