중국 랴오닝 항모전단 태평양에서 훈련 실시, 칼빈슨 전단도 호주와 연합훈련

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https://news.usni.org/2021/12/22/chinese-carrier-group-drills-in-pacific-ocean-carl-vinson-carrier-strike-group-wraps-up-exercise-with-australia

랴오닝함과 055식 구축함 101 난창함, 뤄양III급 구축함 1척, 54식 지앙카이II급 호위함 598 리자오함 외 1척, 901식 보급함 1척으로 구성된 항모전단이 태평양에서 훈련을 실시중입니다. 12월 20일 오키나와 남동쪽 196마일(315km) 주변인 무인도인 오키다이토 섬 주변에서 목격됐다고 하네요.

 오전 8시부터 오후 7시까지 J-15 전투기와 Z-9, Z-18 헬기의 비행 훈련을 실시했다고 하며, 12월 19일에는 오키나와 남동쪽 186마일(300km) 근해인 키타다이토 섬에서 오전 8시~오후 9시까지 비행훈련을 실시했다고 합니다. 

뤄양, 난창, 리자오와 901식 보급함은 12월 15일 동중국해 단조섬 서쪽에서 목격돼 남동쪽으로 항해하며 12월 16일에는 미야코섬과 오키나와 사이에서 작전을 펼친 후, 남쪽으로 항로를 돌려 동중국해에서 태평양으로 진입했습니다. 함명 미상의 뤄양III급과 지앙카이II급 호위함 1척은 앞서 태평양상으로 진출해 있던 것으로 보입니다. 

해자대의 헬기항모 DDH-183 이즈모, 구축함 DD-115 아키즈키, 아츠기 공군기지의 1함대항공단 소속 P-1 초계기와 나하 공군기지 소속 5함대항공단 소속 P-3가 중국 항모전단의 15일~16일 양일간 항로를 모니터링했으며, 현재는 이즈모가 모니터링중이고 함재기가 출격함에 따라 항자대 전투기들도 스크램블했다고 하네요. 

또한 미해군의 칼 빈슨 항모전단도 호주 해공군과 함께 12월 10일부터 19일까지 인도양에서 연합훈련을 실시하고 있습니다. 

칼 빈슨 전단은 CVN-70 USS 칼 빈슨 외에 순양함 CG-57 USS 레이크 챔플레인, 구축함 DDG-106 USS 스톡데일, 보급함 T-AO-204 USNS 라파하녹, T-AO-194 USS 존 에릭슨으로 구성돼 있으며, 호주에선 FFH-152 HMAS 와라뭉가함과 공군 소속 P-8 초계기가 참여했습니다. 

Chinese Carrier Group Drills in Pacific Ocean; Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Wraps Up Exercise with Australia - USNI News

December 22, 2021 11:52 AM

China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. PLA Photo

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – A six-ship People’s Liberation Army Navy carrier group led by aircraft carrier Liaoning (16) is currently operating in the Pacific Ocean, according to releases from the Japanese military.

The PLAN carrier group featuring Liaoning, destroyer Nanchang (101), a Luyang III-class destroyer, frigate Rizhao (598) and another Type 54A Jiangkai II frigate, along with a Type 901 replenishment ship, was in the vicinity of the waters off the uninhabited Oki Daito Island, 315 kilometers, or about 196 miles, southeast of Okinawa on Dec. 20, the Joint Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Force said in a Tuesday news release.

The carrier was conducting flight operations with J-15 fighter aircraft along with Z-9 and Z-18 helicopters from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. that day. The JSO issued an earlier release on the same day that noted the activity of the PLAN carrier group on Dec. 19, saying it was in the vicinity of Kita Daito Island, 300 kilometers, or about 186 miles, east of Okinawa and conducting flight operations from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Liaoning, Nanchang, Rizhao and the Type 901 replenishment ship were sighted in the area west of the Danjo Islands in the East China on Dec. 15, traveling southeast with the four ships, then operating between Miyako Island and Okinawa on Dec. 16 and sailed southwards into the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea, according to a news release the JSO issued on Friday. Helicopters were conducting flight operations throughout the two days, the JSO said. Although the releases made no mention of it, it is likely that the unnamed Luyang III-class destroyer and Jiangkai II frigate were already operating in the Pacific Ocean and subsequently joined the four ships there.

Friday’s release also said the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter carrier Izumo (DDH-183) and destroyer Akizuki (DD-115) – along with P-1 maritime patrol aircraft of Fleet Air Wing 1 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Honshu and P-3 Orion MPAs of Fleet Air Wing 5 at Naha Air Base, Okinawa – were monitoring the passage of the PLAN ships on the 15th and 16th. Tuesday’s releases noted that Izumo was monitoring the PLAN carrier group and that Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters had been scrambled in response to the carrier launching fighter aircraft.

An MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, flies next to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) while transiting the Indian Ocean during a bilateral training exercise with the Royal Australian Air Force, Dec. 17, 2021. U.S. Navy Photo

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy’s Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group continues it deployment in the Western Pacific ,with the strike group recently finishing a bilateral training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force that took place from Dec. 10 through 19 in the Indian Ocean off Australia. The exercise was for both countries “to deploy high-end training tactics and improve proficiencies in advanced kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, capable of projecting dominant defensives against a multi-domain threat environment,” according to a U.S. 7th Fleet news release.

During the exercise, the forces drilled for scenarios ranging from electronic warfare operations to combined anti-surface and anti-air engagements, 7th Fleet said.

“Conducting advanced kinetic and non-kinetic bilateral exercises with our allies and partners increases our collective ability to outthink and outfight any adversary threatening our open seas,” Rear Adm. Dan Martin, the commander of Carrier Strike Group One, said in the news release. “Our long-term alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region preserve maritime prosperity and international order, and enable seamless integration, communication, and collaboration across the region.”

Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Warramunga (FFH-152) approaches Fleet Replenishment Oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) to begin a refueling-at-sea, Dec. 11, 2021, in the Savu Sea. U.S. Navy Photo

HMAS Warramunga (FFH152) represented the RAN with RAAF P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft also participating. Warramunga returned to its homeport at Fleet Base West, Rockingham last week.

The Carl Vinson CSG participating in the exercise included carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG-57), destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG-106), and replenishment ships USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204) and USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194).

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