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| China tightening grip on Spratlys; merge threads, updates | |
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| ganymede09 | Aug 27 2015, 10:54 PM Post #221 |
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maybe the're actually trying to place their 9-dash lie on the water similar to their fake maps
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| LET'S RAISE OUR MIDDLE FINGERs TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. | |
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| MSantor | Sep 10 2015, 11:02 PM Post #222 |
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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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| emesber | Sep 11 2015, 11:21 PM Post #223 |
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New China facility seen to put Pag-asa Island in peril MANILA, Philippines – China is building a combat-capable air facility on Zamora (Subi) Reef in South China Sea in a development seen to jeopardize the Philippines’s possession of the nearby Pag-asa Island. Satellite photos published Thursday by foreign affairs website The Diplomat showed that China is subgrading for a runway at a width of about 60 meters. ![]() The website said the extent of subgrading at Zamora Reef is about 2,200 meters “with obvious preparations for a longer span underway.” “As pointed out by analysts, these military facilities and others newly constructed by China in the Spratlys would increase Beijing’s capacity to enforce an air defense identification zone in the South China Sea, if it were to declare one,” the report said. ![]() The projects are also expected to significantly improve the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s capability for anti-submarine warfare, the website added. Military historian Jose Custodio said the Philippines is in danger of losing Pag-asa Island because of the facility being built by China. The Philippine-occupied island is just 12 nautical miles from Zamora Reef. ![]() If they (China) are able to operate this (facility), they can seal off the area and conduct a blockade. The Chinese can prohibit an aircraft from landing on the island,” Custodio told reporters yesterday in Camp Aguinaldo. Pag-asa is the second largest island in the disputed Spratlys chain and is being occupied by about 200 civilians and Filipino soldiers. China is claiming that the Philippines illegally occupied the area, which it calls Zhongye Island. ![]() The Philippine government has been conducting supply missions to support the residents of Pag-asa, which is located within Kalayaan, a fifth class town of Palawan. Custodio said China can use its military muscle to pressure the Philippines to give up Pag-asa. He said it would be difficult for the government to maintain Pag-asa once China’s base becomes operational. “Subi can unhinge our presence there (in Pag-asa),” Custodio said. “If they (military facilities) become operational, how will it affect us? Will we continue to provide supplies or withdraw?” he added. ![]() Sought for comment, Defense department spokesman Peter Galvez said the photos published by The Diplomat have “much similarity” with the images they have monitored. The news website’s photos were taken by commercial satellite imaging company Digital Globe last September 3. The Diplomat said the size of China’s landfill at Zamora could accommodate a runway 3,300 meters long and a parallel taxiway like that at Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef. ![]() Kagitingan Reef (Fiery Crosss) The online report said no laying of pavement has been observed so far but a section of the north rim of the reef is being widened by extending a large retaining wall into the sea and backfilling the enclosed water area with sediment. “Elsewhere, dozens of bulldozers, cranes, trucks and tracked excavators are redistributing and compacting hundreds of acres of sand,” The Diplomat report said. Aside from Subi, China is also building structures in Panganiban (Mischief), Kagitingan (Fiery Cross), Kennan (Chigua), Mabini (Johnson South), Burgos (Gaven) and Calderon (Cuarteron) Reefs, areas that are also being claimed by the Philippines. The Philippines has been vocal in criticizing China’s construction projects, saying they undermine the stability in the region and affect freedom of navigation. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/09/11/1498606/new-china-facility-seen-put-pag-asa-island-peril |
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| MSantor | Sep 12 2015, 12:00 PM Post #224 |
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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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| emesber | Sep 13 2015, 10:58 AM Post #225 |
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It is nearly impossible to get back the reefs taken by China ![]() It is nearly impossible to get back the reefs taken by China which they made as artificial islands with naval and military fortifications, the best way now is to secure and defend the remaining islands and reefs occupied by the Philippines. •Pagasa Island (Thitu Island] •Likas Island (West York Island) •Parola Island (Northeast Cay) •Lawak Island (Nanshan Island) •Kota Island (Loaita Island) •Patag Island (Flat Island) •Panata Island (Lankiam Cay) •Rizal Reef (Commodore Reef) •Balagtas Reef (Irving Reef) •Ayungin Reef (Second Thomas Reef) Our government must offer to use as military / naval bases some of our islands in Kalayaan islands group to the American military forces. since it is nearly impossible for the Philippines to counter a full scale PRC Chinese invasions without American military helps. In the below video of China's V-day military parade in Beijing, China is threatening the US, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. China’s V-Day military parade in Beijing 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoC0Xcjko0A . Edited by emesber, Sep 13 2015, 11:00 AM.
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| MSantor | Sep 17 2015, 01:52 PM Post #226 |
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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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| Ayoshi | Sep 26 2015, 01:38 PM Post #227 |
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China completes runway on Fiery Cross Reef | IHS Jane's 360 - 24 September 2015![]() Airbus Defence and Space imagery dated 20 September 2015 shows ongoing development of the artificial island created at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. The runway is complete with markings installed, including helipads, suggesting a potential for use in the near future. (© CNES 2015, Distribution Airbus DS / 2015 IHS) |
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| Hong Nam | Sep 26 2015, 08:01 PM Post #228 |
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Bought by China
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An even bigger and clearer photograph can be seen here. Edited by Hong Nam, Sep 26 2015, 08:03 PM.
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![]() Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie - C Sword 90 | |
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| MSantor | Oct 10 2015, 02:15 PM Post #229 |
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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 | Oct 13 2015, 01:15 AM Post #230 |
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The role of China's Hainan Island province in the continuing disputes over the SCS/WPS: Diplomat
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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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