Posted on 11/12/2017 11:01:32 PM PST by iowamark
The U.S. Navy has announced that it will carry out a rare exercise this weekend in the western Pacific involving three aircraft carriers. The exercise will take place in the Sea of Japan east of the Korean peninsula and is intended to send a message to North Korea of America's security commitments in the region, according to U.S. officials.
"It is a rare opportunity to train with two aircraft carriers together, and even rarer to be able to train with three," said Adm. Scott Swift, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, in a statement.
"Multiple carrier strike force operations are very complex, and this exercise in the Western Pacific is a strong testament to the U.S. Pacific Fleet's unique ability and ironclad commitment to the continued security and stability," he added.
It is the first time since 2007 that the U.S. Navy has carried out such an exercise in the western Pacific; that exercise occurred off the coast of Guam.
The exercise will begin on Saturday and continue through Tuesday and will involve the USS Ronald Reagan, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Nimitz strike groups.
"The strike force plans to conduct air defense drills, sea surveillance, replenishments at sea, defensive air combat training, close-in coordinated maneuvers, and other training," said the statement from the Navy's 7th Fleet.
"Currently stationed in the vicinity of this peninsula are the three largest aircraft carriers in the world," President Donald Trump said Tuesday in his address to South Korea's National Assembly. The exercise will take place as Trump continues his visit to Asia.
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As long as they don’t run into any freighters.
POTUS should warn fat boy of a flyover, and have every aircraft in the fleet fly low over the norks. with afterburners.
Interesting, the relative lack of wake and cavitation or air introduced into the wake by the big carriers relative to many of the smaller escorts. Maybe that is due to the relatively low speed, so they’re not pushing much water out of the way. Also the carrier’s screws would be much deeper.
With the navy using large boats as bumper cars, this seems a bit crowded.
Plus, why are they publicizing this? Loose lips sink ships.
Multiple carrier strike force operations are very complex
“Tell me about it, round-eyes.”
—— Admiral Yamamoto, IJN
Plus, why are they publicizing this?
That is why we are doing it. If you do not practice the skills when it is peacetime, then you cannot do them during the stress of war.
Train like you fight.
Train like you mean it!
If it ain’t raining, it ain’t training.
No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. (So have plenty of Plan B’s)
yep
They want everybody in the world, especially in Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang, and Teheran to know and observe. A three carrier exercise is rare and complex, it is a massive show of strength that no other country could pull off, mainly because no other country has a single carrier of this type, let alone three of them.
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