Satellite images showed a US warship shadowing a Chinese aircraft carrier and its strike group on Monday in the Philippine Sea.
According to a report from Newsweek, the Chinese carrier Liaoning five other People’s Liberation Army (PLA) vessels were returning to the East China Sea from a deployment in the South China Sea. The image appears to show a US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, a type of US Navy vessel that is frequently sailing in the region.
The satellite images showed the US vessel was following closely behind the Liaoning and was sailing amongst the other Chinese warships.
The US and Chinese navies frequently sail near each other, but the US warship entering the flotilla is unusual. A Taiwanese military analyst told Newsweek that the PLA could have allowed the US warship to sail with the strike group to give the impression of transparency or to show that the PLA doesn’t see the US vessel as a threat.
The US military has been keeping a close eye on the Liaoning as part of its military provocations in the region. Last week, a video posted to Chinese social media by a fisherman showed a US warship shadowing the Liaoning while it was conducting exercises near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Earlier in the month, the US Navy released a photo of officers watching the Chinese carrier from the deck of the USS Mustin in the Philippine Sea.
Japan has also been keeping tabs on the Chinese warship since it has made recent passages through a waterway near Okinawa. On Tuesday, Japan’s Defense Ministry said the six vessels of the Liaoning’s strike group had sailed through the Miyako Strait between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa.
They have more ships.
Two can play this game.
So now will they attach a missile armed destroyer or two to every US carrier force so long as it is in the region?
they dont have to, they are watching them with Satellites and have hundreds of missiles with ranges up to 5000 km trained on them at all times! It will not be too long before we see Chinese Ships sailing 12.5 nautical miles off the US coast…….. listen to the US Senators squeal then, demanding that the Navy force them further offshore!
“Keep an eye on them . . .?” That’s what satellites are for, this is just more provocation hoping the Chinese will fire the first shot. It’s so obvious unless you’re in denial of what’s coming, and that’s WWIII to keep Russia and China out of competition of US corps. who want it ALL when there’s enough for everyone.
When one side
passes the other
playing the jingo game
King of the Hill
guess what?
your bound
to
get into
a nasty tussle…
False flags
for you and i
their side
our side
same ol’ lie
but
its quite profitable
for a few
again
not for
you and i
but you might get to kill
might get to die
for god
for country
for apple pie
bonus
just like the pirates did
cause
is the same frigging thing
we’re the fools
who sing
the jingo verse
going on the 3rd century
yippiee