The US brought the world’s largest aircraft carrier to Europe

Reuters reported that the largest aircraft carrier world USS Gerald R. Ford went to Oslo Norway on May 24. This is the first time a US aircraft carrier has visited Norway in more than 60 years.

This is also considered a move to demonstrate NATO’s strength during the relationship between the alliance military</ a> and Russia are tense over the crisis in Ukraine.

The Norwegian military said the USS Gerald R. Ford will conduct joint exercises with Oslo along the country’s coast in coming days.

Mr. Jonny Karlsen, spokesman for the Norwegian Joint Command, said: “This visit is an important signal about the close bilateral relationship between the US and Norway and is a signal of the reliability of collective defense and deterrence.”

Norwegian media reported that the USS Gerald R. Ford may move to the Arctic Circle area. The Russian Embassy in Oslo criticized this.

There is no problem in the north (Arctic) that requires a military solution nor does it require external intervention. Considering that Norway admits that Russia does not pose any direct military threat to Oslo, such a show of force seems unreasonable and harmful,” the notice said.

Norway – a NATO member – shares a border with Russia in the Arctic and last year became Europe’s largest gas supplier after Russian gas exports to the continent declined. .

The Norwegian military and NATO allies have been patrolling around offshore oil and gas platforms since last fall following explosions on the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

USS Gerald R. Ford is the first warship of the US Navy’s ship class of the same name. The US plans to produce four of this class to replace Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. In addition to being the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford is also the most expensive with a construction cost that has exceeded 13 billion USD.

The 335m long aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford can contains 85 aircraft carrying more than 4,500 people and weighing up to 90,000 tons. The ship’s defensive weapons include two launchers, each of which can launch 16 ESSM missiles, specializing in countering anti-ship missiles. This ship also has four 20mm Phalanx weapon systems.