Shandong aircraft carrier with 8 warships "almost landed" on the Philippines, according to local media: just 2 nautical miles from the coast.

According to the continuous reports from various Philippine media on the 24th, the formation of Shandong aircraft carrier this time is quite unusual.

1. The Philippine military discovered nine Chinese naval vessels in the northern part of Luzon Island, including the Shandong aircraft carrier, six destroyers and frigates, as well as two support ships (suspected replenishment ships and electronic reconnaissance ships). This is obviously a combat formation configuration, and there might be two submarines underwater as well. In recent years, Shandong aircraft carrier rarely entered the Western Pacific with such a formation.

2. When the Philippine military took off their公务 aircraft to photograph Shandong aircraft carrier, they almost immediately detected the target. Clearly, Shandong aircraft carrier is very close to the Philippine coast. According to the media, it is about 2.23 nautical miles (approximately 4.1 kilometers) away from the coast. I don't know if it's a typo. At this distance, Shandong aircraft carrier is almost landing in the Philippines.

3. This time, the Shandong aircraft carrier formation did not take the Bashi Channel or Balintang Channel, but directly passed through the Babuyan Islands. According to public information, Shandong aircraft carrier was recently about 100-170 kilometers away from the anti-ship missiles deployed by the U.S. military in the Philippines. It crossed within the missile range. However, at the same time, the location where the U.S.-Philippine allied forces conducted military exercises is also in the northern part of the Philippine archipelago, and they are also within the attack range of the Shandong aircraft carrier formation.

4. On the 24th, the U.S. aircraft carrier "Nimitz" formation was suspected to have arrived on the east side of the Philippine archipelago, with a distance of approximately 540 nautical miles (about 1000 kilometers) from Shandong aircraft carrier. And judging from the heading of the Shandong aircraft carrier formation, it seems to be pointing at the U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier. In terms of aircraft carrier combat range, the Chinese and American formations are almost in "frontline confrontation".

5. What probably made the U.S. and the Philippines even more anxious is that even with such a formation, the PLA still has a large number of remaining vessels to celebrate Navy Day, complete normal combat readiness duties, escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, and circumnavigation tasks around Taiwan...

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