Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Oh goodie! Playing chicken with China
Just two days before we all eat turkey. We should all be thankful for something and no doubt this fills in the gaps for those who had nothing else to be thankful for.
Two long-range American bombers have conducted what Pentagon officials described Tuesday as a routine training mission through international air space recently claimed by China as its “air defense identification zone.”Ever since Chiang Kai-Shek absconded with the Chinese Treasury to Taiwan, there have been "Pissing Contests" for various pieces of real estate and territorial waters off the coast of China. Quemoy and Matsu anyone? Some form of modus vivendi will be worked out. In the meantime we all hope that some peabrain won't start trying to swing his dick and make a mistake.
The Chinese government said Saturday that it has the right to identify, monitor and possibly take military action against aircraft that enter the area, which includes sea and islands also claimed by Japan. The claim threatens to escalate an already tense dispute over some of the maritime territory.
American officials said the pair of B-52s carried out a mission that had been planned long in advance of the Chinese announcement this past weekend, and that the United States military would continue to assert its right to fly through what it regards as international air space.
Pentagon officials said the two bombers made a round-trip flight from Guam, passing through a zone that covers sea and islands that are the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Japan and China.
Officials said there had been no Chinese response to the bomber run.
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