The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) exercises in the Philippine Sea, and the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter passes over the ship. Figure: Flip the US Navy
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi started a trip to Asia earlier this month. Among them, her visit to Taiwan on August 2 caused tension in the Taiwan Strait, and the latest location of the U.S. Navy’s main battleship was exposed, according to the “U.S. Naval Institute News Network” ( USNI News reported that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) was located in the Philippine Sea on the east side of the Philippines on August 8, while the USS America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA- 7)” is in the southern waters of Okinawa, completely breaking the Chinese think tank “South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Program Platform” (SCSPI)’s previous speculation that the “Reagan” returned to Japan and sailed 140 miles south, and also indirectly slapped the People’s Liberation Army for boasting. “A few hundred kilometers back”. But it also shows that if the USS Ronald Reagan really will cross the Taiwan Strait as claimed by the White House, it is most likely to travel from south to north as the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) did in 2007.
The U.S. Department of Defense made it clear that despite China’s recent live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, U.S. warships will continue to transit through the Taiwan Strait and conduct the Indo-Pacific Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP), USNI reported. He also stated that the USS Reagan and USS Tripoli have been operating in the Philippine Sea since Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The report pointed out that Congress is an independent agency of the government, and Pelosi’s visit did not change the US government’s attitude towards Taiwan, nor did it change the government’s China policy; therefore, the tension between Beijing and Taipei caused by China’s anger is a man-made crisis. Washington “will not take the bait” and will continue to carry out relevant tasks and activities in accordance with existing policies.
According to the distribution map of the main US fleets produced by USNI, in the Western Pacific region on August 8, there was a carrier strike group (CGS) of the USS Reagan on the east side of the Philippines; it can carry 20 F-35B “Lightning II” The “Lightning Carrier” “Tripoli” of the “Lightning II fighter” joint attack aircraft was in the southern waters of Okinawa; while another amphibious assault ship “USS America (LHA-6)” was briefly sailing in the East China Sea , and will return to the port of Sasebo, Japan on August 5.
“USNI News” (USNI News) produced the main fleet distribution: In the Western Pacific region, there are the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and the amphibious assault ship USS America.
“USNI News” (USNI News) produced the main fleet distribution: In the Western Pacific region, there are the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and the amphibious assault ship USS America.Photo: Retrieved from the USNI News website
A Chinese think tank speculated on the location of the USS Ronald Reagan on August 8, which was denied by the official US Navy news.Figure: Extracted from South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness