USS Ronald Reagan flees after PLA begins live fire military exercises around Taiwan

[Feng Leng]

LOL what a humiliation for USA. Chinese state media says the US military ran away with its tail between its legs. The USS Ronald Reagan stands no chance against the PLA Eastern Battle Command.

 

[Feng Leng]

US warplanes’ presence ‘chance for PLA to train for electronic warfare’

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1198023.shtml

US forces are increasing intelligence gathering of the military deployment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) around potential battlefields, Chinese mainland military experts said on Monday, after Taiwan media reported a US B-1B bomber flied near the island on Sunday. Experts said that the Chinese military should also be prepared for a potential conflict.

US warplanes' frequent presence in the East and South China seas are adding uncertainty and danger in the region, but it doesn't mean the current situation could turn into another Taiwan Straits crisis as in 1995-96, because the US has no advantage in the region, and the Trump administration is incapable of planning a major military conflict with China, experts said.

Increasing reconnaissance missions is what the US normally does before a massive military operation, so the PLA needs to follow its own plan to prepare for a potential conflict, especially with the US, once the US crosses the bottom line, Song stressed.

Another Taiwan Straits crisis?

Xu said, so far, the US dares not to send its aircraft carriers to the Taiwan Straits, and only sent warplanes, since they know the aircraft carrier is slow and easy to spot, while warplanes are more flexible and can leave the region immediately. "The US knows it can't threaten China as it did in the 1990s."

In 1990s, the PLA didn't have enough power to effectively destroy the US fleets, so the US dared to intervene. But now, the PLA Navy's combat capability can even block the eastern side of Taiwan island, and its ballistic missiles can easily destroy US military bases and naval ports in the Western Pacific, Song said.

"This is why the mainland is becoming more confident and determined to defend its core interests and sovereignty despite US military presence in the region," he noted.

More and more Chinese observers are worried that the Trump administration could use Taiwan to provoke China ahead of the US presidential election. But Xu said Trump's team is suffering from domestic pressures and lacks strategic vision, so they are unable to make a massive military plan to confront a country like China.

"Chinese military forces are keeping their eye on US bases in the Western Pacific. As long as the aircraft carriers strike groups and US Marines' amphibious assault ships aren't sent out, we don't need to be overly anxious," Xu said.

On electronic intelligence aircraft and bombers from US bases, Xu said that "they provide opportunities for PLA radar forces, air force and navy to train for electronic warfare. Having the US Air Force serve as a 'simulated enemy' in a drill helps the PLA prepare for actual combat."

The Taiwan authority also ordered their fighter pilots not to fire the first shot without instructions from the island's "air force combatant command." Otherwise, they will be punished, Taiwan media chinatimes.com reported on Monday.

 

[Dalit]

Good move by USS Ronald Reagan. It stood little chance.

 

[Robin rone]

LoL propaganda at its finest ...

 

[Feng Leng]

Taiwan excluded from RIMPAC war games as US avoids crossing Beijing’s red line

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/mil...-renews-order-pilots-not-fire-first-shot-amid

• Self-ruled island had been hoping to join the two-week drill that began on Monday as an observer
• Meanwhile, its air force has told pilots to avoid ‘misfiring’ when sent to repel fighter jets from the mainland

Taiwan has been excluded from the US-led Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in what analysts see as a sign that Washington is treading carefully to avoid crossing Beijing’s red line on the self-ruled island.

The two-week RIMPAC – the world’s largest international maritime drill held by the US every second year – kicked off on Monday in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Led by the US Navy, it brings together naval forces primarily from the Pacific Rim – this year South Korea, Canada, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, Brunei and France – to promote regional stability and cooperation. More than half the 25 countries that took part in the last RIMPAC drill are not participating this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Taiwan had been hoping to join the war games, hoping stronger ties with the US would help it to get an invitation to participate as an observer, but it was not forthcoming. Military spokesman Shih Shun-wen confirmed on Monday that the island’s defence ministry had not received an invitation to take part, however he stressed that the “cooperation between Taiwan and the US will benefit regional stability”.

Late last month Shih said Taiwan wanted to take part. “We are interested in participating in RIMPAC as an observer as it would enable us to learn from the cooperative training and humanitarian assistance operations,” he said.

Washington’s decision not to grant Taiwan observer status comes as relations have deteriorated across the Taiwan Strait, and as Beijing, Washington and Taipei seek to calm the tensions. Beijing considers Taiwan to be part of mainland territory, and has not ruled out the use of force to bring the island under its control.

In Taiwan, Beijing-friendly newspaper China Times on Monday reported that the island’s air force had renewed an order for its pilots to avoid “misfiring” when they were dispatched to repel fighter jets from the mainland and other aircraft “intruding” into Taiwan’s airspace.

“Only experienced pilots will be sent to take the lead in any operations monitoring the [intruding] warplanes, to avoid misfiring,” the report said, quoting Taiwanese military sources.

“In order to strictly avoid accidents that may trigger military incidents, pilots have been instructed that they cannot fire the first shot without a direct order from the air force command,” the report said. “Any pilots who violate the order will face legal action [from the military].”

A spokesman for Taiwan’s defence ministry declined to comment on the report.


Another humiliating episode for El Presidente Thump