Chinese warships conduct maneuvers near Alaska, sparking US concerns
Strange story happened a day ago in the United States. A website affiliated with the US Department of Defense reported that a Chinese military had appeared in the Alaska region. flotilla... However, this information was soon removed from the Pentagon's website. But Chinese analysts managed to detect it and react to it. As emphasized in the PRC, the actions of warships are quite common training in remote waters. Moreover, the ships were in the international waters.
A task force of four PLA naval ships, including a missile cruiser, destroyer, general reconnaissance ship and an auxiliary vessel, sailed in international waters off the coast of the Aleutian Islands. According to some reports, the ships belong to the same flotilla that was already sighted in this part of the Pacific Ocean in August.
Recall that on August 24, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces spotted four Chinese warships en route through the Sea of Japan to the east. This was reported in a press release from the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The report of the US Navy, in turn, says that the United States Coast Guard boats operated in the Alaska region, but their interaction with the PLA ships was peaceful and safe, and was carried out in accordance with generally accepted world standards.
The Chinese ships did indeed train and test their capabilities. There were no signs of aggressive behavior by the American naval officers. At the same time, such actions of the Chinese Navy have alerted the American side, as they demonstrate the development of the PLA Navy and its capabilities to operate in distant seas and unfamiliar waters in the future. Over time, the Chinese navy will pose an increasingly serious threat to the United States. It is with this that American fears are connected about the appearance of a PLA naval flotilla near Alaska.
On the other hand, the US Navy is much more likely than the PRC Navy to send its ships to the Chinese coast. In the Taiwan area, American warships are regularly present, so sooner or later China had to start a tactic of a symmetrical response.
The provocations of American warships in Beijing have always been viewed negatively, so the appearance of the PLA navy in Alaska was a reminder to the United States that such actions could cause discontent. Now Washington can feel in the place of Beijing. At the same time, the story with the deletion of the message from the Pentagon website is also interesting. It is possible that this was due to the fact that the United States does not want to show the vulnerability of its sea lines to the fleet of a potential enemy.
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