Pacific Theatre Update 👀
Done:
🇨🇳 "Major military activity" & training
🇷🇺 Pacific Fleet "high alert" & drills
🇰🇷🇯🇵🇺🇸 Combined exercises
🇵🇭🇦🇺🇺🇸 Exercise Balikatan
Ongoing:
🇰🇵 Spy satellite launch
🇸🇬🇨🇳 Drills
🇻🇳🇨🇳 Paracel
🇵🇭🇨🇳 Spratly
🇨🇳 Response to 🇺🇸P-8 Poseidon🇹🇼 & Subs in 🇰🇷
Also watching movements of key naval assets:
🇨🇳 Shandong Carrier Strike Group
Transited Bashi Channel on 24-04 & likely headed for port after 3 weeks in the Philippine Sea
🇺🇸 Nimitz CSG
Departs Thailand 29-04
🇺🇸 Makin Island Amphibious Group
Last known location: Philippines
This year marks the 38th and largest-ever iteration of the prominent annual military exercise between the 🇵🇭 & 🇺🇸:
A reminder about my maps & analysis:
Latest: In a statement, the 🇺🇸 State Department criticized 🇨🇳 China's "harassment and intimidation" of 🇵🇭 Philippine vessels in the contested SCS waterway. It added any attack on Philippine armed forces would trigger a US response.
The US "stands with our Philippine allies in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
North Korea update:
In Washington, 🇰🇷 President Yoon held a summit with 🇺🇸 President Biden and announced the adoption of the “Washington Declaration,” under which the US will share information on nuclear and strategic operations and planning and regularly deploy strategic assets… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The 🇫🇷 French Navy is also active in the region, operating with 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇺🇸
🇦🇺 Australia is also exercising in the region, participating in Exercise #Balikatan23 with 🇵🇭🇺🇸 and now drilling with 🇯🇵
Location of @USNavy ships released today by @NavalInstitute:
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