US warns China not to challenge military flights over South China Sea

[steven36]

The U.S. warned China Thursday against confronting U.S. aerial patrols over the South China Sea days after a verbal dispute between a Chinese military dispatcher and a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft.

The U.S. warned China Thursday against confronting U.S. aerial patrols over the South China Sea days after a verbal dispute between a Chinese military dispatcher and a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the Navy released two videos and an audio recording of the confrontation, which took place on Wednesday when the Chinese dispatcher demanded eight times that the Navy P8-A Poseidon leave the area as it flew over Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Island chain, where China has conducted extensive reclamation work.

"Foreign military aircraft, this is Chinese navy. You are approaching our military alert zone. Leave immediately," the dispatcher said on the recording. After the American crew responded that it was flying over international waters, the Chinese dispatcher responded "This is the Chinese navy ... You go!"

The incident was the latest example of friction between Washington and Beijing, with China seeking to assert its expansive claims to the South China Sea and the U.S. pushing back and attempting to demonstrate that China's massive land reclamation does not give it territorial rights.

Daniel Russel, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, said the flight of a U.S. reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the South China Sea was a regular and appropriate occurrence. He said the U.S. will seek to preserve the ability of not just the United States but all countries to exercise their rights to freedom of navigation and overflight.

"Nobody in their right mind is going to try to stop the U.S. Navy from operating. That would not be a good step. But it's not enough that a U.S. military plane can overfly international waters, even if there is a challenge or a hail and query" from the Chinese military, he said.

"We believe that every country and all civilian actors also should have unfettered access to international waters and international airspace," he said.

Speaking at a regular daily briefing Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reiterated Beijing's insistence on its indisputable sovereignty over the islands it has created by piling sand on top of atolls and reefs.

While saying he had no information about the reported exchange, Hong said China was "entitled to the surveillance over related airspace and sea areas so as to maintain national security and avoid any maritime accidents.

"We hope relevant countries respect China's sovereignty over the South China Sea, abandon actions that may intensify controversies and play a constructive role for regional peace and stability," Hong told reporters.

China claims virtually the entire South China Sea as its own, along with its scattered island groups. The area that is home to some of the world's busiest commercial shipping routes is also claimed in part or in whole by the Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The U.S. and most of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) want a halt to the projects, which they suspect are aimed at building islands and other land features over which China can claim sovereignty and base military assets.

The U.S. says it takes no position on the sovereignty claims but insists they must be negotiated. Washington also says ensuring maritime safety and access is a U.S. national security priority.

China is also at odds with Japan over ownership of a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by Beijing, leading to increased activity by Chinese planes and ships in the area, which lies between Taiwan and Okinawa.

Both sides have accused the other of operating dangerously, prompting fears of an incident such as the 2001 collision between a Chinese fighter jet and a U.S. surveillance plane in which the Chinese pilot was killed and the American crew detained on China's Hainan island.

Also Thursday, the Chinese air force announced its latest offshore training exercises in the western Pacific as part of efforts to boost its combat preparedness.

People's Liberation Army Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke said the exercises were held in international airspace but gave no specifics. In its report on the drills, state broadcaster CCTV showed a video of Xian H-6 twin-engine bombers, a Chinese version of Russia's Tupelov Tu-16, in flight and landing at an air base, although it wasn't clear when the video was shot.

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Source:: FOX News

[dMog]

Mexican stand off part two coming soon...stay tuned...this could get scary real quick

[info999]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

[dMog]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

really?? in international waters??? really...grow up

[sternog]

Go tell Syria about wiseness of the US and their respecting the sovereignty of other countries - they are threatening to bomb those who try to stop so called opposition that the US trained, whom government of Syria plainly calls terrorists.

[flitox]

china is only behaving like USA have done for so many years!

move on people nothing interresting here. only thing lurking is a pointless exchange of words

[The Owl]

remember the same sort of shit back in the days of the Cold war and bear in mind I was at the sharp end of that and stationed in Berlin when it was 110Kms behind the East - West German Borders Oh what fun days

[steven36]

Go tell Syria about wiseness of the US and their respecting the sovereignty of other countries - they are threatening to bomb those who try to stop so called opposition that the US trained, whom government of Syria plainly calls terrorists.

This about like Russia flying planes close to USA border

NORAD: Russian Bombers Broadcast July 4th Audio Message to US Fighter Jets

Vittert called these flights "the largest and most aggressive actions by the Russians we have seen since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.

 http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/07/23/norad-russian-bombers-delivered-audio-message-us-jets-july-4-incident

What is Russia doing trying start a Nuclear war? If they would been a different president in the White house it could have been one. Just like when Russia brought those ships into Cuba back during the cold war and JFK made them get out it was almost one back then.

There is no good ever comes with Nuclear War if it were ever to happen we will all be gone they will be no more to complain about .

And you talk about countries that harbor terrorists when Russia claims there are partners to the US and UK against it

Russia Ready To Send Paratroopers To Syria

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-04/russia-ready-send-paratroopers-syria

Anyone joins the military now days is crazy, they have some sort of death wish to go in these places and fight . I remember when I was 18 or 19 worrying was i going to end up being forced to fight in the 1st Gulf war .

