What 3 US Supercarriers in the Asia-Pacific Means for North Korea
With three U.S. Nimitz-class supercarriers in the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area of operations (AOO), the United States Navy is underlining its presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific unambiguously. The USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike groups are in the 7th fleet’s AOO, which ranges from the international date line to the western Indian Ocean—a large swathe of the earth’s oceans. This kind of convergence of three supercarriers in rare, but not entirely unprecedented.
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There can be only one technical reason for three carrier groups close to the Korean peninsula: an overwhelming anti-missile capability. No other reason. One of these carrier groups possess far more
firepower than all the bombs and shells of all types exploded in the two world wars combined. Three such groups collected near the Korean peninsula is over the top. I cannot imagine the purpose of such a gathering except for anti-missile barrages. With three platforms coordinated to scan the area, it would be highly unlikely any missile could get through the defense. One carrier group is more than sufficient. Merely one carrier group is a greater force than all the armies of the world of all the wars of the 19th and 20th Centuries combined. Why, therefore, three such groups? I suppose, upon reflection, the reason is psychological, to convince NOKO of the consequences of warring against the USA.
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