The US-China Ties Sours, Conducts a ‘Cooperative Exercise’ with India

Along with playing International Diplomacy with India, China is never seen to stay by its words to keep bay from LAC. By edging to set its military camps to set up its war vehicle at standby at all times. The US has come up to dodge the infiltration from the dragon’s land towards India. According to the latest news, the US has sent its carrier strike group flagged by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz held a ‘cooperative exercise’ along with Indian warships in the Indian Ocean. 

As the US-China ties lose its taste with the COVID-19 crises. The US-India relation has seen a bloom amidst grey days of coronavirus. Starting from sending the bulk of Hydroxychloroquine

Medicine. To stand by the side of India with the rising tension along the LAC (Line of Actual Control). 

According to the information update by the sources, this military display jointly put-up with India was deployed by Jaguar Maritime strike fighters in the Andaman and Nicobar patch. According to sources, this portion is ruled by the Chinese administration in terms of trade passing through Malacca Strait. 

Sources revealed that IAF has strengthened its power by keeping 10 Jaguar armed with deadly anti-ship Harpoon missiles in standby mode. According to the latest news, it is said that this is all prepared at its Car Nicobar airbase in the Archipelago area. As stated by the sources this patch is about 1200km away from the earthen coast of India. 

The practice and scaling of force’s exercise in the Indian Ocean by the US and India navies have built speculation for the Chinese to introspect the situation. This momentously seen as a war-game that is been placed by strengthening the US India relation. According to the governing authority, it was updated that, this was “a PASSEX (passing exercise) which was clad with gigantic nuclear USS Nimitz. Alongside this, there were three more warships that were accompanying the trait through the Indian Ocean Region. As per the latest information update, this ‘cooperative exercise’ was conducted near to the places that are governed by the Chinese administration. This includes the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, and Taiwan. 

As the war-like exercise commenced. USS Nimitz along with guided missiles cruiser USS Princeton was deployed to be a part of this mission. Additionally, missile destroyers like USS Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson displayed their valor over the sea. From the Indian side, INS Rana, INS Sahyadri, and INS Shivalik were displaying shoulder-to-shoulder experience for the time to come. Alongside, INS Kamorta that is also known for missile corvette was used for the mock-drill. 

Additionally, as stated in the latest news, US Commander Rear Admiral Jim Kirk said, “The opportunity to have the USS Nimitz carrier striker joining with Indian Eastern Fleet led by Rear Admiral S Vatsayan for a series of exercises has improved our interoperability and is a testimony to the flexibility of both our navies.” 

Focussing some earlier diaspora, USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan CSGs had also shown their strength over the South China Sea which are learned to be capable of housing one of 10 such 100,000 tonnes American ‘Supercarrier’ each capable of carrying 80-90 fighter jets. It was also added that USS Nimitz has also taken active participation in Malabar Exercise in the Bay of Bengal in 2017 during the Doklam crises between India and China. 

Along with pacing up full force by naval forces. IAF has also deployed Sukhoi-30MKIs, Mirage-2000, and MiG-29. Along with keeping Apache attack and Chinook heavy-lift helicopters has also been kept all set.