Cooperation with China! Spanish navy appears in the Western Pacific to conduct joint exercises with Japanese ships

In order to prevent China’s military expansion, the U.S. Seventh Fleet and The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force continue to work closely in the Western Pacific, but the Japanese side released photos on the official website, even the Spanish Navy ships also came all the way to join the exercise, the Japanese side of this move is intended to expand cooperation with the object to contain China.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force announced on its official website on the 26th of last month in the waters around the U.S. island of Guam, the Japanese frigate “Yuki” and the Spanish Navy ship “Juan Sebastián Elcano “Juan Sebastián de Elcano, with the aim of improving mutual understanding and trust between the Japanese and Spanish navies, and the subjects of the exercise were “communication training” and “tactical movement The exercise was conducted in the subjects of “communication training” and “tactical movement”.

According to Japan’s “Kyodo News” reported that the Maritime Self-Defense Force sent ships to combat piracy in the Somali waters of Africa, every year will be implemented several joint exercises with the Spanish military, but the two sides in the Pacific Ocean for joint military exercises “is rare”, the current situation in the Pacific Ocean is widely valued by Britain, Germany, France, the military of each country has decided to send ships. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are also interested in expanding their cooperation to achieve the purpose of holding China in check.

According to the Guam Post, the Spanish Navy ship “Juan Sebastián Elcano” came to the Pacific Ocean to practice with Japanese forces as part of the 500th anniversary of the Magellan expedition, which departed Guam on March 2 for Cebu, Philippines.