Inevitable War With Cina - Europe sends air power to Indo-Pacific after flexing naval muscle

Inevitable War With Cina - Europe sends air power to Indo-Pacific after flexing naval muscle In a recent military exercise near New Caledonia, the fictitious island of "Badland" showed signs of invading its neighbor "Goodland." France, seeing that its territory was at risk, decided to deploy air assets to the region. The mission was to reach the theater in 72 hours.   On Aug. 13, three Dassault Rafale fighters, two Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transports and two A400M Atlas transport aircraft arrived in the South Pacific from France within the allotted time.   Once in the region, Paris observed the situation via live feed and gave direct orders to the Rafale pilots to destroy the enemy's logistics base.   With an exclusive economic zone that spans 9 million square kilometers and roughly 2 million of its citizens in the region, France considers itself as a fully-fledged Indo-Pacific nation. If a contingency errupted in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea, Paris is expected to send its forces to the South Pacific to defend its territory.   That mission needs to be in hours, not weeks. Germany also recently conducted an Air Force exercise that saw six Eurofighter jets and seven support planes fly from Germany to Singapore in 24 hours.   The fact that European engagement in the Indo-Pacific has expanded from naval deployments to air assets reflects just how seriously militaries are taking the rising of tensions.

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