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| Santi Kampilan | Mar 26 2013, 07:19 AM Post #211 |
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Come to find out they are doing their naval drills in the Bashi Channel, an international passage channel. China runs naval drills off PH shores Maybe they are surveying how to overcome the choke points if a war breaks out. Maybe we can put some of the AN/TPS-79 mobile radars we ordered close to the Itbayat Island, our Northern-most inhabited island and monitor anyone passing by including these Chicoms playing war games in the Bashi Channel. From Itbayat to the Southern most tip of Taiwan is 200 km. The AN/TPS-79 radar has primary surveillance radar coverage (noncooperative targets) is out to 60 nautical miles and the secondary surveillance radar coverage (cooperative targets) is out to 120 NM. Our farthest island, Y'Ami, is uninhabited.
Edited by Santi Kampilan, Mar 26 2013, 07:26 AM.
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| Santi Kampilan | Mar 27 2013, 03:03 PM Post #212 |
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This should wake up Malaysia and Brunei. These Chicoms are exercising just 80 miles away right in front of Sarawak. Such an insult! Time to unite the Malay nations, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. PLA Navy amphibious task force reaches Malaysia 'to defend South China sea' ![]() A fully equipped PLA amphibious task force has reached China's southernmost claimed possession in the South China Sea in an unprecedented show of force that is raising eyebrows across the region. The four-ship flotilla headed by the landing ship Jinggangshan visited James Shoal - some 80 kilometres from Malaysia, less than 200 kilometres from Brunei and 1,800 kilometres from the mainland coast - close to the outer limits of China's "nine-dash line", by which it lays claim to virtually the entire South China Sea. A Xinhua report yesterday described marines and crew gathering on the deck of the Jinggangshan - one of the PLA Navy's three 200-metre landing ships - to pledge to "defend the South China Sea, maintain national sovereignty and strive towards the dream of a strong China". "It was a surprisingly strong message in sending out this task force, on such a new operational role from previous PLAN [PLA Navy] patrols in the region," said Gary Li, a senior analyst with IHS Fairplay in London. "It is not just a few ships here and there, but a crack amphibious landing ship carrying marines and hovercraft and backed by some of the best escort ships in the PLAN fleet," he said, adding that jet fighters had also been used to cover the task force. "We've never seen anything like this that far south in terms of quantity or quality ... it is hard to know whether it is just coincidence, but it does seem to reflect [President] Xi Jinping's desire for more practical operationally based exercises." The landing ships are considered some of the most sophisticated vessels in the PLA and are thought to be key to any strategy to invade Taiwan. Their deployments are closely watched by regional rivals. The first of the landing ships, Kunlunshan, has been used in anti-piracy work off the Horn of Africa. Photos circulating on mainland websites show marines storming beaches, backed by hovercrafts and helicopters dispatched from the Jinggangshan during several days of exercises that saw them visit all of China's holdings in the Spratly Islands. The PLA took six Spratlys reefs and shoals from Vietnam in a sea battle 25 years ago this month. The ships are due to head back north, crossing into the western Pacific for further drills via the Bashi channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, Xinhua said. News of the Jinggangshan's appearance off James Shoal last night sparked chatter among military officials in the region. "That is quite a show of sovereignty - an amphibious task force," said one military attaché monitoring developments. "It has got everyone talking. The Spratlys is one thing, but turning up at James Shoal is quite another. Once again, China is showing it is quite unafraid to send a message to the region "The Spratlys is one thing, but turning up at James Shoal is quite another. Once again, China is showing it is quite unafraid to send a message to the region - and in a year when Asean is chaired by Brunei, turning up down there in such a fashion is pretty strong symbolism." PLA deployments into the South China Sea in 2009 and 2010 sparked fears across the region of a new assertiveness by Beijing. Those concerns in turn prompted fresh moves by several Southeast Asian nations to force the long-simmering South China Sea dispute back on to the regional agenda - and forge closer ties with the US. ![]() Article Edited by Santi Kampilan, Mar 27 2013, 03:17 PM.
