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US & China Square Off Over South China Sea
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Topic Started: Jul 12 2012, 01:32 PM (27,723 Views)
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Sgt.JCOP
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May 10 2018, 06:30 AM
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This would mostlikely be how US will attack China, should China fires at any ship/plane. 1. A US B2 will take a radar tower 2. A combined force of Growlers + standoff attack weapons from SH + Tomahawks from Burke-class will directly engage the SAM and anti-ship batteries. 3. Followed by a surgical strike of B1s, then finally the B52 for a clean sweep, but protected by F-15s and F-18 should SU27/J11/Su35 attempts to engage.
But in such case, that US was attacked by China, and US retaliates. Si Du30 kaya eh sa US pa magagalit. LOL. Kakampihan cguro niya si China, pretending that Philippines is not in favor of war. LOL
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May 21 2018, 12:47 AM
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Associated Press/Military Times
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US criticizes China’s militarization of disputed South China Sea By: The Associated Press 15 minutes ago
BEIJING — The Pentagon criticized what it called China’s “continued militarization” of island outposts in the disputed South China Sea, where the Chinese air force landed long-range bombers for the first time, putting entire Southeast Asia within their range.
The China Daily newspaper reported Saturday that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted takeoff and landing training with the H-6K bomber in the South China Sea.
China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves.
A statement from the Defense Ministry late Friday said the exercise was conducted on an island reef, but it did not specify when or where, saying only that it took place recently at a “southern sea area.” It involved several H-6Ks taking off from an air base and making a simulated strike against sea targets before landing, the ministry said.
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MSantor
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May 28 2018, 12:26 AM
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EXCLUSIVE-U.S. warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing Reuters Idrees Ali 5 hrs ago
Two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in a move likely to anger Beijing as President Donald Trump seeks its continued cooperation on North Korea.
The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters.
While this operation had been planned months in advance, and similar operations have become routine, it comes at a particularly sensitive time and just days after the Pentagon uninvited China from a major U.S.-hosted naval drill.
The U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Higgins guided-missile destroyer and the Antietam, a guided-missile cruiser, came within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbors.
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MSantor
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May 28 2018, 12:01 PM
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China's response:
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China Warns 2 American Warships in South China Sea The New York Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS 3 hrs ago
BEIJING — China’s military announced on Sunday that it had dispatched warships to challenge two United States Navy vessels that sailed through waters in the South China Sea that China claims as its own.
The Chinese confronted the American ships and warned them to leave, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement posted on its website, but other details of the encounter were not immediately clear.
The American vessels — the Higgins, a destroyer, and the Antietam, a cruiser — passed within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands, an archipelago in the northern part of the disputed waters of the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam.
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May 28 2018, 05:57 PM
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China confronts US warships in South China Sea | Philstar - May 28, 2018
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The US Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Antietam and guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands, according to a report from The New York Times.
The US warships, which were conducting freedom of navigation operations, passed within 12 miles of four islands—Tree, Lincoln, Triton and Woody.
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The US Navy ships' passing through the islands came days after the US disinvited China from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise.
The Pentagon's withdrawal of its invitation to Beijing was an "initial response" to the latter's increasing militarization of the South China Sea.
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MSantor
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May 30 2018, 10:47 AM
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Philippine Star
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US to continue operations in South China Sea despite China's dissent — Pentagon chief (philstar.com) - May 30, 2018 - 10:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Washington will continue to conduct freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and confront China's increasing militarization in the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.
Mattis noted that the US has always been transparent on its operations in the contested waters and that there's only "one country" that has expressed opposition against the FONOPs.
"On the FONOPs, they're freedom of navigation operations. And you'll notice there's only one country that seems to take active steps to rebuff them or state their resentment of them," Mattis told reporters aboard a US military plane.
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May 31 2018, 01:58 AM
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Associated Press/Military.com
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Mattis: US Will Confront China on Militarization of Islands The Associated Press 30 May 2018 By Lolita C. Baldor
HONOLULU — The U.S. will continue to confront China's militarization of manmade islands in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, arguing that Beijing hasn't abided by its promise not to put weapons on the Spratly Islands.
Mattis said American ships are maintaining a "steady drumbeat" of naval operations around the disputed islands, adding that "only one country" seems to be bothered by the vessels' routine activities.
"We are going out of our way to cooperate with Pacific nations, that's the way we do business in the world," Mattis told reporters traveling with him to a national security conference in Singapore. "But we are also going to confront what we believe is out of step with international law, out of step with international tribunals that have spoken on the issue."
The United States has long been critical of China's sweeping sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, disputed by several neighboring governments. On Sunday, two U.S. warships sailed close to the Paracel Islands, which lie north of the Spratlys, the latest freedom of navigation operation designed to challenge Beijing's claims. China protested the maneuver.
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Jun 1 2018, 05:36 AM
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Military.com
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US Good at 'Taking Down' Small Islands, General Hints to China
Military.com 31 May 2018 By Richard Sisk
If it came down to it, the U.S. military has a track record of "taking down" small islands such as the artificial and fortified ones China has created in the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. general said Thursday.
"The United States military has a lot of experience in the Western Pacific taking down small islands," Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said in response to an over-the-top hypothetical at a Pentagon news briefing.
McKenzie, the Pentagon's Joint Staff director, said he was not making threats and his audience "shouldn't read anything more into that than a simple statement of historical fact. It's just a fact."
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Jun 1 2018, 01:40 PM
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Philippine Star
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US warns of capacity to 'blow apart' China's artificial islands Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) - June 1, 2018 - 12:53pm
MANILA, Philippines — Following Beijing's deployment of new weapons to its outposts in the South China Sea, a Pentagon official warned that Washington has the capacity to take down these man-made islands.
Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., US Department of Defense joint staff director, said that the US has experience in taking down small isolated islands during World War II.
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Philippine Star
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China hits US: Stop hyping South China Sea dispute
Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) - June 1, 2018 - 10:59am
MANILA, Philippines — Beijing called out Washington for "playing up" its militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry urged the United States to stop "hyping" the maritime dispute over the South China Sea.
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Jun 2 2018, 11:36 AM
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More about China's recent "disinvite" from the annual RIMPAC in the Joint Exercises thread:
Philippine Star
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Despite setback, China encourages contacts with US military
(Associated Press) - June 1, 2018 - 8:47am
BEIJING — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday said it hoped for continued exchanges with the American military despite being disinvited from a major US-sponsored naval exercise this summer.
Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang also said the sides remain in contact over a possible visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at a date yet to be announced.
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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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