British carrier Queen Elizabeth arrives in Guam▶ Click here for a larger view
The latest British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth (65,000 tons), which will visit Korea at the end of this month or early next month, has arrived in Guam in the Pacific Ocean.
The British carrier is likely to conduct joint exercises with the US nuclear-powered carrier, the USS Carl Vinson (100,000 tons), which is heading towards the Pacific Ocean to participate in the US Navy’s largest training exercise. The display of power between the United States and its allies, which is trying to contain China in the Indo-Pacific, is expanding further.
According to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on the 8th, the Queen Elizabeth carrier group docked at Afra Naval Base in Guam on the 6th.
The Queen Elizabeth Carrier Group, which the British set sail to the Indo-Pacific region at the end of May, consisted of eight ships, including two destroyers, two frigates, two support ships, and one submarine. escorting
The carrier is carrying eight British F-35B stealth fighter jets and ten US Navy F-35Bs.
“The deployment of British carriers in the Asia-Pacific region is the first in nearly 25 years,” the US military said.
“The participation of the United Kingdom in our training and operations in the Pacific, as one of our most powerful and skilled allies, represents a deep relationship in defense and deterrence of the enemy,” he said.
This explanation by the US military suggests that the British carrier will conduct joint exercises with the US Carl Vinson Carrier Group in the Pacific Ocean.
The Carl Vinson leaving the port of San Diego, USA.▶ Click here for a larger view
The Carl Vinson is sailing in the Pacific Ocean from its home port, San Diego, California, USA on the 2nd (local time). The carrier is scheduled to participate in the US’ LSE-2021 (Large-Scale Exercise 2021).
The exercise, which will be held in the Pacific, Black Sea, and Mediterranean Seas from the 3rd to the 16th, is jointly hosted by the US Pacific Fleet Command and the US Navy’s European Command. It is said to be the largest single U.S. Navy exercise since 1981.
In response, the Korea Institute for Military Studies said, “The LSE-2021 exercise is not just a carrier strike group, but is a part of a ‘multi-domain naval operation’ to respond to threats from Russia and China under the supervision of the Fleet Command. A level of counter-response to it,” he analyzed.
The Carl Vinson was the first carrier to carry the F-35C stealth fighter modified for the U.S. Navy.
The F-35C outperforms its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter in performance, including being able to operate in higher-risk areas, detecting targets at much greater distances, and relaying sensor data more efficiently. surpass
In addition, the CMV-22B Osprey, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft for troop transport that replaced the fleet transport aircraft C-2A, was mounted for the first time. It is designed to carry up to 2,700 kg of cargo and troops.
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