A Yellow Navy exercise called ¡°the largest in the decade¡± ended quietly in five days.The seemingly powerful U.S. aircraft carrier battle group is exposing strategic weaknesses around China.

In September 2023, the United States joined Canada and South Korea to hold large-scale landing operational exercises in the Yellow Sea waters, deploying ships including the "America" bipartisan attack ship, and even planning to deploy F-35B invisible fighters.

This obviously provocative military exercise eventually turned into a ¡°tiger-head snake-tail¡± performance, which was originally planned for seven days and ended with only five hours of grass.

New trends in U.S. aircraft carriers: fast in and fast out, increasing frequency

In 2025, the U.S. aircraft carrier deployment strategy in the Indo-Pacific region has changed significantly, focusing more on core nodes such as the Strait of Bus, the East Sea, and emphasizing the synergy between "fast forward and fast out" and normalized allies.

Take the aircraft carrier Nimitz as an example, it sailed from Bremerton, Economic Island Supply, Philippine Sea, and eventually reached the area of about 269 km northeast of Yellowstone Island, probably directly through the Bus Strait into the South Sea. This route is only about 926 km, 556 km shorter than in 2024.

This change in deployment mode not only shortens sailing time and improves entry and exit efficiency, but also avoids interference between archipelago shoals and civilian ships. The US military is upgrading Bashi Channel from a traditional conventional channel to a core node supporting its high-frequency deterrence strategy.

The Yellow Navy¡¯s embarrassing end: strict surveillance and countermeasures

In the face of the provocative actions of the US military, the Chinese military has taken resolute and powerful countermeasures. During the U.S. military exercise, the Chinese army tracked and monitored the entire exercise sea area, and dispatched ships and fighter planes to carry out tactical encirclement in the waters near the U.S. military.

The Chinese fleet sent several destroyers and escort ships to keep an eye on the movements of U.S. military ships.The air force also sent J-11, J-16, and other fighter jets for intensive patrol, forming the U.S. military's sky surveillance network.

More importantly, the Chinese military has set up a temporary ban zone on the US military exercise waters, strictly restricting the activities of U.S. naval vessels.The U.S. military's original exercise plan has been forced to be drastically compressed, and part of the sea has been blocked for up to three days.

The Silent Contest of Electronic Warfare: The Power of the Type 815 Reconnaissance Ship

In modern naval warfare, electronic reconnaissance capabilities often determine the position on the battlefield. China's Type 815 electronic reconnaissance vessels show significant advantages in such confrontations.

This kind of electronic reconnaissance ship has no missiles, no muzzles, and relies on radar and antenna. They can detect closely, keep an inch away, and get a panoramic view of their opponents' secrets.

In April 2023, the United States teamed up with Japan, the Philippines, and Australia to conduct military exercises in the South China Sea. As a result, the maritime military exercise originally planned for many days ended hastily for most of the day. The reason is that China's Type 815 electronic reconnaissance ship intervened strongly, and the electronic communication of the foreign ship was instantly misfired, the signal was blocked, and the frequency band was intercepted.

Vulnerability of U.S. bases: difficulty dealing with missile threat

U.S. lawmakers have recently expressed concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. military bases in the Indo-Pacific region.13 U.S. lawmakers have warned in a joint letter that the U.S. military¡¯s base defense capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region are weak in the face of ¡°China¡¯s missile threat.¡±

Recent simulated U.S.-China war exercises show that because of the defensive capacity of the Indo-Pacific base, 90 percent of the U.S. military aircraft will be destroyed on the ground rather than in aerial warfare.

These lawmakers stressed that the U.S. military needs to take passive defensive measures, such as reinforcing anti-aircraft forts, underground bunkers and rapid runway maintenance capabilities. But the reality is that in the past decade, China has built more than 400 reinforced machine forts, while the United States has only built 22 in the region.

Strengthening anti-intervention capabilities: China¡¯s anti-aircraft carrier system is growing

The Chinese scientific research team released a deduction result in an authoritative journal, showing that the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force can destroy the US military in the South China Sea by only launching 24 hypersonic missiles by using six launch positions scattered in northwest, east and central China. The most advanced USS Ford aircraft carrier strike group.

This deduction revealed the true level of China's anti-aircraft carrier combat system. On average, 5.6 US military ships were simulated to sink each time, and three waves of firepower strikes were enough to make the entire aircraft carrier formation lose its combat effectiveness.

China's anti-ship capabilities have formed four levels of scope, extending from the border line to the outside: 200 km, 600 km, 2000 km, 3300 km. The furthest 3,300 km range, from China's mainland launch can cover Japan, Guam, Southeast Asia, India, and even reach the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Malacca.

U.S. Military Difficult Situation: Global Deployment Force Failure

The U.S. military is currently facing an embarrassing situation: on the one hand, they need to maintain the global hegemony system, and on the other hand, the practical capabilities are difficult to support this goal.

Taking the "Patriot" missile system as an example, the US military plans to increase the number of "Patriot" missile battalions from 15 to 19. However, the US military currently has 15 "Patriot" missile battalions, and only 14 of them actually have full combat readiness.

In order to maintain the global hegemony system, the United States has dispersed the Patriot missile camp to several hotspots in the world: 3 camps are stationed in the Indo-Pacific war zone, 1 camp belongs to the European Command, 1 camp belongs to the Central Command, the rest of the troops are in the rotating deployment state for a long time, and the military deployment pressure is extremely heavy.

The U.S. military has drawn a ¡°Patriot¡± missile camp from the Indo-Pacific war zone to the jurisdiction of the Central Command, exposing the vulnerability of its global intervention strategy.

The U.S. Army¡¯s ¡°Patriot¡± force has become the U.S. Army¡¯s biggest force under pressure, and it is precisely the pressure transmitted by the decline of U.S. global hegemony. An expanded ¡°Patriot¡± force can¡¯t support the American ¡°global air defense dome¡± full of Cold War thinking.

The Western Pacific¡¯s power level is being re-calibrated.When the Fukushima¡¯s electromagnetic launcher is filled with energy, and when the J-35 fighter aircraft blows on deck, the U.S. aircraft carrier has to rethink the way it exists in the Asia-Pacific region.