The large-scale Rim-Pacific military exercise has begun. South Korea and Japan have put forward their strongest lineups, aiming to fight against China.
Over here, not long after the NATO summit ended, the new strategy for the next 10 years was set. It has something to do with China, saying that China is a "systemic challenge." Over there, the Rim of the Pacific military exercise led by the United States has begun, and there are indeed many participating countries that have relatively close relations with China.
First of all, 26 countries are participating in this Pacific Rim military exercise, with 338 surface ships, 34 submarines, about 170 aircraft, and a total force of 25,000. Four countries, the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, are all participating. , Orcus also participated. Those that are particularly close to China include China's two neighboring countries, one is Japan and the other is South Korea.
The leaders of these two neighboring countries have just attended the historic NATO summit, and then their national troops participated in the Rim-Pacific military exercise. Moreover, the equipment strength provided by Japan and South Korea this time is also unprecedented and very powerful. Moreover, the number of troops from Japan and South Korea participating in the military exercise this time is still quite large.
For example, in Japan, their newly refitted Izumo quasi-aircraft carrier participated in the Rim-Pacific military exercise. The modified Izumo can carry F35B carrier-based aircraft, but this time it did not take its own carrier-based aircraft to participate in the RIMTA military exercise. This is a possibility, Japan sacrificed the Izumo No., as for the United States, they brought out F35B carrier-based aircraft and asked them to conduct a drill and cooperation. This means that if something happens in the future, the time for both sides to run in will be shorter, and the degree of tactical cooperation will be higher, that is, This effect of 1 plus 1 being greater than 2 can be seen.
The same is true for South Korea. South Korea has participated in the Rim-Pacific military exercise as many as 17 times, but this time the scale is the largest since 1990. Obviously, the new president of South Korea, Yin Xiyue, is showing his loyalty to the United States and NATO.
In other words, since the United States and NATO value China so much and believe that China is a systemic challenge and that China is the only country in the world that has both the ability and the will to undermine the current international order, then South Korea is willing to follow suit. Lao, this large-scale deployment of troops is obviously an attempt by South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue to please the United States as an oath of diplomatic direction.
In addition, the Rim of the Pacific military exercise is generally divided into two parts. One part is that 26 countries are participating this time, which is not very directional. After all, 26 countries have their own interests, and each country has its own interests. It is impossible for you to create a unique common imaginary enemy and let everyone target it based on your own little calculation.
In addition to the fact that everyone must participate in military exercises, there are also some allies that have a closer relationship with the United States. They also need to conduct some specific exercises. This exercise is very directed towards China. There is a background behind this, which is the current war in Ukraine.
Before the war in Ukraine, the Rim of the Pacific military exercise was sometimes just a program. It didn't have any imaginary enemies. It was simply marked as Red Army , Blue Army, and Green Army. This time it is more obvious, because among the 26 countries that have participated, many national leaders and military leaders, the general tone is that this time Russia will attack Ukraine , then next time it will be mainland China that will attack Taiwan.
Therefore, in order to improve their defense capabilities, response capabilities, and combat coordination and cooperation capabilities, they need to practice well during this ring-pacific military exercise.
In fact, China is well aware of this, but we don’t need to take military exercises like this too seriously. What we have to do is to improve our combat power. The stronger China's comprehensive strength and the higher its military strength, the more other countries have to consider when they imagine China taking action.
