PLAN

• Lessons from the Battle of the Paracel Islands

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  ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Hainan Fishing Laws, Military Conflict, Naval Showdown, Parcel Islands, PLAN, South China Sea Dispute, USA, USN, Vietnam

  January 23, 2014

  News × West Philippine Sea

  On January 16, 1974, the Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVN) discovered the presence of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Crescent Group in the western Paracel Islands, which was held by South Vietnam. This was an unexpected development, because notwithstanding the reduced U.S. military assistance to Saigon after the signing of the Paris […]

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