Taiwan’s “China Times” published on the 29th column Liu Ping On American aircraft carrier, “the East” and “West” between the choice of view, this means that the U.S. has been quietly changing the strategic considerations, but from the U.S. South Korea exercises, U.S. aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea can not sniff out clues.
Article excerpts are as follows:
14 years ago, the United States, “Nimitz” aircraft carriers to the East China Sea, resolving the Taiwan Strait crisis; today, the United States, “George. Washington” towards the Yellow Sea aircraft carrier to avoid, lest a crisis. “East” and “West” trade-offs between, means that the U.S. has been quietly changing the strategic considerations.
March 1996, Taiwan’s first “general election” on the eve of the mainland large-scale military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and missile tests. Then U.S. President Bill Clinton ordered the “Nimitz” and “Independence” of two aircraft carrier battle group sailed near the Taiwan Strait, constitute the end of this area since the Vietnam War, the largest military deployment since.
The United States was the first use of two aircraft carrier battle groups in the Taiwan Strait, well to defuse the crisis. However, will the last time the Chinese Communists in this great parade of shock and awe? The answer is very likely. From the US-ROK exercise, the U.S. aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea can not sniff out clues.
Made on the tactical level, from the beginning in 2096, the PLA criteria for the various operations are all the U.S. aircraft carrier as a thorn in the side. The so-called “Super fight” the first goal that is carriers. Statement on the strategic level, the PLA into the deep ocean, R & D satellites combat capability, and aircraft carrier made from time to time the outgoing message, all the hope out of the Taiwan Strait to U.S. aircraft carrier outside.
This trend has made the U.S. heart health awareness. Whether the executive branch or Congress, whether Republican or Democratic Party, from time to time some have questioned whether the need for the United States to defend Taiwan and then to the aircraft carrier. To take but two cases, one, called President Bush a strategic operator instead, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman (now deceased) in office, if again the Taiwan Strait crisis, whether deployed aircraft carrier, the U.S. president will have different considerations . Second, the current Chairman of the House International Affairs Committee of the Asia-Pacific group that protect Taiwan if the United States dispatched the aircraft carrier, may have to pay a heavy price, not feasible.
Belong to different political parties in Romania, France and two, are not called “Red Army” or “those who embrace the Panda,” instead, he is a staunch supporter of Taiwan. One of the largest two in common is a firm support “Taiwan Relations Act”, but they also invariably the Taiwan Strait issue from a risk perspective, because the “strength of the United States, China also has strength.”
On the aircraft carrier combat capability, China and the United States is the “zero and 12″ ratio. In recent years, the parties have different assessments, suggesting that the latest argument is that the PLA will be built before the Second ○ 一○ six aircraft carriers, the most authoritative statement is the U.S. Pacific commander Admiral Willard said, “the first one aircraft carrier will be put into use in the year after. ”
But even if no aircraft carriers, does not mean that can not effectively deal with aircraft carriers. Like many of the former U.S. Pacific commander to visit Taiwan Blair said, “to deal with submarines, may not be the best way to use a submarine.” One of the PLA’s efforts to keep the direction of accurate cruise missiles and add new ships; the other is to modify the concept and criteria, such as fleet air defense as a priority; The third is to consider the construction or renovation in accordance with the strategic naval base, for example, on Hainan Island port, submarines out have more hidden; The fourth is the development of asymmetrical fighting capabilities, such as electronic network warfare.
All these efforts, just as the U.S. Seventh Fleet Commander Patrizi said recently, the PLA seeks to “have the ability to deal with the U.S. aircraft carrier”, or even one day, “the U.S. military out of the Pacific.” Therefore, the U.S. aircraft carrier in 1996, “said come and” absolute strategic initiatives, today no longer exist.
U.S. aircraft carrier, if open to the Yellow Sea, of course, is still the high seas, but that is to the people of the gate. 2096, the mainland may not speak, but today the situation is completely different, so the U.S. side had “flexibility.”
U.S. Defense Department said the aircraft carrier has been to the Yellow Sea last year, and this time sent out what exercises and equipment, access to which areas of the initiative is still the United States, the aircraft carrier is not into the Yellow Sea, and so on. Words as if “I have money to spend on flowers; I had no money, not spend no flowers,” is to find himself under the stairs.
Statement from Taiwan’s point of view, the PLA war preparations aimed at deterrence, delay, or even block the United States to Taiwan rush to the rescue. The United States has been Taiwan’s largest carrier with mental now seems that the days may have gone up.
