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Get Ready, China and Iran: American Naval Super Mines Are Coming
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAMines are the ninjas of warfare: silent, deadly and a bit unsavory. Sneaky weapons that are extremely effective not just for the damage they cause, but also for the fear and uncertainty they sow. Naval mines are especially potent. American air-dropped mines in Japanese waters in 1945–chillingly but accurately code-named Operation Starvation–sank more ships than […]
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Beijing tries to soothe West Philippine Sea jitters
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USABEIJING—China on Saturday sought to soothe tensions over its South China Sea claims, saying it will avoid the use of force in the region as the United States ponders sending warships close to territory claimed by the Asian giant. Speaking at the Xiangshan regional defense forum in Beijing, Fan Changlong, vice chair of China’s Central […]
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Global Times rattles saber over US warships in S China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAA Chinese naval patrol around an outpost in the Spratly islands, Jan. 25, 2014. (File photo/Xinhua) China’s navy and air force should prepare to respond to a potential US operation to send warships within 12 nautical miles around the outposts China has built on disputed islands in the South China Sea, says a saber-rattling piece […]
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America vs. China: Is War Simply Inevitable?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThucydides loomed large over last month’s summit between Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. Both noted the ancient Greek historian’s insight about the potential for conflict between rising and ruling nations in the context of managing U.S.-China relations. Their remarks, however, suggest a misunderstanding of the very point Thucydides made that could most help avoid […]
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West PH Sea cartographic exhibit opens in SF
SAN FRANCISCO–A cartographic exhibit based on the June lecture of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio at the Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs, Philippines, opened October 13 at the Philippine Consulate here. Justice Carpio cut the ceremonial ribbon together with Ambassador Jose Luis Cuisia, his wife, Maria Victoria, Mrs. Ruth Carpio, Consul […]
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Viet Nam rejects so-called Sansha
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh. — File Photo HA NOI (VNS) — China’s activities in the so-called Sansha city have no legal foundation and do not change the fact that the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago belongs to Viet Nam, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh. Binh made the remark at the […]
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Manila wants Asean to decide on naval drills
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe Philippines wants Southeast Asian nations to discuss China’s proposal of holding naval drills with the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) countries in the South China Sea. “The Philippine position will be discussed in the ASEAN. Hintayin na lang po natin ‘yung magiging discussion na ito,” Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said when asked […]
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What’s at stake as U.S. weighs South China Sea patrol
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA25 TWEET It may be the rainy season, but things are heating up in the South China Sea. The U.S. and China have been locked in a battle of words since reports surfaced in early October that the U.S. Navy was ready to challenge China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea by sending a […]
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China hosts 10-nation ASEAN amid South China Sea tensions
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USABEIJING (AP) — China hosted Southeast Asian defense ministers Friday in a bid to burnish its reputation in a region wary of Beijing’s territorial ambitions, while expectations grow that the U.S. might directly challenge Chinese claims in the South China Sea. The meeting in Beijing marks the first time China has hosted such a gathering. […]
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REPORT: CHINESE SHIP SINKS ANOTHER VIETNAMESE FISHING VESSEL IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAVietnam is accusing a Chinese vessel of attacking and sinking a fishing boat near the disputed Paracel Islands, days after the Chinese government insisted that territories in the South China Sea were not international waters, but belonged to China. The Associated Press reports that the fishing vessel sank near the Paracel Islands, leaving the ten […]