Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, June 8, 2020. US Navy/MCS 2nd Class Jessica Paulauskas
IBTimes: Three US Aircraft Carrier Groups Patrol Indo-Pacific In Warning To China
If China’s military leaders think it is a good time to ramp up its aggressive activities because of a United States military weakened by the coronavirus, they may want to rethink their strategies. Three American aircraft carriers patrolling the Indo-Pacific waters are meant to be a clear sign to China that the massive U.S. naval force is fully prepared to respond as needed at any time.
Bonnie Glaser, the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the AP as reported in Time, “There have been some indications in Chinese writings that the United States was hit hard by COVID-19, that military preparedness was low, so perhaps there is an effort by the United States to signal China that it should not miscalculate.”
She added. “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.”
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Update: The Navy has 3 carriers in the Pacific for the first time in years, and it's being seen as a warning to China (AP)
WNU Editor: The Chinese are not impressed .... US Navy's deployment of 3 aircraft carriers to Pacific a mere show of vanity (Global Times).
2 comments:
If there was 100 US carriers, Global Time would make the same comment. That's its job.
one thing im very sure of Chinkeeis is only good at talking batshit
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