Following the deployment of a Chinese carrier strike group built around the aircraft carrier Liaoning for operations near Japanese waters, considerable attention has been drawn to the capabilities of the warships and aircraft forming the core of the group’s combat capabilities.
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The carrier strike group led by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy warship Liaoning on December 7 began training flights in the Pacific Ocean, after the ships passed through waters off Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. Takeoff and landing drills from the aircraft carrier were the first to be confirmed in waters near Japan in several months, and have been speculated to have been initiated in response to a rise in tensions between the two countries.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force has concluded a deployment of F-35A fifth generation fighter aircraft as part of an integrated air and missile defence mission under NATO’s Allied Air Command. The deployment was initiated in August in response to rising tensions with Russia, amid ongoing Western participation in the Russian-Ukrainian War.
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For decades, the Air Force has deployed and operated two elements of America’s nuclear triad – bombers and land-based ICBMs (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles). The Navy controls the third leg – submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). As a part of deterring missile attacks on America and on US forces overseas, the Army plays a vital role in defending against incoming missiles.
The Navy is the latest service to get into the information warfare fight. On Friday, Naval Information Forces stood up the Information Warfare Squadron Two, the first of a new kind of naval intelligence unit meant to support carrier strike groups.
The new unit, to be based on the East Coast, was officially activated in a ceremony on Dec. 5 in Norfolk, Virginia, according to a release shared by the Navy on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, or DVIDS.
Plans for the new type of squadron were approved in June by the Fleet Commanders’ Readiness Council. Vice Adm.
December 7, 1941, is a date which will live in infamy. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor took the lives of 2,403 Americans, wounded 1,178, and served as the catalyst for America’s entry into World War II. Multiple factors, like Japanese misinformation, American focus on the war in Europe, and the fact that the attack took place on a Sunday, contributed to the high loss of American life that day. Despite the surprise nature of the attack and the low state of readiness of American military forces in Hawaii, American servicemen fought back valiantly.
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Every year on Dec. 7, we pause to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor. But here’s the thing: it’s more than a history lesson. For anyone wearing the uniform today, Pearl Harbor isn’t just about what happened more than 80 years ago. It’s about what could happen tomorrow morning if we’re not paying attention.
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The numbers still hit hard. In just over an hour on that Sunday morning in 1941, Japanese forces killed 2,403 Americans and wounded another 1,178. They sank or damaged 19 ships and destroyed more than 180 aircraft.
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A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 carrier based fighter operating from the aircraft carrier Liaoning formed a radar lock on a Japanese F-15 fighter over international waters southeast of Okinawa Island on December 6. Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi quickly confirmed the incident, with the Japanese government issuing a protest through diplomatic and defence channels. This was the first time Japan publicly disclosed an incident in which a Chinese military aircraft directed its radar at a Japanese aircraft.