Japan National Defense Department: Liaoning and other six ships enter the Pacific Ocea

(Tokyo / Beijing Comprehensive News) The Ministry of Defense of Japan announced that six Chinese ships including Liaoning carrier passed the ancient palace on Saturday to enter the Pacific Ocean south.

According to the Kyodo News Agency, the Ministry of National Defense's united staff and supervisors said that at about 8 am on the 3rd on the 3rd, these six ships were found in the waters of about 470 kilometers southwest of the Men and Women Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.After these ships passed through the Gonghai between Okinawa Island and Gonggu Island, the Liaoning ship also passed the same sea area last April.

According to the Global Times, these six ships are the Liaoning ship carrier formations.

The on -site screen released by the Ministry of National Defense shows that in addition to the Liaoning ship, this aircraft carrier formation also includes the 055 Nanchang 10,000 -ton large missile destroyer, the 052D Chengdu and the Taiyuan missile destroyer, 054AType Huanggang missile frigate, and the comprehensive supply ship of Hulun Lake.After that, the Chinese Y-9 early warning aircraft flew back and forth over the Gonghai between Okinawa Island and Gonggu Island the day before yesterday.The Ministry of Defense of Japan believes that this is a part of China's strengthening of marine activities.

Xinhua News Agency reported in April last year that Chinese Navy spokesman Gao Xiucheng announced that according to the annual plan arrangement, the Chinese Navy organized the Liaoning ship carrier formation across the region to move across the Palace Gonggu Strait, Bus Strait, to the South China SeaRegarding the training of the sea area, and emphasizing that this is a routine arrangement in the annual plan.

In the future, the Chinese Navy will still organize similar training activities as planned to accelerate the combat capabilities of the aircraft carrier formation system.

On the other hand, a number of Japanese government relevant persons revealed the day before yesterday that the official plans to deploy the F-35B fighter at the Miyazaki County Self-Defense Force base and set the target as soon as 2024.

Kyodo News reported that considering China's marine activities, Japan's move aims to strengthen the Japanese South West Islands defense including the Diaoyu Islands (Japanese islands).This will be the first time that the F-35B has settled in the Self-Defense Force base.According to sources, the Japanese government has been adjusted at the deployment arrangement of Mitianwarn Base in Miyazaki County Aviation Self -Defense Force.According to the mid-term defense reserve plan formulated at the end of 2018, the Japanese government will introduce 18 F-35B by 2023.