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| 2012-07-17 |
| Posted by:Water Modem |
| #4 More ... * ION WORLD MIL FORUM > PHILIPPINES UNHAPPY WID PROPOSED TAIWAN RUNWAY EXPANSION [Taiping Island], WILL MAKE PROTEST TO MAINLAND CHINA, NOT TAIWAN PROPER, UNDER ITS ACCEPTED "ONE CHINA" POLICY. Looks like trilateral or higher, multi-Govt. shennanigans are underway in the SCS??? * SAME > SINGAPORE: JAPAN SELF-DEFENSE FORCE [JSDF] PERSONNEL TO BE BASED IN PERMANENT MISSION TO US CENTCOM, US PACOM BACK IN USA. MOVE SEEN AS COODINATED US-JAPAN EFFORT TO COUNTER CHINA AND NORTH KOREA. * CHINESE DEFENCE > LAW OF THE SEA TREATY DIES IN US SENATE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-07-17 23:16 |
| #3 DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Itar-Tass]RUSSIAN COAST GUARD FIRES AT [illegal]CHINESE FISHING VESSEL, in RFE Region. Russians resorted to direct-fire, target shot(s) after Chin vessel ignored initial warning shots - Chinese crew did have proepr Docs despite possessing 22.5 tons of squid. versus * SAME > [Pravda.ru]CHINA HAS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO NEARLY 20 COUNTRIES. Essens any + all of its Neighbors, from ex-SSRS to ASEAN, ECS + SCS, Indonesia to northern India to Burma. * SAME > [Phil. Star] PHIL TO CHINA: STAY OUR OF OUR ZONE, as per incoming 30-vessel Fishing Fleet. Also from the PHILIPPINES STAR > PHIL TO PURSUE SEA CLAIMS [UNO] DESPITE ASEAN SETBACK. * CHINESE DEFENCE > RUSSIA DETAINS TWO CHINESE VESSELS FOR POACHING. ARTICS ABOVE > POSTERS = looks like China will be claiming Russia's waters soon enuff; ancient Chinese Map depicted Russia as part of China. * WAFF > [StrategyPage]CHINA: FACING THE GROWING COALITION [ECS +SCS] WID A WEAKER HAND, i.e. its slowing or weakening economy, + pervasive Govt-Public corruptionism. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA [Beijing = CCP/CPC] MAY GO TO WAR WITH VIETNAM TO SHORE UP [domestic] SUPPORT: RUSSIAN MEDIA. CHINA becoming isolated in every Regional Capital = ASEAN States, Other. Prob for Beijing as per waging any new Sino-Viet War in the SCS is that Moscow = Russia, aka China's military superior, is Vietnam's traditional BFF, besides also Vietnam's new BFF the USA [+ India, Japan]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-07-17 23:02 |
| #2 The TU-95 is the propellor-driven Bear. The TU-22 is the supersonic Backfire. FYI. |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-07-17 20:14 |
| #1 >. Max speed is 2,300 kilometers an hour and combat radius is 2,400 kilometers. I think not... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-07-17 13:10 |