Strait of Taiwan: the Ronald Raegan passes and China flies dozens of fighters. Never seen before
The confrontation, also military, between China and the United States is rising to a level I have seen before and which, apart from some scorching moments of the Cold War, was not even seen in the confrontation with the USSR.
The nuclear aircraft carrier Ronald Raegan heads to the South China Sea to assert their quality as international and non-Chinese territorial waters, also in defense of the rights of countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines allies of the USA.
Here is the route of the American naval group:
The strike group USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was accompanied by the missile cruiser USS Shiloh and the missile destroyer USS Halsey. The group of ships entered the waters of the South China Sea on Tuesday to conduct a maritime security operation.
The Navy said “defending the freedom of the seas in the South China Sea is vital where nearly a third of global maritime trade, about $ 3.5 trillion, a third of global crude oil and half of global liquefied natural gas. it passes through the sea every year ».
this year 200 vessels of the "Chinese Maritime Militia", a naval paramilitary force, had disturbed the activities of Filipino and US ships, and this is the answer.
Earlier this year, the USS John S. McCain, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was "expelled" by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from the Paracel Islands into severely disturbed waters. The PLA said that, at the time, around February, the destroyer had "crossed" Chinese territorial waters.
China did not wait long to respond to the US and did so by opening another front:
BREAKING: Taiwan Defense Ministry says 28 Chinese PLA warplanes entered its ADIZ this morning. Largest known recent incursion. https://t.co/h0ngSh3RVf
– Jesse Johnson (@jljzen) June 15, 2021
With perfect timing, also to respond to the G7, China has sent 28 fighters to "Test" the limits of Taiwan's airspace, and to overcome it. In March there was a raid with 20 planes, but this time, with 28 planes, it reached a number not seen since Taipei controls this type of military activity.
According to the AP, "The planes included various types of fighter jets including 14 J-16s and six J-11 planes, as well as bombers, the ministry said." In addition, the report noted that "China's show of strength comes after leaders of the Group of Seven Industrialized Nations issued a statement on Sunday calling for a peaceful resolution of issues spanning the Taiwan Strait and stressed the importance of peace and stability ".
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday accused the G-7 nations of "deliberately interfering in China's internal affairs." He added: "China's determination to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests is unwavering."
So the US-China confrontation becomes even hotter and the threat to peace even greater. With all these planes and ships in such confined areas it is to be hoped that no pilot will have an easy trigger, not least because a military escalation would be simple and devastating.
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