a Group of military ships of the US Navy entered the waters of the South China sea, the exercise of “support of the regime of free navigation.” The Pentagon sends in the region with additional forces under the pretext that that China uses pandemic coronavirus to maintain military pressure on other regional powers and US allies. The command of the us Navy claims that Chinese warships escorted the us fleet, but while the parties refrain from aggressive actions.
the United States sent additional forces into the waters of the South China sea amid growing confrontation with China. According to the Washington, China uses the problems of neighboring countries caused by the epidemic of the coronavirus, to expand its military presence in the Pacific ocean.
To protect “freedom of navigation” and counter China in the South China sea came the shock carrier battle group of the 7th fleet of the US Navy, composed of the aircraft carrier ship-USS America amphibious, missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, on Board of which is placed tactical link carrier-based multirole aircraft F-35B and the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry.
the Us Navy is conducting exercises outside the territorial waters of China, but regularly coming to the disputed Spratly Islands, which are disputed territory between China, Vietnam, Malaysia and several other countries in the region.
According to the commander of strike group of US Navy rear Admiral Fred Katscher, the actions of groups to ensure free navigation in the waters of the Pacific ocean prevent the Chinese Navy ships. However, according to him, all the incidents take place without the use of force.
“All our interactions with them remain safe and professional,” said Kutcher in an interview with Reuters
on Wednesday, a group of American ships joined the frigate the Australian Navy “HMAS Parramatta”, which together with the American allies will fight for the freedom of navigation.
“They are equally interested in maintaining freedom of navigation and compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices concerning the law of the sea,” said the captain of the American ship USS Bunker Hill Kurt Selberg.
In China the U.S. action on the “protection of shipping” does not comment.
14 APR strike force of the Chinese Navy, led by the aircraft carrier “Liaoning” has held large-scale exercises in the disputed Islands of Miyako and Okinawa, and then passed the waters of the Taiwan Strait. In the United States, China’s actions are called aggressive and provocative, in connection with which power the United States Navy in the Pacific began massing forces in the South China sea.
