China’s Liaoning tops the list of the world’s worst active aircraft carriers.
Recently, a series of scandals broke out as the Liaoning aircraft carrier group headed south to the Western Pacific to show off its force. The latest satellite photos show that the Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group was surrounded by a lot of activity on the morning of the 26th, in addition to the U.S. Burke class destroyer “interfering” with the Liaoning group. The U.S. Ticonderoga-class cruisers and electric reconnaissance planes are here.
On the morning of April 27, the military fan blog “New‧Elderly Seventh Army Military Miscellany” shared an instant satellite photo on Facebook, saying that on the morning of April 26, in the eastern waters of Taiwan, 200 kilometers south of Ishigaki Island, the U.S. Burke class destroyer and the Ticonderoga class cruiser sailed close to the Chinese Liaoning. “The U.S. Navy’s Burke class destroyers and Ticonderoga class cruisers kept a sailing distance of nearly 10 kilometers from the Liaoning and continued to “escort” it around the Liaoning.
Another Facebook posting said that on the morning of the 27th, the U.S. military sent out another RC-135W electric reconnaissance aircraft, which took off from Okinawa, turned to the Bus Strait via eastern Taiwan and entered the southwestern waters, accompanied by KC-135T refueling aircraft, and in the process also monitored the Liaoning ship, which was sailing close to the Miyako waterway, together with friendly ships on the sea.
According to instant satellite photos, the Liaoning was surrounded by a lot of activity on the morning of the 26th, with a Burke class destroyer and a Ticonderoga class cruiser.
Netizens have left comments laughing: “How thoughtful, escorting the ship for so long”, “The Americans are so nice, escorting the Liaoning all the way and rescuing it at any time”, etc.
The day before that, the Twitter account “OSINT-1”, which tracks the movement of public ships, released satellite photos of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation and the U.S. military on the 26th. The Liaoning is seen off the eastern coast of Taiwan, near the Miyako Strait.
In the vicinity of the Liaoning carrier group are the 054A guided missile frigate Huanggang, the 052D guided missile destroyers Chengdu and Taiyuan, the 055 missile destroyer Nanchang, and the 054 missile destroyer. “Nanchang” and the 901-class integrated supply ship “Hulunhu”, which is responsible for supply.
The U.S. Army’s Burke class destroyer was mixed into the Liaoning carrier escort group, “inserted” in front of the 901 integrated supply ship and followed closely behind the Liaoning carrier battle group, while the 901 integrated supply ship was left at the end of the line and was about to fail to keep up with the ships ahead.
The netizens laughed at this and said, “The U.S. military really wants to follow you all the way to Shanghai or Qingdao”, “There may be U.S. nuclear submarines under the water as well”, “Burke just wants to follow you around the South China Sea”. .
The satellite photos do not identify the U.S. Burke-class destroyer that blended into the Liaoning carrier battle group.
However, on April 4, the USS Mustin (DDG-89), a Burke-class guided missile destroyer, was in the Philippine Sea, watching the Liaoning from a close distance, with the captain and vice captain on deck, laughing at the Liaoning. “The captain and vice captain of the ship were on the deck, laughing at the Liaoning.
“The captain of the USS Mastin crossed his feet and watched the Liaoning, a Chinese aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy official website)
In early April, the Liaoning led a number of warships from the Miyako Strait through the Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea for exercises. At the same time, the destroyer USS Muscatine sailed from the waters near the mouth of the Yangtze River to monitor the Liaoning’s southward progress.
The aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt and the F-35C amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island met in the South China Sea for a military exercise intended to deter the Chinese Communist Party. After that, the U.S. destroyer USS McCain crossed the Taiwan Strait, and two U.S. destroyers responded in time in Taiwan waters, one east and one west, heating up the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
The USS Roosevelt and USS Makin Island sailed to the Taiwan Strait after a drill in the South China Sea. “The Liaoning ship ended the drill hastily and headed north. Some military experts tease that the Liaoning is worried about the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier copying its back path and quickly fleeing like a bird of prey.
Satellite photos reveal at least three U.S. ships monitoring the Liaoning
Since April 12, a satellite photo circulated online showing the Liaoning carrier formation in place off Hainan Island’s East Coast, about 290 kilometers from Sanya Port.
As time passed, more and more U.S. destroyers went to the scene to “observe” the Liaoning carrier formation, which was not moving in place. Netizens laughed and said that the Liaoning became a Netflix spot.
On April 14, photos taken by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite showed that there were at least three U.S. Burke class destroyers monitoring the Liaoning, on the left, right and rear of the ship. 3 directions.
Photos taken by the European Space Agency’s Earth observation satellite Sentinel 2 show 1 of the Liaoning, 2 of the Huanggang, 3 of the Hulunhu, 4 of the Chengdu and Taiyuan, 5 of the Nanchang, and 6 of the three U.S. Burke-class destroyers. (Taken from OSINT)
A netizen obtained a satellite photo from the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) database, showing the location of the Liaoning and its five escort ships to the southwest of Macclesfield Bank in the Central Sands. At least three of the Burke class destroyers sent by the U.S. military to monitor the Liaoning formation were deployed in close proximity to the Liaoning.
At the time, the Twitter account “shiwenye3” shared a high-definition image and a video of the Liaoning. The video captures the entire landing of the Liaoning aircraft carrier by the Chinese J-15s. Dr. Bo, a Twitter user who follows military topics, said that the fact that the Liaoning’s takeoff and landing was filmed in its entirety shows that the Communist forces are incapable of expelling the aircraft.
“The Liaoning was accompanied by Japanese frigates while it was at sea. (Web screenshot)
This was followed by Western media. The photos widely reprinted on the Internet show that the Liaoning was not only monitored by the U.S. military but also accompanied by Japanese frigates during its suspected stopover at sea. According to Japanese media, the photos speculate that it may be a Japanese Murayu or Takanami class frigate.
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