TWO TROUBLE CAUSERS ENTER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA / DUA EKOR SETAN MASUK LAUT CINA SELATAN

 Yesterday 27th August 2023 the 100,000 ton American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford and the 65,000 ton British light carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth together entered the South China Sea. According to this video below:

It has to be noted that the HMS Queen Elizabeth is the only British light carrier in operation. The "sister" ship (HMS Prince of Wales or HMS POW) has been taken out of service almost permanently after undergoing repaits for over NINE MONTHS. 

Would you believe it - this RM18 Billion warship was built crooked. It is a crooked ship.

"HMS Prince of Wales Crippled by Misaligned Propeller Shaft.   According to a letter from the UK Ministry of Defence to the House of Commons Defence Committee, “The causal factor identified in this instance was that PWLS starboard shaft was misaligned from build, and that the incorrect installation of key components resulted in the defect suffered.

The ship was built crooked so when they fitted the propeller shaft there was friction and vibration and the propeller shaft broke, damaging the propellers as well. The HMS POW is currently being used as an RM18 billion platform to train helicopter pilots make ship landings.

But what do they want? Who wants them here? 

China and all the South East Asian countries are fully dependent on free and open navigation in the South China Sea, the Straits of Melaka, the Straits of Sunda, the Philippine seas etc. 

ALL our maritime trade goes through this area. Thats about half the world trade. Neither China nor any South East Asian country in their right mind  would want to block free passage through the South China Sea. We are not suicidal. 

But that is exactly what the Americans and British want to do. "In the event of war" they have their 'war games' and strategies all mapped out. They want to block the Straits of Melaka, the Straits of Sunda etc to deny the Chinese free passage .

It is in their interests to block off the Straits of Melaka and the Straits of Sunda. 

Whereas it is in the interests of China and everyone else in South East Asia to keep these passages permanently open for all navigation.

So you can see who is the satan here.

Anyway the Chinese are not sailing in junks anymore. Here is the one and only truly hypersonic anti-ship missile ie the Chinese YJ-21. This  missile can be fired from ships and submarines, it has a range of over 1,500 km and reaches a hypersonic speed of Mach 10 when it hits its target. This is the fastest hypersonic anti ship missile in the world and is three times faster than the next fastest Brahmos missile made by Russia and India. The Americans and British have nothing even close to the YJ-21.

The missile has been tested successfully multiple times to hit moving vessels from over 1,000 km away.

The YJ-21 is carried onboard the 13,000 ton,  600 feet long Type 055 cruiser / destroyer of the Chinese Navy. 

The Type 055 is now being upgraded to a larger 15,000 ton version which will then be armed with an insane rail-gun. The Chinese have produced a combat ready rail-gun to be fitted onto their surface combatants. 

The Americans have abandoned their rail gun project after spending US$500 million and 25 years trying to develop it.

"The U.S. Navy’s Railgun Is Dead in the Water.  The U.S. Navy has spent $500 million developing a working railgun. Starved of funding and purpose, the Mach 6 gun isn’t going to sea any time soon".

The British and the Americans have really lost their marbles at sea. They are still stuck in their delusions of empire and global dominance.

Someone should tell them - just buy what you want and sell what you dont need. Its called trade.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.