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@ianellisjones
Apr 30, 2023 โ€ข 9 tweets โ€ข 4 min read โ€ข Read on X
Pacific Theatre Update ๐Ÿ‘€

Done:
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ "Major military activity" & training
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Pacific Fleet "high alert" & drills
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Combined exercises
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Exercise Balikatan

Ongoing:
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Spy satellite launch
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Drills
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Paracel
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Spratly
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Response to ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธP-8 Poseidon๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ & Subs in ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Also watching movements of key naval assets:

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shandong Carrier Strike Group

Transited Bashi Channel on 24-04 & likely headed for port after 3 weeks in the Philippine Sea

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Nimitz CSG

Departs Thailand 29-04

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 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 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ & ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ:
A reminder about my maps & analysis:
Latest: In a statement, the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ State Department criticized ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณย China's "harassment and intimidation" of ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ 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 inโ€ฆ twitter.com/i/web/status/1โ€ฆ
North Korea update:

In Washington, ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท President Yoon held a summit with ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ President Biden and announced the adoption of the โ€œWashington Declaration,โ€ under which the US will share information on nuclear and strategic operations and planning and regularly deploy strategic assetsโ€ฆ twitter.com/i/web/status/1โ€ฆ
The ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท French Navy is also active in the region, operating with ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia is also exercising in the region, participating in Exercise #Balikatan23 with ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ and now drilling with ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Location of @USNavy ships released today by @NavalInstitute:

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Sep 16
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Last week, Russia launched exercise โ€œOcean 2024,โ€ its largest naval drill of the post-Soviet era, alongside China in the Pacific
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โ€ข 400+ warships, subs, & support vessels
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โ€ข 90,000+ troops
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- Eisenhower, Truman, & Ford sailed together in a rare multi-carrier formation
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F-35B Squadrons are deployed and operate frequently in the Middle East, but the F-35C has additional payload and fuel capacity, extended range (due to no vertical landing capability), and is catapult-launched (which requires less gas to take off).
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Incredible pics โ€” 3x U.S. Navy aircraft carriers sail in multi-carrier formation & conduct an ordinance transfer in the Atlantic Ocean ๐Ÿ‘€

Not something you see every day. @TheCVN69 @USSHARRYSTRUMAN @CVN78_GRFord Image
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and the worldโ€™s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sail in formation in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 24, 2024.

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