[sternog]

@ steven36 What I mean is that Russia is trying to negotiate with government of Syria on the matter of fighting ISIS there. Washington simply does whatever it wants in Syria without ever asking the government of this country, including bombing on its territory and arming and training opposing forces. Seems you misunderstood the situation I`m talking about.

Threatening to bomb anyone, even government troops in case they begin to fight "opposition" backed up by the USA is how they actually respect sovereignty of Syria.

Btw, the USA lost 42 mln bux at the beginning of their effort in trying to train those people, who were caught or ran away later lol.

[CODYQX4]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

It's China trying to bully smaller countries in that region and take it over, BTW. But blame USA for everything while every other nation's NSA does their thing unhampered because everyone's focused on USA spying.

[CODYQX4]

Go tell Syria about wiseness of the US and their respecting the sovereignty of other countries - they are threatening to bomb those who try to stop so called opposition that the US trained, whom government of Syria plainly calls terrorists.

This about like Russia flying planes close to USA border

NORAD: Russian Bombers Broadcast July 4th Audio Message to US Fighter Jets

Vittert called these flights "the largest and most aggressive actions by the Russians we have seen since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.

 http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/07/23/norad-russian-bombers-delivered-audio-message-us-jets-july-4-incident

What is Russia doing trying start a Nuclear war? If they would been a different president in the White house it could have been one. Just like when Russia brought those ships into Cuba back during the cold war and JFK made them get out it was almost one back then.

There is no good ever comes with Nuclear War if it were ever to happen we will all be gone they will be no more to complain about .

And you talk about countries that harbor terrorists when Russia claims there are partners to the US and UK against it

Russia Ready To Send Paratroopers To Syria

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-04/russia-ready-send-paratroopers-syria

Anyone joins the military now days is crazy, they have some sort of death wish to go in these places and fight . I remember when I was 18 or 19 worrying was i going to end up being forced to fight in the 1st Gulf war .

Russia's testing the waters because they know Obama is a spineless pushover, eager to appease, and only good at giving speeches. He's a man of inaction, and not worth a damn if he doesn't have a script to go by.

[info999]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

It's China trying to bully smaller countries in that region and take it over, BTW. But blame USA for everything while every other nation's NSA does their thing unhampered because everyone's focused on USA spying.

So USA is what ? "world police" ? Wow

[dMog]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

It's China trying to bully smaller countries in that region and take it over, BTW. But blame USA for everything while every other nation's NSA does their thing unhampered because everyone's focused on USA spying.

So USA is what ? "world police" ? Wow

no they are not the world police..but damn man...open your eyes and force your brain to discover that the usa is NOT the only bad boy playing in this sand box Isis is a very bad thing for this entire work not just the country they control... iran has more than 100 times state their intent ti wipe the country of Israel off the face of the earth...and they my friend is not just political rhetoric and idle talk...they really mean to do this...Puitin again is doing his best to bring us back to the brink that was the cold was...china has world domination aspirations an we all know any country has never been able to succeed without eventually resorting to wars to gain those aspirations... ...and before yo respond , i have never once said said the USA is in innocent misunderstood bystander ...what i have said is they are not the only ones doing some very wrong things ...and i have said people like you choose to ONLY see one single country as bad and totally ignore the wrong doings of ALL others to fault ...could that be because you live in country that if you were to speak against your own country you and your family would disappear???

[info999]

The US keeps trying to mess with other people business ! :wtf:

It's China trying to bully smaller countries in that region and take it over, BTW. But blame USA for everything while every other nation's NSA does their thing unhampered because everyone's focused on USA spying.

So USA is what ? "world police" ? Wow

no they are not the world police..but damn man...open your eyes and force your brain to discover that the usa is NOT the only bad boy playing in this sand box Isis is a very bad thing for this entire work not just the country they control... iran has more than 100 times state their intent ti wipe the country of Israel off the face of the earth...and they my friend is not just political rhetoric and idle talk...they really mean to do this...Puitin again is doing his best to bring us back to the brink that was the cold was...china has world domination aspirations an we all know any country has never been able to succeed without eventually resorting to wars to gain those aspirations... ...and before yo respond , i have never once said said the USA is in innocent misunderstood bystander ...what i have said is they are not the only ones doing some very wrong things ...and i have said people like you choose to ONLY see one single country as bad and totally ignore the wrong doings of ALL others to fault ...could that be because you live in country that if you were to speak against your own country you and your family would disappear???

China is not a bad boy, China has never once invaded other countries, USA, on the other hand, is a whole different story.

"could that be because you live in country that if you were to speak against your own country you and your family would disappear???"

Do you live in a cave or something ?

[dMog]

china has never invaded a country. nor have they eve done anything wrong????..you gotta be living in a cave... not to mention china has the worst human rights record since 2000 years before the Communists took over...and they continued the tradition to this day

https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110411111028AABMRgm and if you want links to prove china's human rights abuses ...try google for yourself there will be thousands and thousands of links for you look at