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The guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits the Pacific Ocean while participating in Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) on July 10, 2018. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) expansionist ambitions may have prompted 26 countries to participate in the world’s largest U.S.-led naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific. European nations are deploying warships and aircraft to the region to collaborate with the United States and its allies in countering the CCP threat.
Stephen Xia, a former PLA engineer, specialized in aviation equipment and engineering technology management. Since retiring from military service, he has been following the world's development of military equipment.
