The biennial RIMPAC exercise, first held in 1971 and held every two years under the auspices of the U.S. 3rd Fleet, began in the waters around Hawaii on the 27th.
There are troops from 29 countries, as well as ships and warplanes participating in the exercise, and their purpose can be described as sinister, but the PLA will not sit idly by and watch the other side target, and will definitely make a counterattack.
How did the 29-nation joint military exercise take place? How will the PLA fight back?
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Menacing
In June, the U.S. will lead a series of large-scale military exercises, starting with the biennial exercise codenamed "Brave Shield" from June 7 to 18.
This year, Japan's Self-Defense Forces were invited to participate for the first time, and the exercise also plans to use a number of Japanese bases, including Japan, the Philippine Sea, Guam and Hawaii.
Then, from June 26 to August 2, RIMPAC 2024 will be held in Hawaii and its surrounding waters, the largest multinational joint maritime exercise in the Asia-Pacific region.
The U.S. Navy said the theme of this year's exercise, "Partnership, Integration, Readiness," will feature 29 countries and will deploy 40 surface ships, three submarines, more than 150 aircraft, and more than 25,000 troops.
This year's exercise involved 29 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The time and place of this military exercise are not considered to be any special considerations, and it is not known what their plans are in fact if they look at it alone, and this military exercise in 24 years is the largest in eight years.
American aircraft carriers
Look beyond the surface and see the reality
Although the scale of the exercise appears to be large, in fact, each country has an average of less than 1.5 ships, no more than 5 aircraft, and less than 900 personnel.
Considering the distance, it is almost impossible for Japan, Australia, the Philippines and other countries to allow fighter jets to participate in the exercise, because their fighters may not fly to their destinations, and even if they hang up the auxiliary fuel tank, they will fall into the sea and take a bath halfway.
Eyes on China
The scale and intent of the 29-nation military exercise is clear, aimed at preventing Chinese mainland from using force against Taiwan, showing that they want to intervene in the affairs of the Taiwan Strait and interfere in China's internal affairs.
The subjects of the exercise were interesting, including conventional anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, amphibious landings and carrier strike groups against live-fire forces, as well as multi-axis defensive warfare.
Another key subject, which has also been widely reported in the Western media, is that the multinational force plans to sink a 40,000-ton target ship with live ammunition, that is, the American amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa.
Foreign media hyped up this sinking experiment because the United States and its allies are preparing for the possibility of Chinese mainland using amphibious assault ships to attack Taiwan, and in recent years, Chinese mainland has developed rapidly in large amphibious assault ships and aircraft carriers, which has attracted great attention from the West.
The target ship is expected to be sunk
In short, the warships of these 29 countries have shown themselves to warn Chinese mainland not to use force against Taiwan by simulating the sinking of amphibious assault ships similar to the mainland, indicating that they want to intervene in the affairs of the Taiwan Strait and interfere in China's internal affairs.
At such a critical moment, the PLA also responded forcefully and released a strong signal.
Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made it clear at a regular news conference that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and resolving the Taiwan issue is the business of the 1.4 billion Chinese people themselves, and external interference will never be allowed.
The United States wants to scare the Chinese military through military exercises, but this cannot succeed, as Senior Colonel Wu Qian said, the settlement of the Taiwan issue is the business of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, and no external forces are allowed to interfere.
Sinking "075"
Fisher, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank, said bluntly that the message the U.S. wants to send is that the U.S. military and its allies can "quickly sink the Type 075 amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army."
075
According to the data, China's Type 075 amphibious assault ship has a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, which is comparable to the American "Tarawa"-class amphibious assault ship, and the Type 075 amphibious assault ship is nicknamed "small aircraft carrier" by netizens.
At present, China has commissioned three Type 075 amphibious assault ships: Hainan, Guangxi and Anhui, which usually serve as command ships in formation, often surrounded by destroyers, frigates and submarines.
When needed, the Type 075 amphibious assault ship can form a task force with aircraft carriers, significantly improving the combat capability of the Navy, and in addition, the Type 075 amphibious assault ship can also independently carry out ocean-going missions.
China is not afraid of threats
The United States understands that China currently has the most advanced and powerful anti-ship weapons in the world, and since the end of the Cold War, the US Navy has made no progress in the development of a new generation of anti-ship missiles.
Recently, Western countries discovered that the mainland had used long-range anti-ship missiles to carry out precise strikes on targets simulating the US "aircraft carrier" in the Taklamakan Desert, and the impact point near the island was clearly visible.
What is even more surprising to Western countries is that the nearby models of F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters have also been seriously damaged, and the United States did not make a big noise about such a test operation as ours, but chose to remain silent.
In addition to the various anti-ship tests conducted against aircraft carriers, we also have many means to deal with joint US military exercises, such as sending our own "Sea Street Runner" 815A electronic reconnaissance ship to close for reconnaissance.
This alone is enough to give the US military a headache, the 815A electronic reconnaissance ship carries various equipment specializing in electronic warfare and the collection of all kinds of information, even if we approach the observation (the distance visible to the naked eye at sea is already close to the face), the US military does not dare to move, dare not fire the first shot.
The 815A reconnaissance ship has powerful electronic countermeasures capabilities, which can effectively jam the electronic systems of enemy warships and aircraft, and provide electromagnetic cover for friendly fleets, like a mobile electronic jammer.
Last year, the leader of the EA-18G electronic countermeasures squadron on the USS Carl Vinson was dismissed from his post because of his failure in the confrontation with the 815A, which made him "lose confidence in victory", which can be seen how much psychological shadow the 815A has caused to the US military.
EA-18G specializing in electronic warfare
The radios used by their ships to communicate with each other will be monitored by our reconnaissance ships, and the characteristics of the US aircraft carriers and other key targets will be exposed, so the US military has been holding back in the course of the exercise.
What's even funnier is that there will be such a scenario when the time comes: the United States shouts that everyone is ready, the exercise begins, and all units report on the situation.
815A
Australia: Ready!
Japan: Ready!
China: Ready!
Philippines: Zizi ...... Multiply...... Zizi ......
China: The Philippines says he's ready!
Just ask, who doesn't tremble in this situation?
A number of continental electronic reconnaissance ships