According to South Korean media reports, the South Korean Air Force plans to hold a joint air exercise code-named "Warning from the Storm" over the peninsula. The two sides will send more than 3,240 military aircraft including multiple models of F-35 stealth fighter , F-15/F-16 fighter , EA-18 electronic warfare and tanker to participate in the military exercise . The US military participated in the exercise is mainly the Seventh Air Force Team in South Korea under the Pacific Air Force Command, and some US military troops stationed in Japan will participate in the military exercise. In addition, Australia will also send KC-30A tanker to participate in the military exercise. This is the first time that the Australian military has participated in a joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea.
In addition to the big moves between South Korea and the United States, according to Japan's Ministry of Defense, the United States and Japan will hold a biennial "Sword" joint military exercise at Tonoshima in southern Kyushu, Japan. The United States and Japan will send 36,000 soldiers, 370 fighter jets of various types and 30 naval ships to participate in the exercise.
is similar to the US-South Korea military exercise. In addition to the United States and Japan, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom will also send 4 warships to participate in the "Sword" exercise. In other words, in the next period of time, the United States will gather a total of 610 military aircraft and 30 ships of with South Korea and Japan, and hold two large-scale military exercises of in succession. As the end of the year approaches, the United States will make great efforts to carry out military exercises between Japan and South Korea. What is its intention?
First of all, in the US-South Korean military exercise, the background of the two sides' military exercise is undoubtedly the continuous heating of the situation on the peninsula. In South Korea, since he came to power, Yoon Seok-yeol has changed his moderate attitude towards North Korea and measures to reduce the scale of military exercises during the period of Moon Jae-in, but has maintained a tough attitude towards North Korea. Since May this year, several rounds of joint military exercises have been held between South Korea and the United States. The "Orchi Free Shield" military exercises in August this year have broken the largest scale of US-South Korea exercises in five years.
In this Air Force joint exercise, the number of fighter jets invested by both sides has never been seen since 2017, and even electronic warfare aircraft was invested. This means that the United States and South Korea are already considering increasing the intensity of the drills in the actual combat background. Considering the area of the Korean Peninsula, such high-density air force exercises will inevitably trigger high tension in the situation on the peninsula. This may also mean that North Korea-South Korea relations will no longer be the same, and the two sides will fall back into a state of confrontation and rigidity.
In the joint exercise of the United States and Japan, the characteristic of this large-scale military exercise of the "Sword" exercise is that the exercise location is mainly the southwestern islands of Japan. The Tokuno Island where this exercise is located is located at the midpoint of the connection between Japan and Taiwan Island . It is about 1,000 kilometers away from Taiwan and about 700 kilometers away from my country's Taizhou .
According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, this military exercise will conduct amphibious landings, joint land-sea and air combat, special operations, space networks and electronic warfare, etc. It can be said that this is a comprehensive military exercise under actual combat conditions, with the purpose of strengthening the joint response capabilities between the United States and Japan after being attacked in the "gray zone".
The United States and Japan have always regarded the southwestern waters of Japan, the northeastern waters of Taiwan, and the outer edge of mainland China as critical areas for competition with my country. They regard these areas as key areas of the first island chain, and particularly emphasize the need to form strategic pressure on my country in these areas.
And in recent months, the situation in the Taiwan Strait has heated up, the joint military exercises between the United States and Japan in this area can be said to be Xiang Zhuang dances his sword, wearing the name of "offshore island defense", and actually staring at the Taiwan Strait. Such a large-scale military exercise is to emphasize its military presence in the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
Compared with aircraft carrier battle group , the US-Japan-Taiwan naval military strategy based on Japan is more threatening to our country. In addition to the two major military exercises, another feature of the United States' series of military activities is to continue to promote non-Western Pacific countries such as Britain, Australia, and Canada to participate in military exercises. Especially in Australia, it’s fine to participate in the US-Japan military exercises, but the United States even needs to let Australia participate in the US-Korea joint exercises.
This seems to be intentional to strengthen the participation of the Australian military in the US Western Pacific military system. After all, the Australian military forces, which have always been away from the center of the game, lack the ability to involve the situation in the Western Pacific region. If the US wants to drag Australia to better play a role under the Indo-Pacific strategy, it is inevitable to strengthen the Australian military's combat experience. These trends in further show the complexity of the future Asia-Pacific situation.
In the complex surrounding situation, our army has also carried out training in multiple sea areas to strengthen combat experience and hone practical combat capabilities. Recently, the Dalian Maritime Bureau, Zhejiang Maritime Bureau , Hainan Qinglan Maritime Bureau has successively issued multiple navigation warnings and set up multiple forbidden zones in the major sea areas of Bohai , Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea 4 to carry out military activities.
Among them, the military mission in the northern part of the Yellow Sea will last for more than 20 days until the end of November 15. During this period, there will be 5 military exercises in each sea area, and our army will also conduct shooting drills in the East China Sea.
4 large seas, 6 military exercises, intensive military exercises, and training activities show the complexity of the current situation. At the same time, also reflects our army's firm determination to continue training and prepare for war, be ready to fight, resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and continuously improve its comprehensive combat capabilities.
The Russian-Ukrainian crisis still cannot see the dawn, and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region is still undercurrents. The conflict between the sustained development of the global multipolar pattern and unilateralism and regional military groups is becoming increasingly serious. The external situation facing my country is still complex and diverse, and it will inevitably face more severe challenges in the future. Only by constantly strengthening its own strength, especially on issues involving national territorial sovereignty, and effectively enhancing our military's actual ability to safeguard national interests, can we better ensure our territorial, territorial and regional security situation.
