Two US carrier strike groups, the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz, have been deployed into the Pacific with an eye toward confronting China.
And because US-China tensions often go in puzzling directions, the carriers are being presented as creating a “bubble of health” to defeat the coronavirus. Officials added no carriers are on the ships.
Exactly how fighting coronavirus will counter China is unclear, but this is roughly in keeping with administrative narratives trying to blame China for the whole pandemic.
Parking ships near China doesn’t appear to solve anything, but is likely to fuel further tensions. The tit-for-tat measures are likely to continue, keeping the region on edge.
Wait till Trump goes to far and China dumps one of our trillion dollar carriers into the briny deep.
with weapons only slightly more powerful than a slingshot china won’t be able to sink anything larger than a small fishing vessel. 90% of their sailors cannot even see over the bow.
Dude, “90% of their sailors cannot even see over the bow” really? They are armed with an 11 gun enclosed turret Gatling guns pumping out 30 caliber shells which uses TR47C J-band radar
OFC-3 electro-optical fire control system firing 11,000 rounds/minute.
While the US is using surface to air missiles. 50 total planes on the Chinese Carrier and 75 on the USS Ford. Their latest steam powered Aircraft Carrier is capable of 31 knots vs 2 nuclear reactors on the USS Ford at 30 knots.
Like you say Sling shots and aircraft carriers won’t be much defense against high speed missiles coming from outer space from every direction .
They shouln’t cost that much
Yeah, I was just making a point. The Ford, made in 2017, was $17 billion with it’s 2 nuclear reactors. Pocket change based on our current spending to top off Wall St to a new high.
Does any one believe these carriers will actually unload a single anything?
They out produce us just about everywhere commercially, what makes us think it won’t take them long to leapfrog us militarily. We have a primitive attitude that reminds me of some ancient warship that parks itself just off shore and threatens the local natives, those days went extinct with the British Empire. With all due respect, it’s time for Mister Trumps people to grow up or step aside.
we will board their ships and simply overwhelm them like the old pirate ship days. nothing extinct about hand to hand combat especially against a bunch of 5’5″ 135 lb weaklings.
Heh — I knew a guy who was involved in the US military’s last publicly acknowledged “over the gunwales” boarding operation (the Mayaguez). That was 45 years ago and it met no resistance.
That is exactly what we want hand to hand combat . Each over weight American will throw 5 Chinese to the ground and hold their knee on their neck until all 5 of the Chinese giveup
You don’t suppose China will start to build some new islands around the Americas for airbases do you .??