China air force lands bombers on South China Sea island

[rooster59]

China air force lands bombers on South China Sea island

 

An aerial view of uninhabited island of Spratlys in the disputed South China Sea, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it said in a statement.

 

"A division of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently organised multiple bombers such as the H-6K to conduct take-off and landing training on islands and reefs in the South China Sea in order to improve our ability to 'reach all territory, conduct strikes at any time and strike in all directions'," it said in the statement issued on Friday.

 

It said the pilot of the H-6K bomber conducted assault training on a designated sea target and then carried out take-offs and landings at an airport in the area, describing the exercise as preparation for "the West Pacific and the battle for the South China Sea".

 

The notice, published on the PLAAF's Weibo microblogging account, did not provide the precise location of the exercise.

 

The United States has dispatched warships to disputed areas of the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China's extensive sovereignty claims in the territory, which is subject to various claims by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia.

 

"The United States remains committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific," Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Logan told Reuters.

 

"We have seen these same reports and China's continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serves to raise tensions and destabilise the region."

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-19

[JamieM]

"Washington warned Beijing would face unspecified “consequences” over its militarisation of the South China Sea" 

 

Yeh good luck with that uncle sam lol

[Enoon]

 

Why should it not land on their territory.

 

It is in their posession.

 

They own it.

 

No one has done anything to stop them.

 

No one is doing anything to turn them off of it.

 

It was surrendered to them when they dropped the first shovelful of ballast.

 

It's theirs now.

 

Paper tiger - Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiwiken]

Soon it will be renamed as China's South Sea

[Emster23]

It will all be fine if Chinese offer resort and/or golf course landing rights to Trump organization

[puipuitom]

13 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Why should it not land on their territory.

 

It is in their posession.

 

They own it.

 

No one has done anything to stop them.

 

No one is doing anything to turn them off of it.

 

It was surrendered to them when they dropped the first shovelful of ballast.

 

It's theirs now.

 

Paper tiger - Wikipedia

 

Can you imagine, the Danes, made out of a rock in the Doggersbank, North Sea, an Island, 500 km away from their own shores, but 30 km in front of the U.K, claiming it as.. they as Vikings sailed this sea already for over a 1300 years ?+

[cewing]

I believe that it was about two years ago that the Chinese government stated that the buildup of reefs, islets, etc. was not for military purposes.

[Andaman Al]

18 hours ago, puipuitom said:

 

Can you imagine, the Danes, made out of a rock in the Doggersbank, North Sea, an Island, 500 km away from their own shores, but 30 km in front of the U.K, claiming it as.. they as Vikings sailed this sea already for over a 1300 years ?+

Thanks for putting the map up, it shows the issues well. China's claims are well outside internationally agreed laws. As you can see, if China had its way you only need to go for a swim in Brunei and you would be in Chinese waters.China wants the Spratly's and the Paracels and THEN wants a 200 mile extension around those. It is why Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Indo are well pissed and district and the potential for conflict is brewing. China's move was an aggressive taunt and Trump's current foreign policy is allowing China to troll in the S China Sea.

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed. 

[tonbridgebrit]

On 5/20/2018 at 12:21 PM, puipuitom said:

 

Can you imagine, the Danes, made out of a rock in the Doggersbank, North Sea, an Island, 500 km away from their own shores, but 30 km in front of the U.K, claiming it as.. they as Vikings sailed this sea already for over a 1300 years ?+

 

If little Denmark was to do this, Britain will bomb Denmark. But I say this. IF Britain was doing a huge amount of trade with Denmark, if Britain was being flooded with Danish tourists, if Britain needed Denmark more than Denmark needs Britain, if that's the case, Britain would simply say "Denmark, you can have them meaningless rocks, go and build an island on it, we don't care, we value trade and your tourists  as being more valuable than a useless lump of rock, a lump of rock that we can't be bothered to build on".

And that's the point with China in the South China Sea. Those countries involved, they see China as a valuable trade partner. And they want to be flooded with Chinese tourists, they don't want to harm this by fighting a war against China. Same as Thailand, they want to get the Chinese tourists.

Edited May 22, 2018 by tonbridgebrit

[tonbridgebrit]

20 hours ago, Andaman Al said:

Thanks for putting the map up, it shows the issues well. China's claims are well outside internationally agreed laws. As you can see, if China had its way you only need to go for a swim in Brunei and you would be in Chinese waters.China wants the Spratly's and the Paracels and THEN wants a 200 mile extension around those. It is why Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Indo are well pissed and district and the potential for conflict is brewing. China's move was an aggressive taunt and Trump's current foreign policy is allowing China to troll in the S China Sea.

Hello there.
Looking at that map, Philippines and Vietnam are certainly involved in the South China Sea. What about these two countries ?





Above is the Philipinnes leader, Duterte, in Beijing. Basically, the Philipinnes are fully "in" with Beijing. Duterte wants trade, tourists, investments, etc from Beijing. Duterte knows that the islands in the South China are not worth much.


