ADIZ
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South Sea: China calls to take down unauthorised planes
China calls restricted flying area over whole South China Sea, giving them the right to take down any unknown planes. A late U.S. proposal for Japanese patrols in the South China Sea has inspired a sharp answer by the Chinese government and reignited Chinese media talk of a South China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). An ADIZ would oblige all […]
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Red Alert: The South China Sea’s New Danger Zone
ADIZ, Air Defense Identificiation Zone, China, Indonesia, Itu Aba, Japan, South China Sea Dispute, USAIndonesia’s Natuna Archipelago, with only 27 of its 154 islands inhabited, is the republic’s northernmost region in the South China Sea and potentially its most vulnerable. Due to their proximity to the disputed areas and features in the South China Sea, the Natuna Islands could become yet another flashpoint in the area. However, any effective […]
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U.S. flies surveillance plane over South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Diaoyu, Japan, Reclamation, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Surveiilance, USAWorld Bulletin / News Desk The United States has begun flying its most advanced surveillance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, out of the Philippines for patrols over the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday, acknowledging the flights for the first time. The United States, the Philippines’ oldest and closest ally, has promised to […]
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PLA carried out further test of JL-2 SLBM last month
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Militarization, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted another test flight of its JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile again last month, Bill Gertz, senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon writes in an article published Feb. 18. US military sources said that the JL-2 test was carried out on the same day North Korea tested its KN-11 submarine-launched […]
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How China is transforming the South China Sea
ADIZ, Aird Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Oil, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Unsinkable Aircraft CarriersNew images reveal the extent of China’s land reclamation and construction in the South China Sea. Experts warn the new developments will make it increasingly difficult to counter Beijing’s regional claims. On February 4, the Philippines filed a diplomatic protest to the Chinese Embassy in Manila, urging Beijing to stop the land reclamation at the […]
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Philippines Skeptical of China’s Reclamation Work in Contested Sea
ADIZ, Albert del Rosario, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysMANILA— The Philippines is expressing “serious concern” over newly released satellite images that show major progress in China’s reclamation work at contested outcroppings in the South China Sea. The latest images published by IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly show “a large facility” in the works at Johnson South Reef. In May 2014, the Philippine military reported […]
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Confirmed: China Is Building a Military Base Near Japan
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, Japan, Reclamation, Senkaku, South China Sea Dispute, Unsinkable Aircraft CarrierNew satellite images have largely confirmed earlier reports that China is building a military base near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands that Japan also claims and administers. Last week IHS Jane’s reported that satellite images from October 2014 show that China is building a heliport with 10 landing pads and wind turbines on Nanji Island, which is […]
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Japan Record Defense Budget Aims At Curbing China Threat
Military Spending: In the face of an expansionist China seeking to dominate the East and South China Seas, Tokyo has set its largest defense budget ever to help defend islands that it rightfully considers Japanese territory. As its military, economy and ambitions grow, so too does China’s assertiveness about control of the Yellow Sea, the […]
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China Renews Rhetoric over the Senkakus
The Chinese government has opened an official website which endorses China’s position towards the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. The website, www.diaoyudao.org.cn, is accessible in Chinese under the isles Chinese name, the Diaoyu Islands. According to this blog from the New York Times, the home page of the site opens to a Chinese national flag next to […]
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‘Timing good’ to take Senkaku issue to ICJ, U.S. law professor says
NEW YORK – Japan should take its disagreements with China over the Senkaku Islands to the International Court of Justice, Jerome Cohen, a New York University law professor and expert in Chinese law, said in an interview. “I want Japan to use international law,” Cohen said, stressing that Japan should follow in the steps of […]