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| US & China Square Off Over South China Sea | |
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| Hong Nam | Feb 24 2016, 10:29 PM Post #201 |
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China says media ignores other claimants' weaponry in South China Sea Reuters - 4 hours ago BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday complained the media were ignoring radars and weapons deployed by other claimants in the South China Sea, and unfairly targeting China, following reports of its deployment of fighter jets and radars in the disputed waterway. Source Edited by Hong Nam, Feb 24 2016, 10:29 PM.
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| Hong Nam | Feb 24 2016, 10:31 PM Post #202 |
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Harris: PACOM Needs More Subs, Long-Range Missiles To Counter Chinese Threats By: Megan Eckstein February 23, 2016 To protect the aircraft carriers and maintain stability in the region despite Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, Harris said he needs more submarines, more long-range weapons, and more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). USNI Edited by Hong Nam, Feb 24 2016, 10:32 PM.
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| Hong Nam | Feb 24 2016, 10:38 PM Post #203 |
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China is Cruising for a Bruising FEBRUARY 22, 2016 BY JERRY HENDRIX The U.S. Navy must get ready for big new Chinese ships that will try to ram Americans who approach their fake islands. There are a set of well-established rules of the road for ships at sea, rules that delineate who is to “give way” to the other when two vessels meet in order to avoid going bump in the night. But there is also an unwritten “law of gross tonnage” that recognizes that larger ships are less maneuverable and that smaller ships should maneuver to avoid them. Physics, it seems, has a place on the world’s oceans, and China intends to take advantage of some very hard science. Defense One Edited by Hong Nam, Feb 24 2016, 10:39 PM.
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| MSantor | Feb 25 2016, 12:46 AM Post #204 |
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Cue: PLA Hell March Reuters
Edited by MSantor, Feb 25 2016, 12:50 AM.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| AVBsupersonic | Feb 25 2016, 01:21 AM Post #205 |
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China's 60,000 ton White "Elephant" Ships will have a hard time catching up in shallow waters around KIG/ WPS. If they're thinking of playing the victim in WPS, against the US and it's Allies, then they are wrong, for it won't work with the US. I think they forgot that the USN's and it's Allies have the right to self defence, especially when under attack, whether by water cannons, ramming, which is their no.1 purpose for these kind of ships and much worse, if US Military and it's Allies lives are in danger, especially inside PH territory, jurisdiction, technically that's an act of war and if they try to use their 76mm main guns and MG's. The POINT IS.. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THE AREA UNDER DISPUTE ANYMORE, THEY ARE INTRUDING, NO JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA, UNDER UNCLOS, SO THEY CAN BE CAPTURED AND BOARDED. China is clearly trying to anticipate the result of ITLOS ruling that will technically in favour of the Philippines, on legal basis, for coercion, intimidation, illegal territory grabbing are the only way they can win, against small Country neighbours and it's inferior Military compared to PLA Armed Forces. Mind you, Woody Island is just 125 nautical miles away from Panatag Shoal, I believe that once a ruling favours PH, the US and the Philippines will try to recapture this area (Panatag Shoal) back to PH/ US Control for it's truly part of PH territory and in order to secure incoming/ outgoing US Assets in Subic Base which is also part of EDCA Temporary Basing agreement. Next is "Mischief Reef" also I believe inside or within PH's 200 NM EEZ, so either they vacate the area or much better to sink it down below. Edited by AVBsupersonic, Feb 25 2016, 01:28 AM.
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| Hong Nam | Feb 25 2016, 01:23 PM Post #206 |
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U.S. mulls pledge on disputed Philippines outpost By Bill Gertz - Wednesday, February 24, 2016 The U.S. military should consider offering new security guarantees to the Philippines similar to those promised to Japan in response to any military attacks by China in maritime disputes in Asia, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said this week. The issue came up Tuesday during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing led by Sen. John McCain with Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. Mr. McCain said he is concerned China may seek to expel the Philippines from Second Thomas Shoal, or build new infrastructure on nearby Scarborough Shoal. “Given this, we should consider clarifying how the United States will respond to an attack on the territory or armed forces of the Philippines under the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty,” the Arizona Republican said. Washington Times Edited by Hong Nam, Feb 25 2016, 01:24 PM.
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| Ayoshi | Mar 3 2016, 01:01 PM Post #207 |
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U.S. warns China on militarization of South China Sea | reuters - Mar 2, 2016
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| MSantor | Mar 4 2016, 08:33 AM Post #208 |
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The Stennis CSG is on its on its way: Defense News
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Mar 13 2016, 05:06 AM Post #209 |
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The USN thumbing its nose at the PLA-N in the area China claims: Aviationist
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Mar 17 2016, 12:51 AM Post #210 |
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The importance of SLOCs and merchant ship routes through the South China Sea/WPS emphasized: Philippine Star
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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