The US just showed it can stealthily sink an 820-ft ship with a low-cost bomb, and China is scrambling to say it’s not impressed

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The US just showed it can stealthily sink an 820-ft ship with a low-cost *****, and China is scrambling to say it’s not impressed

The US sank a decommissioned ship in the Pacific using a low-cost ***** from a B-2 stealth bomber.

The USS Tarawa, a 39,000-ton amphibious ******** ship, was sunk on July 19.

China criticized the exercise, calling it a show of power and questioning its effectiveness.

The US carried out a successful operation in the Pacific, using a low-cost ***** to 

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, but China was quick to undermine the operation.

As part of the 2024 Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the US successfully managed to sink the decommissioned USS Tarawa on July 19.

The ship, an amphibious ******** ship that weighed

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tons and was the size of an aircraft carrier, was in service from 1976 to 2009.

In a first, the ***** was dropped from a

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, one of the most sophisticated and lethal aircraft in the US Military’s arsenal.

As part of the live-***** sinking exercise, dubbed SINKEX, the USS Tarawa was sunk more than 50 nautical miles off the northern coast of Hawaii’s Kauai island, the US Navy 3rd Fleet said in a

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“This capability is an answer to an urgent need to quickly neutralize maritime threats over massive expanses of ocean around the world at minimal costs,” the press release said.

*********, South Korean, Dutch, ***********, and Malaysian forces participated in the SINKEX this year.

China is scrambling to say that the US’ sinking exercise was insignificant.

Although the US Navy did not mention that the exercise was targeted at China particularly, China was quick to take offense.

The

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, a state-aligned ******** news outlet, said in a

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on June 27 that the RIMPAC exercise “is clearly aimed at China.”

It said that China is “the only country deemed as “******” by the US that operates a 40,000-ton amphibious ******** ship in the Asia-Pacific region.”

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slammed the exercise in its piece, saying it was a “big show” by the US to “prove its power.”

It also called into question how effective the operation was.

“The USS Tarawa is an amphibious ******** ship that served in the US from 1976 to 2009,” the outlet said. “Such an outdated ship cannot be compared with modern military equipment.”

The SINKEX operation comes as China’s

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and poses a threat to the South China region.

China has overtaken the US Navy in fleet size. According to the Pentagon’s 2023 

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its fleet has about 370 vessels. By contrast, the US

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is down to just under 300 ships.

Representatives for the US Navy did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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