The holding of the US military's "Brave Shield" exercise has fully demonstrated that the US military has been preparing for relevant combat operations. Not long ago, Biden also made it clear that if a conflict occurs in the Taiwan Strait, the US military will send troops to intervene. From this evidence and the combat preparations made by the US military, it can be inferred that the US military has a clear attitude on the issue of whether to send troops.
Produced by: Guoke Observatory (No. 4341 Exclusive Release)
Regarding whether the US military will send troops to interfere in sensitive waters around our country, the US military has given a clear attitude through a military exercise in the past few days. According to the latest news from the U.S. Department of Defense, it turned out that around June 17, when the Fujian aircraft carrier was launched, the U.S. military’s ninth "Brave Shield" exercise entered a critical stage. During the exercise, the U.S. military sank a retired Perry-class Frigate USS Vandegrift, hull number FFG 48.
Picture Interpretation: This picture is of the Perry-class frigate sunk during the LSE exercise last year. In a large-scale live fire at sea on June 17, the US military also sank a Perry-class frigate with the hull number FFG 48
Picture interpretation: The US military used standard 6 missiles to sink the Perry-class frigate, indicating that the standard 6 has actual combat capabilities.
This exercise fully demonstrated that the US military has clearly expressed its attitude on whether to intervene and send troops. There are three reasons.
First, the "Brave Shield" exercise is a very high-level combat exercise limited to the US military. The 12-day exercise mobilized tens of thousands of US troops to conduct joint operations at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace. It emphasizes joint operations between various military services, and no other countries participate. It is all conducted within the US military and is not open to allies, indicating a certain degree of confidentiality.
Picture interpretation: The "Brave Shield" exercise is an engagement exercise limited to the US military.
Second, the exercise subjects are mainly engagements. The exercise starts with the US military contacting enemy combat units through the four stages of detection, positioning, tracking and engagement, and engaging with enemy combat units. The current combat plan of the US military is closely related, emphasizing long-range, precise, lethal and overwhelming multi-domain strikes against maritime and surface targets. This is a relatively rare subject in US military exercises.
Third, the exercise highlighted firepower. On June 17, the US military participated in the exercise and sank an FFG 48 frigate, using standard 6 anti-aircraft missiles and other combat weapons. From this, it can be seen that the US military has passed " "Brave Shield" exercise tests your own tactics and combat equipment.
Picture interpretation: The M142 high-mobility rocket launcher system was airlifted to the island by a C-130 transport aircraft to carry out sea strikes
Picture interpretation: "Brave Shield" exercise site
During the exercise, the M142 high-mobility rocket launcher system was also used, and was operated by C- The 130 Hercules transport aircraft landed in Palau , quickly unloaded and carried out a sea strike. At the same time, the US military conducted a live-fire Patriot missile exercise in Palau to highlight anti-missile operations. In the combat operation to sink the FFG 48 frigate, the US military used the carrier-based aircraft of the CVN 76 aircraft carrier USS Reagan, the LHA 7 amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, as well as the SSN 722 submarine and the B-1B gun of the 28th Bomb Wing. Cavalry bombers, two maritime fighter attack squadrons, VMFA-533 and VMFA-121.
Picture interpretation: A few days ago, the US military launched 4 Trident ballistic missiles
The holding of the US military's "Brave Shield" exercise has fully demonstrated that the US military has been preparing for relevant combat operations. Not long ago, Biden also made it clear that if the Taiwan Strait If a conflict occurs, the US military will send troops to intervene. From this evidence and the combat preparations made by the US military, it can be inferred that the US military has a clear attitude on the issue of whether to send troops. This article is exclusively published by @国科Observatory and any form of reprinting is prohibited.
