Comment: The strategic significance of the PLA near the third island chain

Source: Wangbao Society Review

The military aircraft was unprecedentedly approaching the Taiwan Forbidden Area on the 31st. It was unique. Earlier, an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft was approaching an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in the South China Sea, which was only about 3 meters away.The "China Military Report" released by the United States last November emphasized that the PLA in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, and the dangerous military behavior of the United States and its allies, greatly increased regional security risks.The competition of the United States and China in the Pacific region is becoming more and more intense. Whether all parties can effectively control the risks and have a huge impact on regional security.

The United States and China keeps coming from the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea. Recently, the PLA fleet was training for the first time and rushed to the third island chain for the first time.The U.S. Army Double Airlines, the Nika, Nichaz, Japan, which is in the second island chain and the waters near Guam.The northern theater navy Liaoning aircraft carrier formation six ships entered the first island chain for long -sea training tasks.

On December 23, the French media revealed that the French Navy Pacific Command "200 Sea Patrol Machine" was discovered by a Chinese Navy 052D destroyer event with 175 Chinese Navy in the airspace near Bolivia, France.On December 27, foreign media reported again that the Chinese ocean comprehensive supply ship "Chagan Lake" served as a maritime supply mission.This sea area is the third island chain recognized by the U.S. forces. The emergence of PLAs appeared here, causing high attention from international media.

In August 2007, the commander of the Pacific headquarters of the US military visited the mainland. Chinese officers proposed that they hoped that the two countries would "govern the ocean" and separate the East and Western Pacific, but they were poured by a basin of cold water.The U.S. military did not agree with "governing the ocean", but caused different arguments in the US politics.Some diplomacy and intelligence officials agree that national defense officials will be criticized to make a big mistake, which is equivalent to letting China dominate the Western Pacific Ocean, not only to erode the United States' alliance foundation in this region, but also threatens the safety of important channels in the Western Pacific region.

Since July 2010, the United States and the South Korean army held a series of joint military exercises in the Yellow Sea. In August, the United States and the Vietnamese army also held a weekly joint military exercise in the South China Sea.The last "Diaoyutai Incident" that took place in the East China Sea, and the subsequent United States and Japan also conducted joint military exercises near Diaoyutai Lieyu. Obviously, the United States has found South Korea, Japan and Vietnam in the three sea areas of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea.Let them take strong strategic suppression operations in the sea areas in China, and the strategic situation in East Asia will also evolve into the "three marine wars" that may appear at the same time in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

In the past 70 years, the United States has adhered to the first island chain and has not allowed the PLA to highlight the island chain. However, with the rapid development of the mainland military forces, it is not a problem to cross the first island chain by the PLA.After the island military exercise, the mainland fighter aircraft continued to break through the mid -line of the Taiwan Strait. During the military exercise period, mainland missiles flew over Taiwan to enter the Japanese economic waters, which even threatened Japan.In December last year, the Japanese government confirmed the military and political routes in the next ten years through security three documents such as the new version of the "National Security Protection Strategy".These three documents include the "National Security Protection Strategy", "National Defense Strategy", and "Defense Forces Preparation Plan". The most noticeable modification is that Japan will have the ability to counterattack. In other words, it can hit the source if necessary.

Japan strengthened its counterattack ability, but the PLA entered and exited the first island chain via the Basilica Strait, which not only surrounded the eastern part of Taiwan, but also threatened the southwestern islands in Japan.To this end, the United States and Japan's joint combat plans have set up temporary attack bases in the southwest islands from Kagoshima Prefecture to Okinawa Prefecture in southwest Japan to defend the PLA's attack operations.

As the United States and Japan do their best to make up the first island chain, it is reported that the mainland ship can enter and exit the third island chain in the South Pacific through friendly relations with the South Pacific Island.The US military power based on the base will become the scope of the PLA.The crisis control of the United States and China cannot just be described in the metaphysics of whether the two countries can be "governed by the ocean", but should be referred to by Xi Jinping.How to share the military, political, and economic security of the Pacific Ocean.

Only the United States and China are peaceful, and the world can be peaceful. I hope that in the new year, the United States and China have a vision of sharing security and peace.