The United States sent "a 100,000-ton signal to the world"

The United States has sent "a 100,000-ton signal to the world", - said the President of the United States Donald trump. The message comes in the form of aircraft carrier "Gerald Ford", valued at $13 billion, shown in the US Navy on Saturday.

"Where would this ship do not cut through horizons, our allies will calm down, and our enemies will tremble with fear, because all know that America is, and America is strong," said trump. While the deployment of "Ford" is still far, remains to be determined, he officially joined the military Arsenal of the United States, trying to remain Supreme face new challenges in an increasingly tense North Asia.

Recently, China launched its second aircraft carrier and its most advanced destroyer. He arrived shortly before Beijing sent its another aircraft carrier "Liaoning", demonstrating its power in Hong Kong and other warships to show its power.

Meanwhile, North Korea tested its first Intercontinental ballistic missile, which theoretically puts Alaska within military reach of Pyongyang and Hawaii is prepared exercises on missile defense.

Given this, consider a state of war in North Asia. What are the comparative strengths and weaknesses of countries in the region:

The United States remains the leading world power in the world. American Pacific command "ready today to compete with the best technology of any force on the planet," - said in a February speech, Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the more than 340 thousand American troops in the Pacific. The USA has 11 active aircraft carriers and even more in production. For comparison, China only just launched its second aircraft carrier, but this ship will not be ready for action for several years.

In South Korea, the United States supports two major air bases: Osan with the F-16 fighter jets and bombers, A-10, and Gunsan - F-16.

Extra powerful air force can be caused from the Pacific island of GUAM, through which the United States rotate B-1 bombers, B-2 and B-52.

Meanwhile, the military-the U.S. Navy has 10 guided missile cruisers and destroyers based in Japan. Ships armed with Tomahawk missiles for offensive purposes and missile defense system Aegis which can be used to intercept North Korean launches.

Forces of North Korea, only the measured forces at play are enormous. In Pyongyang there are almost 1.2 million men and women in uniform. From the point of view of weapons, however, the isolationism of North Korea technologically left him behind much of the world, that is, it cannot refer to the quality of the weapons that used by the opponents, such as South Korea, USA and Japan. But this does not mean that it cannot cause catastrophic damage to their enemies.

"The most powerful tool of North Korean artillery," says Stratfor, a geopolitical analysis company, based in Texas.

According to the International Institute for strategic studies, North Korea could host 21 thousand artillery pieces. Many of them are in the range of 25 million South Koreans living in the Metropolitan area of Seoul, which means that the North can begin the artillery barrage, which can kill thousands of people.

South Korea supplies some of the most advanced weapons in the world, they all focus on protection from the threat posed by the North.

International Institute for strategic studies indicates that Seoul buys or gets the latest weapons, including the Navy fighters, the F-35, cruise missiles for its F-15 fighters and new submarines. On earth the force of Seoul includes 100 of their domestic tanks K2 Black Panther, which analysts consider one of the best in the world.

Analysts say that Japan has assembled one of the strongest and technologically advanced military in the world. Experts say that the naval forces of Tokyo, known as the forces of sea defence is particularly strong and skilled in combat submarine. The backbone of this force is 19 submarines Japan and 3 destroyers, which are more like aircraft carriers.

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