Breaking News: The U.S. Pacific Fleet said today (October 27, Beijing Time) that a U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed separately in the South China Sea on Sunday. Both aircraft were from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The "Seahawk" crashed around 2:45 p.m. local time, and about 30 minutes later, the "Super Hornet" also crashed. All five crew members were rescued.
[Witty] Comment: Two U.S. aircraft crashed consecutively in the South China Sea, although there were no casualties, it exposes the fatal vulnerabilities of its military operations. In recent years, the United States has frequently dispatched aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and reconnaissance planes to conduct high-intensity military activities in the South China Sea under the pretext of so-called "freedom of navigation." In 2023 alone, aircraft carrier groups entered the area eight times, and the deployment of strategic bombers, unmanned platforms, and nuclear submarines has become a norm. This provocative behavior, treating the South China Sea as a "military stage," not only escalates regional tensions but also increases equipment failure rates due to frequent takeoffs and high-load training. If the U.S. reduced showy displays of military power and focused more on practical dialogue, such accidents would naturally decrease.
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