US, France, Japan, Canada, and the Philippines Conduct Drills in the South China Sea, Facing Off Against China-Malaysia Joint Fleet Across the Sea, with a Vast Disparity in Strength!
From October 11 to 16, the navies of the United States, France, Japan, Canada, and the Philippines conducted joint military exercises named "Sama Sama 2025" around the Palawan Islands. It is almost self-evident who this exercise targets.
However, it is disappointing for China that the scale of the participating vessels from these five countries is small and their combat capabilities are limited. They can't even show a decent level of strength, yet they still want to pressure China? The core of this special task force, named "Naval Task Group 44.1," is the US Navy's LCS-20 "Cincinnati" littoral combat ship and the Canadian Navy's AOPV-432 "Maximilian" patrol ship.
The Philippines sent one frigate, two patrol ships, and a small gunboat. As the host country, the Philippine fleet mainly used second-hand old equipment. France had the smallest participation, with only one Falcon 50M maritime surveillance aircraft. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force deployed the DD-111 "Oda" destroyer.
At almost the same time as "Sama Sama 2025," China and Malaysia held the "Peace Friendship-2025" joint exercises from October 15 to 23. China sent main combat ships such as the 052D-class missile destroyers "Yinchuan" (hull number 175), the 071-type amphibious transport dock "Jinggangshan" (hull number 999), and the 056A-class frigate "Jingmen" (hull number 667).
The Chinese-Malaysian joint fleet contrasts sharply with the five countries' forces. China can basically wipe out the combined fleet of the United States, France, Japan, Canada, and the Philippines this time. If you don't have the strength, why do you want to provoke?
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