U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer sailed the Western Pacific or joint aircraft carrier military exercise

PRC Beijing on July 12 (Xinhua Yang Yang ) scheduled for late June the U.S. Han Huanghai exercises , under the pressure of repeated delays . The South Korean side said that military exercises conducted in the expected .
The US-ROK military exercise site selection in the Korean Peninsula West Sea ( Yellow Sea ), with the area known as the gateway to China, Beijing, Tianjin , once access to the area outside the ship , you can " look like the same look my palm China's main naval base and fighting . "
Recently, Washington aircraft carrier was on the 9th left Yokosuka base in Japan , at the same time , the U.S. Navy Aegis guided missile destroyer ship , " O'Kane "was recently also left the naval base in Hawaii to participate in the deployment of new tasks .
According to the official website on the 9th U.S. Navy reported that the Aegis missile destroyers , " O'Kane " No. (DDG 77) has recently left its home port naval base in Hawaii to participate in a period of 7 months the mandate of the deployment . " O'Kane "was expected to be the Middle East and the West Pacific Ocean in the operational deployment .
" O'Kane " No. Aegis guided missile destroyer commissioned in October 1999 , under Washington carrier battle group.
II aboard the Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer, length 154 meters , full load displacement of 8,400 tons , a maximum speed of 30 knots , equipped with SH-60 LAMPS MK III " Sea Hawk "helicopter , 90 Mk41 vertical launching system , capable of launching BGM -109 Tomahawk cruise missiles , SM-2 Standard -2 missiles, and MK32 torpedo tube -type surface ships and other missiles .
The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer is new is expected to take part in the US-ROK military exercises , a senior military commentator Guang-Wen Chen that the "likely "," but if it is to participate in US-South Korea military exercises , then exercises only to be 7 Held late last month because of non- combat situations in their speed will not be too fast , it is estimated to be about 10 days to deploy to East Asia . "



