Friday, December 30, 2022

In A Warning To The U.S. Over Taiwan, China Sails An Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Near Guam

The Liaoning aircraft carrier group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy holds far sea real combat scenario exercises in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the West Pacific in December, 2021. Photo: PLA Navy  

US News and World Report: China Sails Warships Near Guam in Warning to U.S. Over Taiwan  

The Chinese deployment of its aircraft carrier Liaoning, which Japanese officials confirmed, capped a year of tensions with the U.S., particularly over Taiwan. 

China has sailed one of its three aircraft carriers near the U.S. territory of Guam, Japanese officials confirmed, ending an already combative year with a rare move that Beijing signaled as a clear warning to the Biden administration over Taiwan. 

The Chinese fleet, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, had already spurred several clashes with U.S. allies in the region with its tour of the western Pacific, most recently by conducting roughly 260 takeoff and landing drills near the Japanese island of Okinawa, home to a major U.S. military presence. The operations prompted the Japanese air force to scramble fighter jets and helicopters, as well as a destroyer and other elements of its self-defense forces.  

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Update: China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning spotted edging close to Guam for first time amid US strategic threats (Global Times).  

WNU Editor: This Chinese aircraft carrier deployment was unthinkable only a few years ago.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"...unthinkable only a few years ago."
Ya got that right!

Anonymous said...

Freedom of navigation.

Anonymous said...

Carrier donuts at the 12 mile limit.

Anonymous said...

9:48 The issue was never about the right of Chinese ships to sail in international water off Guam or anywhere else.

The point was that people (many of them shortsighted) did not believe the Chinese had the tech or experience to have a battle group so soon.

Anonymous said...

Battleship and tech maybe but experience and skills cannot be fast forwarded