This week, ahead of America’s top defense official’s sit-down with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, the US sent two B-52 Stratofortress bombers on a flight near contested islands in the South China Sea, in the latest sign of rising tensions.
The aircraft “participated in a routine training mission in the vicinity of the South China Sea,” a statement from the US Air Force said. The flight was part of the US military’s “Continuous Bomber Presence operations,” the statement added, as reported by CNN.
In response to the report, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that China resolutely opposes using the pretext of “freedom of navigation” to disrupt regional peace and stability.
“We will take the necessary measures to protect our sovereignty and security interests,” Lu warned.
Against this backdrop, US Defense Secretary James Mattis met with his Chinese counterpart, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, in Singapore on Thursday.
The meeting came after Beijing canceled a high-level military-to-military meeting last month in response to US sanctions placed on Chinese entities for purchasing weapons from Russia.
“Both acknowledged that the meeting itself was significant and that high-level communication can help,” Randal Schriver, a US assistant secretary of defense, was quoted by Reuters as saying. “So I think it was productive in that regard.”
“Two nuclear-armed powers with regional, if not global, interests – we need to make sure that when we step on one another’s toes, it doesn’t escalate into something that would be catastrophic,” Schriver said.
Since when does a B25 "storm" anything? I suppose it could be said that the Chinese have stormed a few Islands and made a few more?
Stockpile of 200 nukes is enough if none being intercepted by missile defense. Thus China has to upgrade every payload to HGV. & make such announcement.
Stockpile of 200 nukes is enough if none being intercepted by missile defense. Thus China has to upgrade every payload to HGV. & make such announcement.
https://youtu.be/vuP6KbIsNK4
https://youtu.be/vuP6KbIsNK4
Jason Jean https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g
Jason Jean https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g
It’s hard to estimate just how much damage nuclear missiles can do these days. Russia’s scariest missile drops so many hydrogen bombs that just one of them can take out an area the size of Texas. So just a handful of those can take out a continent. It’s very creepy what can happen now.
It’s hard to estimate just how much damage nuclear missiles can do these days. Russia’s scariest missile drops so many hydrogen bombs that just one of them can take out an area the size of Texas. So just a handful of those can take out a continent. It’s very creepy what can happen now.
Oh, so sending bombers to other people’s shores is a "good thing" because it reflects freedom of navigation. The world should therefore welcome Russian bombers when they conduct such exercises around Europe and Alaska. Too bad they don’t report about it in the same way. Must have something to do with how the U.S. government controls western media.
Oh, so sending bombers to other people’s shores is a "good thing" because it reflects freedom of navigation. The world should therefore welcome Russian bombers when they conduct such exercises around Europe and Alaska. Too bad they don’t report about it in the same way. Must have something to do with how the U.S. government controls western media.
Or something like Deng Xiaoping bridge…
Or something like Deng Xiaoping bridge…
One thing I don’t understand is the name of the bridge, which is simply HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. It deserves a much more grandiose or poetical name than that!
One thing I don’t understand is the name of the bridge, which is simply HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. It deserves a much more grandiose or poetical name than that!
One thing I don’t understand is the name of the bridge, which is simply HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. It deserves a much grandiose or poetical name than that!
Perry,
Arrogance is the trademark of America, don’t you dare question it?
Perry,
Arrogance is the trademark of America, don’t you dare question it?
America’s war mongering and bullying attitude must stop in the earliest. Otherwise such posture will bring chaos rather than maintaining peace and stability in the region.
America’s war mongering and bullying attitude must stop in the earliest. Otherwise such posture will bring chaos rather than maintaining peace and stability in the region.