[NTD News June 16, 2021, Beijing time]At the time when the G7 and NATO were besieging the CCP, the CCP’s military recently dispatched 28 military aircraft to invade Taiwan. The U.S. military immediately responded to the CCP’s provocation, and the U.S. Reagan aircraft carrier battle group immediately entered the South China Sea to conduct exercises. At the same time, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also conducted joint military exercises with US warships in the East China Sea.
The G7 Group of Seven Leaders Summit issued a joint communiqué on June 13, which mentioned for the first time the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and opposed unilateral changes to the status quo in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
On the 14th, the NATO summit considered the CCP as a “systemic challenge” in the communiqué for the first time. NATO, with 30 member states, is the most powerful political and military alliance in the world.
The Wall Street Journal published an article on the 15th that the Western democratic powers have joined forces to attack the CCP. This is a rare move. It indicates that these countries are turning to collective action to counter the CCP’s strategy of becoming a global leader.
Free Asia reported that the G7 and NATO summits marked the tightening of the global network to contain the CCP.
When the CCP was caught in an international encirclement, it once again made provocative actions. On June 14th and 15th, it dispatched military planes to disrupt Taiwan.
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense, on the 14th, a CCP military plane disrupted Taiwan; on the 15th, the CCP dispatched 28 military planes to fly into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which was the largest disturbance to date.
The 28 military aircraft that broke in included: 14 F-16 fighters, 6 F-11 fighters, 4 H-6 bombers, 2 Air Police 500 early warning aircraft, 1 Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft, and 1 Y-8 electronic jammer.
The Chinese military aircraft entered the air defense identification zone in the southwest airspace of Taiwan from the airspace south of the central line of the Taiwan Strait. Some military aircraft also flew all the way from the southwest airspace to the southeast airspace before turning back. During the period, Taiwan’s defense department dispatched air patrol troops to respond, broadcast to drive away, and track and monitor air defense missiles.
The U.S. Navy immediately responded to the Chinese Communist Party’s provocative actions. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier battle group entered the South China Sea on the 14th for a drill.
The battle group includes the USS Reagan, the 5th Carrier Aircraft Aviation Wing, the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser “Shiloh” (USS Shiloh, CG-67), and the Burke-class destroyer “USS Halsey” (USS Halsey). , DDG-97).
The battle group will perform flight missions, maritime strike exercises, and coordinated tactical training between ground and air forces. The US military dispatched F/A-18 fighters, E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, and MH-60 Seahawk helicopters for aerial exercises.
The US Seventh Fleet issued a press release on the 14th, stating that the mission of the aircraft carrier strike group in the South China Sea is part of the US Navy’s “daily presence” in the Indo-Pacific waters.
The U.S. Rear Admiral and Commander of the USS Reagan Aircraft Carrier Struggle Group, Will Pennington, said that the South China Sea is very important for the free flow of commerce. Benefit from the Indo-Pacific region and provide all-round support”.
In addition, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy conducted joint military exercises in the eastern waters of Okinawa Prefecture from June 12 to 14, aiming to improve the coordination of transport ships and amphibious landing ships in the defense operations of Japanese and American outlying islands.
This time, the Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched the transport ship “Shimokita” to cooperate with the American-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) and the San Antonio-class amphibious dock landing ship USS New Orleans (LPD- 18) and the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship “USS Germantown” (LSD-42), practice together. All three US warships are based at the Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture.
The United States and Japan reached a consensus in April this year that they will jointly respond to the challenges of the CCP and jointly maintain regional security in the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea.
(Reporter Luo Tingting Comprehensive Report / Chief Editor: Wen Hui)
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