Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the "Western 81" exercise held by the Soviet Union in 1981, then the largest maritime exercise may be the "Pacific exercise 1989" led by the US Navy in 1989.

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If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the "Western 81" exercise held by the Soviet Union in 1981, then the largest maritime exercise may be considered the "Pacific Exercise 1989" led by the US Navy in 1989!

Recently, several photos of the US military's "Pacific Exercise 1989" were hotly discussed online. An F-14 fighter jet carried a photo reconnaissance pod and flew past the fleet of the exercise. There were countless ships below, and even the photos could not include all ships! It makes people feel the power of the US Navy very intuitively! The core of the fleet in the photo is the US Navy's "Enterprise" aircraft carrier and the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. The other two battleships "New Jersey" and "Missouri" sailed in front of the aircraft carrier. The amphibious command ship "Blue Ridge" protected by the battleship formation. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Long Beach" is in front of the ship.

. Around the core ships, there are more world-class Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers and Spruenz-class missile destroyers, as well as Perry-class missile frigates. These ships are responsible for the fleet's air defense and anti-submarine operations. Of course, anti-ship operations are mainly completed with carrier-based on the aircraft carrier!

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

In these photos, we can also see photos of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and battleships sailing together. This is the last glory of one of the battleship types. In the Gulf War two years later, the American battleship fired the Tomahawk cruise missile for the last time and bombarded the enemy with a 406mm cannon.

After that, the battleship completely left the stage of history. We can only admire the glory of these huge sea beasts in books! As netizens said, of course the best one is the battleship.

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

It is understood that the entire fleet was composed of 54 warships of various types. In addition to these warships in the center of the picture, there were another 2 aircraft carrier battle groups in addition to the picture!

This scale battle group is the lineup that the US Navy will set up when facing the Soviet Red Navy! And the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group we are seeing now has only a few escort warships, because they don’t treat you as an opponent at all! The only one who can truly threaten the US aircraft carrier battle group is the Red Navy back then!

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

Such a huge fleet, even the saturated attack of hundreds of Soviet missiles, , is difficult to break through the tight defense circle composed of fighter and "standard" air defense missiles. That's why we see that most of the Soviet Union's large anti-ship missiles can replace nuclear warheads, just to completely eliminate this huge US Navy aircraft carrier battle group!

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

So, the US aircraft carrier battle group and the steel torrent during the Soviet Union are symbols of sea power and land power!

China also conducted -reading ship-style last year, with aircraft carriers and dozens of escort ships only unveiled! Think about how powerless we were in the Navy’s 30 years ago, the entire Navy had only a few large-class missile destroyers, which did not have air defense missiles. In the face of a super-large aircraft carrier special-mix fleet like the US Navy! To put it bluntly, such a fleet could destroy the entire Chinese Navy back then!

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

Fortunately, we slept on firewood and accumulated strength. The People's Navy is no longer the same!

However, while we are proud of ourselves, we must have a clear understanding of the strength of the US Navy. Although our navy has developed rapidly, it is still difficult to compete with the strongest maritime forces.

The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down! The development road of the Chinese Navy is still very long!

Author: Hong Photo Kursk If the largest scale of exercises conducted on land was the

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