Thursday, November 28, 2013

China's presence looms amid massive U.S.-Japanese AnnualEx war games - CNN.com


More proof that the United States had the greatest and most flexible navy in the world and it isn't to be trifled with, what other military in the world can go from providing humanitarian aide in one region of the world one day, then move to another corner of the globe the next day and flex its military muscles. This is the reason that since the 1940's American Presidents ask where are the carriers whenever their is a confrontation or humanitarian crisis brewing in some part of the world that involves the United States.

I guarantee that even though this exercise "AnnualEx 2013" is a annual exercise and is scheduled every year at this time of the year and every year it involves ship and aircraft movements in the South China Sea, and was already set for this date before china declared their zone, I can tell you one thing that is going to happen, there will be more exercises than normal with Japan in this area triggered by China's new Air Defense Identification Zone and most likely there may be more exercises scheduled with allied nations such as the Philippines and South Korea than normal since both those nations also declare islands in the South China Sea,

The next thing I am waiting for China to do is declare a new Sea Defense Zone, or extend it's economic zone out at sea to cover the same area as the Air Defense Zone, and if that does happen, we will have to watch closely because in such a scenario the possibility of an actual confrontation becomes much more likely with the number of nations which declare many of the same islands in the South China Sea as their own territory as China does, which would include nations such as China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Philippines and North Korea. Three of those nations Japan, Philippines and South Korea we have mutual defense treaties with.

To up the anti a bit, this report also states that China is sending it's own aircraft carrier into the region, which can be dangerous but let me tell you their aircraft carrier is no competition for the USS George Washington, here are some comparisons.

George Washington Carries 90 aircraft compared to Liaoning's 30, George Washington is 1,092 feet long, Liaoning is 999 ft long, George Washington carries 5,000 sailors, Liaoning 2,626 and finally George Washington can travel 35 mph (reported, the actual speed is classified and I served on two aircraft carriers and I can tell you it is MUCH faster than that  while the Liaoning can travel 30 mph . The main thing is the fire power difference is mind boggling and then there is crew experience, the United States had been operating Aircraft carriers going on 100 years now and this is China's first.

The United States will not stand for this new zone of China's as shown by the B-52 fly over this zone this week and though this Annualex 2013 had been scheduled prior to China's deceleration, even if it hadn't been plan their would be an exercise to  challenge China, and like I said I believe their will be more than normal exercises until China backs off on its Air Defense Zone.
China's presence looms amid massive U.S.-Japanese AnnualEx war games - CNN.com

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