According to a photo released by the U.S Department of Defense’s “Defense Visual Information Distribution Service” (DVIDS) last Thursday (8th), the the U.S. Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) accompanied an aircraft carrier in the Western Pacific Philippine Sea last Sunday (4th). The two ships sailed side by side at a distance, and US officers and soldiers watched each other. Although the U.S. military described the aircraft carrier as a “surface target” in the photo description, judging from the date and location of the photo and the ship’s ship number “16”, it is the Liaoning that crossed the Miyako Strait into the Western Pacific the day before. On the 3rd of this month, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning went to the Western Pacific with 5 warships. The other ships were the 055 destroyer Nanchang, the 052D destroyer Chengdu and Taiyuan, the 054A frigate Huanggang, and the Type 901 combat support ship, the Hulunhu.