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2016-02-23 China-Japan-Koreas
China's missile maneuver
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Posted by ryuge 2016-02-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Reminds of SAC, "If you can't stop me I will. If you can't force me I won't."
Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-02-23 00:39||   2016-02-23 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 See also GUARDIAN.UK > BEIJING DEFENDS MISSLE DEPLOYMENTS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AS NO DIFFERENT TO [Than] US DEFENCE OF HAWAII.

Hawaii is a US State outside of Mainland CONUS, while China's new "Sansha/Sasha Province" in SCS is China's new sovereign offshore or maritime province = offshore sovereign territory of China.

IOW, SCS = HAWAII = "CORE INTEREST" for their respective Govts-Nations.

No mention of GUAM-CNMI = EXPENDABLE???

* WORLD NEWS > US URGES REGIONAL CHALLENGE TO CHINA'S CLAIMS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

Nice, but AFAIK US Regional Allies want the US
to take the lead agz Beijing.

* SCOUT.COM > US [Army] MAY PUT WEAPONS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, e.g. BMD-capable MT Mobile Arty.

* REUTERS > CHINA SIGNALS NO SOUTH CHINA SEA BACKDOWN AS FOREIGN MINSTER [FM Wang Yi] HEADS TO US.

* USNI.ORG > NEW POSSIBLE [high-frequency] CHINESE RADAR INSTALLATION ON ARTIFICIAL ISLAND [Cuarteron island] COULD PUT US STEALTH AIRCRAFT AT RISK.

* SAME > [Military. com] NAVY: US MAY SAIL MORE SHIPS IN SCS, NAVY COMMANDER SAYS. USPACOM Chief USN ADM. Scott Swift.

* STRAITS TIMES = ...
> BEIJING STILL USING "MIGHT-MAKES-RIGHT" APPROACH.
> CALLS FOR SOUTH KOREA TO TAKE NUCLEAR PATH. ROK CONSERVATIVES' CALL COMES AS MORE PEOPLE LOSE FAITH IN THE US TO DEFEND THEM FROM NORTH.

* XINHUA > CHINA URGES US NOT TO SEND WRONG MESSAGE TO TAIWAN [Pro-]"INDEPENDENCE" FORCES.

VERSUS

* AMERICAN INTEREST > BEIJING HURRIES TO CASH IN ON PERCEIVED US [POTUS Obama?] WEAKNESS. BEIJING PLANS YEAR 2016 TO BE A BIG YEAR IN STRENGTHENING ITS MILITARY POSITION.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [The Diplomat] NEW SUBS [Russian "KILOS"] MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH FOR VIETNAM TO DEFEND ITS SOUTH CHINA SEA CLAIMS [agz China].

* SPUTNIK NEWS > CHINA MISSLES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA THREATENS US AIRCRAFT CARRIER DOMINANCE.

* PINOY TIMES > SCS DISPUTE: PHILIPPINES COULD BE STAGING AREA FOR CHINESE MISSLES + AIRPOWER, CENTRAL BATTLEGROUND IN US-CHINA WEST SEA WAR.

* INDIA TIMES > ECONOMIC TIMES: CHINA MILITARY PROVOCATION: IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO KEEP SENDING SHIPS AND PLANES TO SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > JAPAN MARITIME [JMSDF] CHIEF TAKEI: US INDUSTRY, MILITARY KEY TO ADDRESSING WESTPAC SECURITY THREAT [pespec ala China].

JMSDF Chief ADM. Tomohisa Takei.

YUUUP.

Also good for helping to making sure the USA doesn't retreat or pullout of WESTPAC ergo the US won't have to sink Guam + other strategic Pacific Isloands in order to engage in "A2/AD" agz China + PLA.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-02-23 01:04||   2016-02-23 01:04|| Front Page Top

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