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| wily_pest | Mar 28 2013, 05:26 AM Post #213 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-cut-last-military-hotline-135040561.html click link above: Nokor may be in too much in desperation that it may start a war with Sokor. When all the news is focused on some new war, China sneaks in for another takeover somewhere. The AFP should be in full alert, ready to repel a Chink takeover of an island or islands somewhere that belongs to the Phil. Let's hope this never happens. |
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| Santi Kampilan | Mar 29 2013, 02:06 PM Post #214 |
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It could also be just a diversionary to keep the Americans, Japanese and Koreans tied up with North Korea while the Chinkcoms go hunting for some islands to steal. Imagine James Shoal is 22 meters below water and they are staking their claim that it is theirs. This is precisely the point why the PH filed their complaint with UNCLOS. How can you claim that is yours when it cannot even sustain any human habitation? This Article say it all! Military Analysis Now that is a big concern on the Reed Bank. We better guard it with everything we've got. Those thieves are out there hunting! |
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| Santi Kampilan | Apr 2 2013, 05:05 AM Post #215 |
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AFP chief orders new Wescom head to protect West Phl Sea Article Yuzheng 312 We need to monitor these intruders constantly not necessarily confront them but letting them know that we are around and we are keeping an eye on every movement they have. Our claim should be kept alive and constant. Edited by Santi Kampilan, Apr 2 2013, 05:15 AM.
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| Banshee | Apr 7 2013, 07:49 AM Post #216 |
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Source: Chinese fighter jets have reportedly flown over West Philippine Sea thrice last week
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| Ayoshi | Apr 7 2013, 11:14 PM Post #217 |
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| AZKALS | Apr 27 2013, 05:30 PM Post #218 |
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Palace Rejects China Call to Withdraw from Disputed Area in West PHL Sea http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/305824/news/nation/palace-rejects-china-call-to-withdraw-from-disputed-area-in-west-phl-sea April 27, 2013 12:20pm Malacanang on Saturday rejected a call by China to withdraw Philippine nationals and facilities from disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said while the Philippines awaits the ruling of an international tribunal on the matter, it will exercise its sovereignty over the area.Yan ay atin and we will continue to exercise sovereignty over our territory, she said on government-run dzRB radio. Hua also accused the Philippines of violating the United Nations charter by illegall occupying some islands and reefs of Nansha (Spratly) Islands, including Mahuan Dao, Feixin Dao, Zhongye Dao, Nanyao Dao, Beizi Dao, Xiyue Dao, Shuanghuang Shazhou and Siling Jiao.Firmly and consistently opposed to the illegal occupation by the Philippines, China hereby solemnly reiterates its demand that the Philippines withdraw all its nationals and facilities from Chinas islands and reefs, Hao said. |
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| Hong Nam | Apr 28 2013, 11:42 AM Post #219 |
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China slams Philippine bid in UN Tarra Quismundo in Beijing/Philippine Daily Inquirer Asia News Network – 21 hours ago Beijing (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - China on Friday accused the Philippines of trying to legalise its occupation of islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), repeating that Beijing would never agree to international arbitration. China's foreign ministry posted a statement on its website on Friday saying the Philippines was attempting to "cover in a cloak of 'legality' its illegal occupation of Chinese islands and reefs." Beijing called on the Philippines to immediately withdraw all personnel and facilities from the islands that it said the Filipinos were occupying. Those include five islands in the Spratly archipelago in the West Philippine Sea. China has returned the Philippine notification of proceedings on the UN arbitral tribunal, rejecting arbitration and asserting "indisputable sovereignty" over the sea. http://ph.news.yahoo.com/china-slams-philippine-bid-un-063004038.html |
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| AZKALS | May 9 2013, 08:00 AM Post #220 |
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Good, Hopefully he is Better than the Previous WESCOM Chief ... |
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