
PLA East Sea Fleet has announced a six-day live-fire exercises in the East China Sea yesterday. Week before the exercise, on behalf of the 91,199 troops (Zhoushan Marine District), issued a circular announced that the waters of the closed areas of the forbidden line. The exercise area is 320 km away from Diaoyu Islands. It is reported that the Chinese Navy will be deployed in this exercise, the latest landing ships, frigates and destroyers, etc., as well as in the short-range missiles capable of firing 022 stealth speedboat. "Beijing Morning Post" refers to the exercise area of more than 2010 exercises in the same district, the size of the exercise is greater than two years ago.
Huang, Macau International Military Association, told this newspaper that this exercise scope and scale are greater than before, but rare only the forces released in the name, rather than released by the Department of Defense is low-key impression to the outside world, but also retained in response to the current situation of change to upgrade to a higher level space once the Japanese side to further act on the Diaoyu Islands, by the department of higher levels of sound, and even more after.
Large-scale non-Department of Defense released to stay after
Huang believes that the exercise will be, including the warship fleet, missile shooting subjects, landing exercises are most worth seeing, the surrounding situation naval battle in order to login as the ultimate goal, and the forced landing in the absence of the air and sea is to die. He said that past large-scale landing operation exercises to keep a low profile.
Huang pointed out that the East China Sea Fleet was formed for operations against Taiwan, but with the relaxation of the situation across the Taiwan Strait, the fleet is in transition, "has been the Japanese Self-Defense Forces as an imaginary enemy, which is no doubt." Huang said that the strength of the East China Sea Fleet is improved rapidly, has been ranked the second place of China's three major fleets.
No control of the air command of the sea, such as die
In recent years, the East China Sea Fleet in a targeted manner to strengthen the submarine and anti-submarine equipment, with Japan leading in this regard are not unrelated, in addition the constant updating of landing ships and warships, said Huang, landing must compete for the Diaoyu Islands, and even on the island the garrison, which can show that China's military presence and the declaration of sovereignty. But he also said that the Japanese Navy both merits and demerits, but the U.S. is ready to intervene if China wants to have great difficulty in the East China Sea and Japan to compete against.
Shanghai Politics and Law College of sea power strategy and defense policy, director of the Institute of Ni Lexiong said the East China Sea Fleet to shoulder the task of maritime defense of China's most developed regions, near Japan and South Korea, Hawaii, in the future also have a breakthrough in the United States the first island chain, the second island chain, direct breakthrough into the U.S. backyard capacity, "the ultimate strategic task is to cut off the United States and Asia."