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After resting in Guam for half a month, the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier "Queen Elizabeth" is out again! On August 24, the ship posted high-profile photos on social media showing that it had conducted a joint exercise with the US Navy's "American" (LHA-6) amphibious assault ship and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's "Ise" helicopter destroyer, and the details were in the devil, behind the seemingly ordinary show, with a clear purpose.
On August 24, the Royal Navy's CSG21 Carrier Battle Group Command revealed on social media that it had conducted a so-called "Noble Union" exercise in the Philippine Sea south of Okinawa with the four-nation warships of the United States, Japan and the Netherlands (note, the seven provincial air defense frigates "Ivertsen" belonging to the carrier formation), "supporting interoperability with like-minded countries and once again proving the flexible strike capability of British aircraft carriers." ”
Photo: A total of 9 battleships participated
According to the pictures, at least 9 Anglo-American, Japanese, dutch warships participated in this time.
Britain, the United States, and Japan have dispatched all-deck aircraft carriers, britain's "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier, and the United States "American" amphibious assault ship, while in addition to the "Queen's" original bodyguards, Japan has sent the 20,000-ton "Ise" helicopter destroyer (DDH-182), in addition, the Maritime Self-Defense Force has also sent the "Asahi" (DD-120) multi-purpose destroyer, and the United States has sent the "San Antonio" class "New Orleans" amphibious dock landing ship to participate.
Image: F-35B swarm
Prior to the addition of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Royal Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth vertical take-off and landing fighters aboard the USS Elizabeth had been trained to take off and land on the USS American Amphibious Assault Ship, and as a new generation of amphibious assault ships of the US Navy, the "American" class has a better aircraft carrier operation capability than the Wasp class, and in wartime, it can carry up to about 20 F-35Bs.
Image: "Ise" in the distance
Especially at this juncture, the seventh fleet's nuclear aircraft carrier "Reagan" is in the Indian Ocean, "pressing" the withdrawal of Afghan troops, "Carl . The Vinson nuclear aircraft carrier has not yet arrived in the western Pacific, and the 7 Wasp-class and 2 American-class carriers are the core of the "Lightning" aircraft carrier that the U.S. Navy is building, and it should be said that it is a cheap medium-sized aircraft carrier that lacks shipborne early warning capabilities.
Image: The Ussamer America has a strong aviation capability
However, this time, the "quasi-aircraft carrier" sent by Japan was a bit cheap, they did not send the "Kaga" helicopter destroyer, but sent the smaller tonnage "Hyuga" class No. 2 ship "Ise", and unlike usual, the public photo, the "Ise" flight deck did not have an SH-60J/K "Seahawk" anti-submarine helicopter, but appeared in the Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47JA "Chinook" transport helicopter and AH-64DJ "Longbow Apache" gunship, The Ministry of Defense's Unified Staff Supervision Department revealed in social media that the former belonged to the "Land and Land Mobile Regiment" of the Ground Self-Defense Force.
Picture: The "Chinogan" on the deck of the Ise can be seen, and Lu Zi is camouflaged
This time, the big ships of these four (mainly Britain, the United States, and Japan) countries gathered together to rehearse the Japanese "heart-to-heart" island seizure operation.
It should be known that the "Ise" is a light quasi-aircraft carrier with anti-submarine as the mainstay, and originally did not have the ability to support amphibious operations, but because their three "Osumi" class amphibious transport ships did not have hangars and could not be moored in land helicopters, the "Chinookan" and "Apache" appeared on the flight deck of the "Ise", plus an amphibious assault ship full of F-35Bs and a dock landing ship with a huge capacity, and the "Queen" aircraft carrier battle group with more compulsory air and sea supremacy from afar, which is undoubtedly conceived by Japan. The "Island Capture" operation strengthened the courage and also tested the ability of the Hyuga and Izumo-class helicopter destroyers to support amphibious vertical landing operations.
Image: The Osumi class does not actually have a hangar, which is a strange design
Of course, if you really want to fight, the United States can't be relied on, not to mention the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the "Queen" aircraft carrier because of the epidemic, was refused to visit by South Korea, idle to play with you, really want to go dry, run faster than anyone, Japan always plays its own calculations.