All three countries, China, Russia, and North Korea, have realized that attacking the U.S. aircraft carrier is no longer important; the priority should be to strike Japan's missile bases.

Japan's long-range missiles simultaneously threaten China, Russia, and North Korea

The situation in the Asia-Pacific region has undergone a turning-point transformation! The US aircraft carrier battle groups and US air force bases have always been the decisive weapons for the United States to interfere in the situation in East Asia.

Whether it is Russia, North Korea, or us, for decades we have been working hard and solidly developing various anti-carrier weapons. The DF-17 hypersonic missile, the DF-21 anti-ship ballistic missile, the DF-26 anti-ship ballistic missile, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile, the Zircon hypersonic missile, all the way to various Mars missiles.

Once the US aircraft carrier battle group enters the East Asian region, it directly enters the missile strike area! Aircraft carriers are essentially a high-cost-effective weapon that takes advantage of their size to dominate smaller ones.

However, in modern warfare, the principle of "detect and destroy" has led to the development of multiple air-launched, shipborne, submarine-launched, hypersonic long-range anti-ship missiles. In short, an aircraft carrier is basically a floating airport or base for fighter jets and aircraft. However, we have developed various high-performance weapons to attack aircraft carrier airports.

US aircraft carriers can still show off in Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East! But in the East China Sea, US aircraft carriers no longer have a dominant position. Once a conflict breaks out, any US aircraft carrier that appears will be subjected to continuous missile attacks.

Even the air superiority over East Asia is about to be lost! Modern warfare boils down to air superiority being everything. However, how can the US maintain air superiority in the first island chain now? The location of US military bases is fixed, and they will be wiped out in the first wave of attacks at the start of the war.

Moreover, with the complex maintenance requirements of the modern US F-35A stealth fighter, using field airports instead is unthinkable. Even if the US aircraft carrier could survive the continuous missile attacks, how many carrier-based aircraft would there be to suppress at least 30 land-based aviation divisions on the East Asian mainland?

The US military's tactics have completely changed. The US is establishing multi-domain task forces, developing medium-range missiles, and hypersonic missiles. It aims to control the sea and land with missiles.

The US has already begun deploying the "Tiber" missile system in Japan. Under circumstances where the US cannot gain air and sea superiority, it can launch medium-range missile strikes.

The US "Tiber" missile system deployed in Japan mainly includes the Tomahawk cruise missile with a range of 2000 kilometers, and the Standard 6 missile with a range of 500 kilometers. Soon, the US will also deploy its newly developed "Dark Horse" medium-range hypersonic missile.

When something happens, the Japanese missile bases must be struck first

The US is also deploying AN/TPS-80 ground-to-air mission-directed radars on Okinawa Island, as well as more mobile anti-ship missile systems of the US Marine Corps. The US NSM anti-ship missile launchers can be transported by C-130 transport planes, helicopters, and various ships, primarily deployed in the first island chain to carry out maritime target blockade operations.

The US has deployed long-range missiles in Japan, which now cover parts of our country, Russia, and North Korea. If the US long-range missile system is deployed to the Ryukyu Islands, it will pose a threat to our southeast coastal areas.

If the US long-range missile system is deployed to Hokkaido, Japan, it will directly threaten the Russian Far East region, the Pacific Fleet base of the Russian military, and the long-range air force bases of the Russian military.

Especially for North Korea, the US mid-range missile system in Japan can already cover most of North Korea's artillery positions, command centers, and military factories.

Once something happens in the Asia-Pacific region, the US aircraft carriers and land-based air forces will no longer be the main force but rather secondary troops. The US will use medium-range missiles, anti-ship missiles, Dark Horse hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles in the Philippines, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands to conduct large-scale missile attacks and intercept.

Therefore, the issue in the Asia-Pacific region will shift from how to strike the US aircraft carriers and how to seize air superiority to how to quickly strike the US missile bases in the Philippines, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands to achieve a rapid de-militarization.

What will happen if the US missile bases, naval bases, and air bases in the Asia-Pacific region are destroyed by missiles? Russia will begin to rebuild the Soviet Union and weaken some NATO countries.

North Korea will gain military strength and may begin a peninsula operation. Iran will trigger a new wave of anti-American sentiment in the Middle East, further undermining America's dominance in the Middle East.

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