How China’s Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific

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When two Chinese aircraft carriers performed joint exercises in the western Pacific in June, Chinese forces conducted more than 1,000 aircraft takeoffs and landings, and jet fighters twice tailed Japanese patrols that were monitoring the exercises, Japan said.

The U.S. has deployed so-called carrier-killer missiles in the northern Philippines, making it more dangerous for the Chinese to pass through the first island chain in a conflict. But the Chinese show of force in June was an important sign of defiance. 

https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/how-chinas-military-is-flexing-its-power-in-the-pacific-17e6e280?mod=hp_lead_pos8

 

This is where the US is facing its most serious threat. Not the mideast.

[DezLez]

2 hours ago, annotator said:

When two Chinese aircraft carriers performed joint exercises in the western Pacific in June, Chinese forces conducted more than 1,000 aircraft takeoffs and landings,

It would help if the link was not behind a paywall!

To put the quote into perspective it would appear to have happened over approx 3 weeks!

 

Additional data provided by the Ministry of Defense showed that from June 8 to 16, Shandong conducted an average of 28 sorties per day, while Liaoning recorded 41 takeoffs and landings, including 90 sorties on two separate days. By comparison, a U.S. Nimitz-class carrier is believed to be capable of conducting approximately 120 sorties per day.

China’s Liaoning and Shandong Aircraft Carriers Conduct Over 1,000 Flight Operations Near Japan During Recent Pacific Deployment

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1 hour ago, DezLez said:

It would help if the link was not behind a paywall!

To put the quote into perspective it would appear to have happened over approx 3 weeks!

 

Additional data provided by the Ministry of Defense showed that from June 8 to 16, Shandong conducted an average of 28 sorties per day, while Liaoning recorded 41 takeoffs and landings, including 90 sorties on two separate days. By comparison, a U.S. Nimitz-class carrier is believed to be capable of conducting approximately 120 sorties per day.

China’s Liaoning and Shandong Aircraft Carriers Conduct Over 1,000 Flight Operations Near Japan During Recent Pacific Deployment

Here's a link that will work:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-china-s-military-is-flexing-its-power-in-the-pacific/ar-AA1IxilN

[DezLez]

5 minutes ago, annotator said:

Sorry. I forgot to use archive.today. Here's a link that will work

https://archive.ph/Z2rXL

 

It doesn't!

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2 minutes ago, DezLez said:

It doesn't!

That's why I got rid of that post and replaced with the one above.