Yesterday, the UK Carrier Strike Group led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth entered the South China Sea. While the frigate is embarking, the armed forces of other western powers are intensifying their operations in both the South China Sea and the Pacific. It is not clear whether Beijing will accept this purported gesture of de-escalation. According to reports, the German government is seeking to negotiate a stopover in a Chinese port. It will, however, refrain from the most severe forms of provocation, such as transiting the Taiwan Strait and entering the twelve-mile zones around the islands claimed by China. In this context, according to the German government, the frigate Bayern will contribute to the “assessment of the maritime situation” by “observing and reporting suspicious activities and by establishing contact with suspicious ships.” On its return cruise, the frigate will transit the South China Sea. The official highlight will be its participation in monitoring UN sanctions against North Korea. After its passage through the Indian Ocean, the tour continues through the Strait of Malacca port-calls were also planned in allied Australia. On its way, the frigate will first participate in NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean and then in the EU’s Operation Atalanta at the Horn of Africa. This coming Monday, the frigate Bayern will set off for its tour to East Asia scheduled to last more than half a year.

High-ranking US military officials suggest that war is possible in the near future.

The US air force is currently holding a maneuver that experts view as a realistic trial-run for war with China under contemporary conditions. The UK Carrier Strike Group led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth had entered the South China Sea already yesterday, after joint exercises also with warships from India and Singapore.įollowing naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal in early April, the French armed forces have conducted joint air combat exercises with US jets in Hawaii this month and specially relocated several Rafale fighter jets to its overseas territory French Polynesia in the middle of the South Pacific. In the fall, the frigate Bayern will conduct operations for monitoring US sanctions against North Korea and subsequently set off for home through the South China Sea. However, they are poor energy fighters due to the limitations of Japanese engines.BERLIN/BEIJING – With its deployment of the frigate Bayern to East Asia on Monday, Germany is joining the rapid expansion of western war maneuvers in China’s close vicinity. The Japanese aircraft tree favors dog fighting, especially 'turn fighting'. The heavy bombers trade their maneuverability for a larger payload. Bombers on the other hand are very agile and are well armed, but lack serious bomb loads.

They may usually be able to out maneuver other planes who are engaging them.Īll in all, Japanese fighters are often the most agile and quite well armed, this is balanced by being fragile and having low armor. They are often not the strongest and are very agile for bombers. Japanese bombers keep many of the traits of the fighters. This does however come at a price, as Japanese aircraft are very fragile, and lack self sealing fuel tanks, meaning that if set on fire, it's rare they will be able to survive it.ĭue to their historical role, many Japanese fighters are carrier aircraft. This trait is found (at least, to an extent) in all Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft in War Thunder are often regarded as the most agile aircraft. Aircraft such as the Ki-43 and A6M Zeros possess the quickest turn time of the fighters in War Thunder, often allowing Japanese fighters to win turn-fight engagements.

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