China holds large-scale naval exercise as warning to US 

In the exercise held recently in the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea, the Chinese Navy demonstrated military power. As part of the exercise, the Navy fired missiles, rockets and torpedoes toward naval targets 

Recently, even as Afghanistan was taken over by the forces of the Taliban, the U.S. has been trying to demonstrate to its allies the extent of its commitment to their security. 

As part of this effort, a naval exercise was held by the U.S., India Australia and Japan. The exercise that ended about a month ago was held to prepare for scenarios of attacks on ships and anti-submarine warfare. In the framework of the exercise, the largest amphibious landing exercise in four years, involving more than 25,000 troops, was held.    

The U.S. also planned to hold a naval exercise in the South China Sea, together with the navies of Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. The exercise was intended to strengthen the ties, cooperation and demonstration of American commitment to the security of those countries, which are directly threatened by China in the South China Sea. But the Chinese did not wait for the U.S. Navy and its allies to hold the exercise.    

In an exercise held this week in the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea, the Chinese Navy demonstrated considerable military power. As part of the exercise, the Chinese Navy fired missiles, rockets and torpedoes toward naval targets. The exercise was a continuation of a previous naval and air exercise carried out near the coast of Taiwan.  

According to a Chinese military spokesman, the Chinese military was responding to military moves by the U.S. and its allies, including Britain and Germany, by demonstrating its power to those countries carrying out war games in the Chinese area.    

It seems that the U.S. attention is being refocused on the South China Sea following a short focus on the Afghan region, with the military tension with China in the region rising to the highest level in about 10 years.

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