The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier launched a number of drills in the South China Sea on the 12th.

(AFP)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet announced on the 13th that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier (USS Nimitz) strike group will launch a number of drills in the South China Sea from the 12th. The Chinese military then announced on the 14th that the Shandong fleet Recently, the South China Sea has also carried out real-combat confrontation drills. The United States and China have successively taken actions in the South China Sea, which has attracted attention from all walks of life.

While various Chinese media boasted that the Shandong is superior to the Nimitz, some Chinese critics "admit it", bluntly saying that the Shandong is still inferior to the Nimitz in many aspects.

The USS Nimitz strike group will conduct maritime strike training, anti-submarine warfare, ground-air joint and flight combat training in the South China Sea on the 12th. The relevant actions are consistent with the freedom of navigation under international law.

On the 14th, the Chinese military media "People's Navy" released pictures of the Shandong fleet's recent drills in the South China Sea, which is quite suggestive of a rivalry with the US military.

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The Chinese military commentator "Shanghai Ke" published an article on "NetEase" today (17th) and pointed out that after the Chinese military released news of the same actions in the South China Sea, on the 15th, China's semi-official think tank "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Project" (SCSPI) revealed that the USS Nimitz was "driving" at a high speed to the waters bordering Malaysia and Indonesia. It is the oldest aircraft carrier in active service in the U.S. military...Because of the "new" of the Shandong and the "old" of the Nimitz, some commentators believe that the reason why the Nimitz strike group left the South China Sea at high speed is that Because after seeing the Shandong ship, I admit it, but I don’t think that’s the case.”

"Sea Passenger" said: "The USS Nimitz is the first ship of the US Nimitz-class aircraft (commissioned in 1975). It is indeed over half a century old, but what needs to be seen is that the ship itself is nuclear powered and steam catapult to take off. The 100,000-ton class aircraft carrier. In terms of single-ship combat power, it is still far superior to the Shandong. After all, the Shandong is a non-nuclear-powered aircraft with a ski-jump take-off style. Regardless of the number of carrier-based aircraft and the take-off and landing speed, it is inferior. The Nimitz. Since the Nimitz has been in service, it has undergone many modernizations and upgrades.”

"Sea Passenger" believes that the purpose of the Nimitz's operation this time is to demonstrate its ability to "travel through the South China Sea at will." Appearing in the waters bordering Indonesia and Malaysia is also a traditional "demonstration" against some ASEAN countries, that is, emphasizing that "hegemony is still here in the United States."

The Chinese military announced on the 14th that it will also conduct real-combat combat drills in the South China Sea recently.

(AFP)