In this AFP file US Navy photo released July 13, 2020 shows Sailors and Federal Firefighters combating a fire onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12, 2020.

The US Navy is holding its largest amphibious war games in 40 years.

The Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE) was supposed to kick off on Aug. 3 and end on Aug. 16.

LSE will test our commanders across the spectrum of naval warfare from the tactical to the strategic, integrating the Marine Corps to demonstrate the worldwide fleet’s ability to conduct coordinated operations from the open ocean to the littoral, US 6th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Gene Black said.

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Earl Hyten revealed recently that the country’s military had been defeated in a classified war game last year.

The US forces lost a modeled battle in defense of Chinese Taipei in the face of a supposed attack by China.

Without overstating the issue, it failed miserably, Gen. Hyten said during a launch event for the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute. An aggressive red team that had been studying the United States for the last 20 years just ran rings around us. They knew exactly what we’re going to do before we did it.

China considers Chinese Taipei as a breakaway province that should be reunited with the mainland under the internationally-recognized One China policy. The sovereignty is subject to international recognition, including by the United States.

US President Joe Biden dispatched a delegation to the island in April to signal his personal commitment to the secessionist government there, a move largely perceived as being part of his administration’s hostile posture against China.

After the latest failure, Washington appears to be sending a message not just to China by also to Russia via Large Scale Exercises 2021.

According to the Defense Post, at least 36 ships and 50 virtual units are scheduled to take part in the war games, which will involve the 6th Fleet flagship the USS Mount Whitney as well.

Since the Biden administration came into power, tensions have risen between Washington and other superpowers particularly China and Russia.