According to French media reports, a large-scale maritime joint military exercise led by the four NATO member states, the United States, Britain, France and Italy, is currently in full swing in Atlantic and Mediterranean . According to reports, the joint military exercise will run throughout November, and the participating equipment will be equipped with five aircraft carriers, including the US Navy's USS Ford and the Royal Navy's USS Elizabeth aircraft carrier. According to reports, during the exercise, subjects such as anti-submarine , carrier-based interoperability and maritime material replenishment will be carried out.
NATO spokesman Lunjescu said that the four navies can assemble five aircraft carriers in designated areas in a short period of time, proving that NATO's maritime forces are able to send troops to dangerous areas as soon as possible, protecting the security of allies and their interests from violations. Lengesku said that in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, the five aircraft carriers have given potential opponents great deterrence. It is not difficult to see from Renjesku's statement that NATO dispatched five aircraft carrier exercises to deter Russia and support Ukraine.
In the face of the warning issued by NATO, Russia will naturally not be weak, Kremlin quickly draws its sword. According to Russian media reports, on November 24 local time, the Russian Aerospace Force dispatched two Tu-160 strategic bombers to conduct combat readiness cruises in the airspace of Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea . According to reports, the combat readiness cruise mission lasted about 13 hours. During this process, the Russian Navy Northern Fleet Air Force dispatched the MiG-31 interceptor , which flew with the Tu-160 strategic bomber.
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that this combat readiness cruise is a routine mission, and the Russian Aerospace Forces will regularly perform similar tasks in airspace such as the Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea and Baltic Sea . However, in the view of military experts, combined with the time of this combat readiness cruise, it is undoubtedly a counterattack to the NATO five aircraft carrier exercise. NATO aircraft carrier deterred Russia, and the Kremlin "showed its muscles" against NATO through the Tu-160 strategic bomber, and the two sides confronted each other.
Military experts said that compared with NATO's five aircraft carriers, the deterrence of Russia's Tu-160 strategic bomber is no weaker than the former. As the world's largest strategic bomber, Tu-160, the full load takeoff weight exceeds 270 tons, and the maximum load capacity can reach 45 tons. What's even more fatal is that while having such a huge size, the Tu-160 is not inferior to the fighter , and its maximum flight speed exceeds Mach 2. It is reported that when the U.S. Air Force's F-35A fighter was tracking the Map-160 strategic bomber, it was lost because its speed was not as good as the opponent.
In Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence system, the status of the Tu-160 strategic bomber is irreplaceable. Russia has restored the production capacity of the aircraft, and the upgraded version of the Tu-160M has been released. Military experts said that with the protection of a massive killer like the Tu-160 strategic bomber, NATO would not dare to do too much to Russia.
