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Unusual show of force: 3 US Aircraft Carrier groups deployed around Guam in Philippine Sea
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:44 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:44 am
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China Bristles as U.S. Deploys Three Aircraft Carriers to the Pacific
THE NAVY FOR THE FIRST time in years has deployed three aircraft carrier strike groups to operate in the Pacific simultaneously in what's being seen as a powerful signal to China of U.S. resilience amid reports that Beijing is exploiting the spread of the coronavirus to advance its foreign policy goals.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, newly back at sea after having been sidelined by the spread of COVID-19, is now patrolling around Guam in the Philippine Sea. The USS Nimitz, one of the first ships to set sail after new protocols were put in place to stem another outbreak of the virus, is off the West Coast of the U.S. And the USS Ronald Reagan is also in the Philippine Sea south of Japan, where it recently left port.
The highly unusual posturing comes as U.S. officials in recent weeks have expressed concern that China is capitalizing on the fallout from the pandemic to claim contested or international territory as its own at a time it believes the U.S. military is not prepared to respond.
China on Monday fired back at the deployment, which it says has not happened since 2017.
"They seem to worry that the outside world is doubting their military capability," Zhang Junshe, a research fellow for China's Military Studies Research Institute, told the state news outlet Global Times in an article Monday under the headline, "U.S. Navy's deployment of 3 aircraft carriers to Pacific a mere show of vanity."
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So it also appears likely that the U.S. to at least some degree hopes to demonstrate that its fleet is prepared after a series of high-profile bouts with the coronavirus.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt pulled into port in Guam in late March for a previously scheduled stop after revealing that at least five sailors on board had tested positive for the virus. Eventually the entire crew except for a small skeleton staff would be disembarked into quarantines on the island.
Defense officials in the subsequent weeks insisted that the nuclear-powered carrier – one of 11 and considered among the most visible demonstrations of U.S. military might – could still deploy to address enemy threats, even as hundreds of the 4,800 sailors and Marines on board tested positive for the virus. The rhetoric was seen at the time as an attempt to convince adversaries not to try to "seek advantage" over the U.S., as then-Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said, at a time of apparent weakness in its military might.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, eventually acknowledged in mid-April that the Roosevelt had been "sidelined."
Milley's statement came a week after military officials confirmed reports of the coronavirus aboard the Nimitz as it prepared for its deployment in port in Washington state. Those statements prompted Navy officials to later clarify they believed they had the necessary precautions in place to protect the crew from another outbreak.
The Navy still has a third of the more than 8,000 coronavirus cases in the active duty force, the most among all branches, according to the latest data.
"There have been some indications in Chinese writings that the United States was hit hard by COVID-19, that military preparedness was low," Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Associated Press last week.
It's uncertain whether the latest provocative move by the Navy will be enough to deter China or whether it could cause an escalation with one of America's most powerful adversaries.
"The Chinese will definitely portray this as an example of U.S. provocations, and as evidence that the U.S. is a source of instability in the region," Glaser told the AP.
Nimitz class carrier USS Ronald Reagan and Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Barry:
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The Navy has 3 carriers in the Pacific for the first time in years, and it's being seen as a warning to China
3 US Navy aircraft carriers are patrolling the Pacific. And China's not happy
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 9:54 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:50 am to member12
Protecting my old house in Dededo.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:54 am to member12
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powerful signal to China
Didn't they build a bunch of islands as a buffer with ship killing missile capabilities of hundreds of miles?
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:54 am to member12
Blow em up TRUMP!
Blow em up BABY!!! :usa:
Blow em up BABY!!! :usa:
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:55 am to member12
Control the Malacca strait and the Timor Sea and starve them of their oil supply (they do get significant amounts from Russia).
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:57 am to USEyourCURDS
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Didn't they build a bunch of islands as a buffer with ship killing missile capabilities of hundreds of miles?
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“Fixed fortifications are monuments to man’s stupidity. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, anything made by man can be overcome.” - George S. Patton
If you don't think we already have all the coordinates of those bases preprogrammed into our tomahawks already, you're kidding yourself.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:00 am to Lonnie Utah
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Control the Malacca strait and the Timor Sea and starve them of their oil supply (they do get significant amounts from Russia).
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:01 am to Lonnie Utah
True, China was testing hypersonic capabilities as well which could render a first strike, an only strike.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:03 am to member12
Time to buy stock in Guamanian hookers.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:04 am to USEyourCURDS
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China was testing hypersonic capabilities as well which could render a first strike, an only strike
We have strike capabilities from space satellites, baw
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:12 am to paperwasp
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We have strike capabilities from space satellites, baw
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:15 am to USEyourCURDS
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China was testing hypersonic capabilities
Those capabilities have been vastly overstated. They still have to guide them to target. How are they going to do that? That's the weak link in the chain. (And where we'll defeat them). Besides, they're useless against subs. We'll have a cadre of Virginia Class subs parked of Hong Kong loaded with cruise missiles.
My biggest fear is the Chinese disrupting our electronic infrastructure via hackers. I'll just have to hope our hackers are better.
Additionally, China has a geography problem. The best they could hope to do in such a conflict is force a stalemate. They cannot (physically) project power past their borders. Would they ever be able to approach our coastlines? No. (And God pity them when the Cajun navy shows up off California... )
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 10:18 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:46 am to member12
One of them needs to pop on over to the gulf. It's hot and I'm ready to go home. It's been a long 5 months with no port calls
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:49 am to member12
I’m afraid war with China is inevitable.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:54 am to makinskrilla
Man people on this board are really overstating our might at this time. If you think Russia and China aren’t right there with their nuclear might worry for you.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 11:27 am to agregime1
Quite possibly Hank Johnson had imput as there could have been a shift on Guam
Posted on 6/16/20 at 11:31 am to saltwaterdawg
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there could have been a shift on Guam
Like it’s starting to turn upside down?
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