Nanchang ship is the first ship of China's 0.55 10,000-ton destroyer, and it is also one of the most present Chinese naval ships with the highest sense of existence during this period. Last month, the Nanchang ship led the Chinese naval fleet to the Sea of Japan to participate in the "Oriental-2022" military exercise , and then formed a joint formation with Russian Navy to carry out cruises in the Pacific.
According to the US Department of Defense, the Chinese and Russian naval fleet has arrived near Alaska , about 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska. This is also the second time that the Nanchang ship has gone to Alaska waters. The US Coast Guard sent the USS Kimball patrol for tracking and surveillance, claiming that it will ensure the safety of the US warship and the freedom of commercial navigation.
According to the news announced by the United States, the joint Chinese-Russian naval formation that cruised the Alaska waters this time includes 7 ships . Compared with the joint Chinese-Russian naval formation in October last year, the scale has been slightly reduced, but its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. A video released by China and Russia recently showed that the two sides carried out a series of coordinated drills during the joint cruise.
Relevant personnel of Chinese and Russian ships directly communicated in Chinese, which shows that the strategic mutual trust level of the Chinese and Russian militaries has been improved again, and their ability to cooperate in cooperation is becoming stronger and stronger. The United States has the most powerful navy in the world, and naval ships in other countries rarely cruise to the waters near Alaska. Therefore, these two Chinese and Russian naval formations appeared in the Bering Sea and other waters, and the United States only sent Coast Guard related ships for surveillance.
But as the Chinese and Russian navy cruises in waters near Alaska become normalized, the United States may be forced to change its response methods. In the past few decades, the United States has been best at drawing boundaries and setting rules for other countries, but it often does not abide by them. This is a typical hegemonic style. Even the United States has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
But such a country is still showing off its power in other waters in the world under the banner of free navigation every day. The cruise of the Chinese and Russian navy only proves to the world that not only the US Navy can carry out free navigation, but Chinese naval ships can also sail near the United States.
The navigation area of Chinese and Russian naval ships is the exclusive economic zone of the United States. In this area, countries enjoy freedom of navigation, so the US government has no right to make any comments. Since the US government insists on doing its own thing and must conduct free navigation in South China Sea and Taiwan Strait , then it is impolite to come but not go, and the People's Liberation Army can also take reciprocal actions.
However, from an objective perspective, the cruise operations of the navies between China and Russia in the waters near the United States are of little significance at the military level. If there is a conflict between the two armies in the future, the battlefield will definitely be in the waters around Taiwan Island and the Western Pacific, and will not happen in Alaska. However, the Chinese navy's cruise still has high strategic value and can also form a good restraint on the United States.
First of all, the Chinese Navy's ocean cruise proves that the People's Liberation Army already has strong ocean combat capabilities. This time, the Nanchang ship led the ship fleet to sea for more than a month, and appeared in the Sea of Japan, the Bering Sea and other waters. The itinerary was quite long and the sea conditions in each sea area were relatively complicated. However, the Nanchang ship responded freely, which shows that it already had strong combat capabilities.
can still gallop across the distant seas, so in surrounding waters such as the Taiwan Strait, the Nanchang ship will play a greater combat effectiveness and make a strong counterattack against the US's provocative behavior. Secondly, the Chinese and Russian navies have organized joint formations to carry out cruises for two consecutive years, indicating that the strategic mutual trust between the two countries has reached a height.
In fact, in addition to the navy, the air forces of China and Russia have also organized many joint air cruises. In the land exercises in recent years, both Chinese and Russian militaries have gone deep into each other's territory to carry out drills, and even share the same command system.
The close cooperation between China and Russia's navy, army and air force, as well as the high degree of consensus on major international issues, has forced the United States to face two world powers at the same time, which is also a good constraint on the hegemony of the United States. The competition between China and the United States is long-term and all-round. The United States is still the most powerful country in the world, but the People's Liberation Army is capable of defending national sovereignty, and China and Russia will also join forces to keep warm.
