Four Japanese -American and British aircraft carriers are jointly exercised in the waters near Okinawa, and the Chinese army invades the Taiwan air defense identification area with a large formation.

　On October 4, the Maritime Self -Defense Force announced that it had jointly exercised with the U.S. Navy, the United Kingdom, the Dutch Navy, the Canadian Navy, and the New Zealand Navy in the southwestern west west area of Okinawa from October 2 to October 3.。

　If the helicopter escort ship "Ise" is a helicopter aircraft carrier, the destroyer "Kirishima" is destroyed, and the escort ship "Yamagiri" is a frigate, these six joint fleets are aircraft carriers x 4, cruiser x 2, destroyer x 4, frigate x 5., Supply ship x 2 is a total of 17 ships.

Participating ships (bold are aircraft carriers)

1. 日：護衛艦「いせ」・「きりしま」・「やまぎり」
2. 米：空母「ロナルド・レーガン」・「カール・ヴィンソン」、巡洋艦「シャイロー」・「レイク・シャンプレーン」、駆逐艦「ザ・サリバンズ」・「チャフィー」
3. 英：空母「クイーン・エリザベス」、駆逐艦「ディフェンダー」、フリゲート「ケント」、補給艦「フォート・ビクトリア」・「タイドスプリング」
4. 蘭：フリゲート「エファーツェン」
5. 加：フリゲート「ウィニペグ」
6. 新：フリゲート「テ・カハ」

　The British Navy's aircraft carrier "Queen Elizabeth" and the companion ships have come as a CSG21 on the Far East expedition, and the Dutch frigate "Efatesen" and the American destroyer The Salibunds are also members of CSG21.

　The U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan, which is the home port of Yokosuka, has returned after the support mission for Afghan withdrawal.The carrier "Karl Vinson" has advanced from the West Coast of the United States as a fill in the West Pacific Ocean of "Ronald Reagan".

　In this way, an unusual situation has been created in which three US and British aircraft carriers meet together in the waters.The Japan Maritime Self -Defense Force welcomed this, and the Canadian Navy and the New Zealand Navy jumped in and formed a joint fleet in the six countries to check China.

Chinese army movement

　Since October 1, the Chinese army has invaded the large formation of the Taiwanese air defense identification sphere (ADIZ), as if it were every day.This may have been conducting and conducting a mock -like attack on three US and British aircraft carriers in the vicinity, rather than a direct check to Taiwan.

　As an estimate, the US -UK's three -piece hitting group may be heading from the waters near Okinawa to the South China Sea while joining, and from the Chinese side, it may be compatible with this movement.

中華民國國防部 > 國防消息 > 即時軍事動態

1. 10月1日・38機侵入
2. 10月2日・39機侵入　（沖縄南西・6カ国合同演習）
3. 10月3日・16機侵入　（沖縄南西・6カ国合同演習）
4. 10月4日・56機侵入

* There were two announcements on October 4, with 56 aircraft, including 4 invasions and 52 invasions.

* Since the air defense identification area (Adiz) is not a territory, it does not violate international law.

Entering the South China Sea of CSG21

* The British aircraft carrier hitting group CSG21 announced on Twitter that after a joint exercise in the six countries, it passed the Louszon Strait from the Philippine Sea and entered the South China Sea.The trend of US aircraft carriers is unknown.However, the announced photos show the Japan -US escort ship.

Postscript: U.S. aircraft carrier Karl Vinson joins South China with British aircraft

* The satellite image confirmed that the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth and the U.S. Air Carl Vinson entered the South China Sea.The trend of the U.S. Ronald Reagan is unknown.