What about Vietnam ? Should Washington save Vietnam from China ? Surely not ?  Most Americans do know that the Vietnamese and Ho Chi Minh, they fought a war against America. They didn't fight a war 'for' America. In that case, why should America risk World War Three because of Vietnam ? And that's bearing in mind that the guys who are the leaders of Vietnam today, they're the same group as the guys left by Ho Chi Minh.

Edited May 22, 2018 by tonbridgebrit

[Andaman Al]

26 minutes ago, tonbridgebrit said:

Most Americans do know that the Vietnamese and Ho Chi Minh, they fought a war against America. They didn't fight a war 'for' America.

Talk about re-writing the history books, that has to be the funniest line yet. 

 

So lets get this straight, if a foreign power invades a country, then you blame the people that fight against the occupation?

 

26 minutes ago, tonbridgebrit said:

In that case, why should America risk World War Three because of Vietnam ?

But applying your argument Israel have never contributed to any of the coalition forces during the wars in the Middle East (despite Israel having a huge arsenal of high tech equipment that really would have helped), but the USA are risking world war 3 for them and are about to impose steel tariffs on the countries whose sons and daughters gave their lives and died alongside their American brothers in arms for US Foreign policy.  IF the Chinese control most of the South China Sea, do you realise what a huge military disadvantage that puts the US at? How exactly will the people of Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia etc be fed when China lay claim to all their territorial waters and fishing grounds?

 

There is no hope for this planet, can we do a factory reset and reboot.

Edited May 22, 2018 by Andaman Al

[tonbridgebrit]

16 minutes ago, Andaman Al said:

Talk about re-writing the history books, that has to be the funniest line yet. 

 

So lets get this straight, if a foreign power invades a country, then you blame the people that fight against the occupation?

 

Israel have never contributed to any of the coalition forces during the wars in the Middle East, but the USA are risking world war 3 for them and are about to impose steel tariffs on the countries whose sons and daughters gave their lives and died alongside their American brothers in arms for US Foreign policy.

 

There is no hope for this planet, can we do a factory reset and reboot.

 

"So lets get this straight, if a foreign power invades a country, then you blame the people that fight against the occupation? ".
No, I don't condemn the Vietnamese for fighting that Vietnam war. I'm only trying to say, that looking at it from America's point of view, surely, it will not be surprising if lots of Americans say "why on earth should we risk the lives of our soldiers to fight for Vietnam today, bearing in mind that them Vietnamese fought against us during that Vietnam war".  Ho Chi Minh and his group fought against America, his group are still in charge of Vietnam today. Surely, it will look silly if Washington was to fight to save the same group today ?


Yes, the USA is risking World War Three because of Israel. But Washington won't risk World War Three because of 'defending Vietnam from China'. Why ? You know, right ? It's because Washington, the White House, is being heavily influenced by those who reckon that "America must be ready for Jesus coming back, Israel and the Middle East is what it's all about, the Book of Revelations in the Bible, yes".  Vietnam is nothing to do with Jesus coming back, that's why Vietnam doesn't count.

Edited May 22, 2018 by tonbridgebrit

[lannarebirth]

52 minutes ago, tonbridgebrit said:

 

"So lets get this straight, if a foreign power invades a country, then you blame the people that fight against the occupation? ".
No, I don't condemn the Vietnamese for fighting that Vietnam war. I'm only trying to say, that looking at it from America's point of view, surely, it will not be surprising if lots of Americans say "why on earth should we risk the lives of our soldiers to fight for Vietnam today, bearing in mind that them Vietnamese fought against us during that Vietnam war".  Ho Chi Minh and his group fought against America, his group are still in charge of Vietnam today. Surely, it will look silly if Washington was to fight to save the same group today ?


Yes, the USA is risking World War Three because of Israel. But Washington won't risk World War Three because of 'defending Vietnam from China'. Why ? You know, right ? It's because Washington, the White House, is being heavily influenced by those who reckon that "America must be ready for Jesus coming back, Israel and the Middle East is what it's all about, the Book of Revelations in the Bible, yes".  Vietnam is nothing to do with Jesus coming back, that's why Vietnam doesn't count.

 

In the absence of a "dislike" button, I'm going to just come right out and say it. What a crock of shit.

[tonbridgebrit]

14 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

In the absence of a "dislike" button, I'm going to just come right out and say it. What a crock of shit.

What exactly is it, that you think is a "crock of ____" ??

Okay, Washington using it's military to defend Vietnam today, defend Vietnam against China. Do you think that this is a good idea ? 

Do you reckon that lots of Americans are going to say "why on earth should we fight for Vietnam, they had that war to remove us from Vietnam, and we're now suppose to fight for them ??". "We fought against Ho Chi Minh, we did not fight for Ho Chi Minh, why should we fight for his followers today ?".

Edited May 22, 2018 by tonbridgebrit