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发帖数: 33885 | 1 U.S. flies two warplanes over East China Sea, ignoring new Chinese air
defense zone
By Craig Whitlock, Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2:55 PM E-mail the writer
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that it had defied Beijing by flying two
warplanes over the East China Sea on a training exercise, ignoring a recent
edict from China that it be informed in advance of any such flights in the
region.
U.S. military officials said they deployed two unarmed B-52 bombers late
Monday over a small island chain that China and Japan both claim as their
territory. Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a military spokesman, described the flights
as “uneventful” and said they were part of a previously scheduled
training mission. He said there was “no contact, no reaction from China.”
Pentagon officials said the flights were intended to send a clear message to
Beijing that Washington would not permit China to restrict freedom of
movement in international airspace or waterways. In addition to its dispute
with Japan, China is engaged in spats with other U.S. allies in Asia,
fueling political tension as all sides vie for strategically important
territory.
On Saturday, China declared that it had imposed an “air defense
identification zone” over part of the East China Sea and the uninhabited
islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyo in China. The Chinese
Defense Ministry warned that any noncommercial aircraft entering the zone
would need to submit flight plans in advance and maintain radio contact with
Chinese authorities or else face unspecified “defensive emergency measures
.”
Japan and the United States immediately protested the move. The Pentagon,
which frequently conducts naval and air exercises in the East China Sea,
said Saturday that it had no intention of bowing to China’s demands,
calling them “a destabilizing attempt to alter the status quo in the region
.”
Less than 48 hours later, the long-range B-52 bombers took off from a
military base in Guam and spent about an hour in the disputed zone before
returning to the U.S. territory in the Pacific.
On Tuesday, the White House blasted China’s imposition of the air defense
identification zone but urged Beijing to address territorial conflicts
diplomatically instead of militarily.
“We believe that inflammatory rhetoric and inflammatory policy
pronouncements like those made by the Chinese over the weekend are
counterproductive, and we believe that those differences of opinion can and
should be resolved diplomatically,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told
reporters. “It’s in the interest of all of the parties in the region to
do that.”
There was no immediate response from Chinese officials to the Pentagon’s
announcement. Analysts said they did not expect Beijing to respond
militarily but predicted that tension over the island chain would continue
to be a potential flash point.
“The Chinese aren’t going to back off. We’re not going to back off,”
said Patrick Cronin, an Asia analyst at the Center for a New American
Security, a Washington think tank that consults closely with the Obama
administration. “So right now, the trajectory is that there’s going to be
some kind of mishap in the next couple of years.” |
x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 2 关键词：it had **defied** Beijing by flying two warplanes over the East
China Sea on a training exercise, **ignoring** a recent edict from China
that it be informed in advance of any such flights in the region. |
a****n
发帖数: 3082 | |
x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 4 关键词：We’re not going to back off |
l******t
发帖数: 55733 | 5
这倒是像我共下的大棋
【在 a****n 的大作中提到】
: 国会威胁要裁掉预算
: 美国国防部机会来了
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x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 6 Pentagon officials said the flights were ***intended to send a clear message
*** to Beijing that Washington ***would not permit*** China to restrict
freedom of movement in international airspace or waterways.
这句话让人想起鸡米的这句：
Should we allow the Chinese to live? |
G**L
发帖数: 22804 | 7 关键词是 spent about an hour in the disputed zone before returning to the U.
S. territory in the Pacific.中防部说是在鱼岛东边200公里飞的
【在 x******g 的大作中提到】
: 关键词：it had **defied** Beijing by flying two warplanes over the East
: China Sea on a training exercise, **ignoring** a recent edict from China
: that it be informed in advance of any such flights in the region.
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x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 8 美帝有给出飞行路线吗？
U.
【在 G**L 的大作中提到】
: 关键词是 spent about an hour in the disputed zone before returning to the U.
: S. territory in the Pacific.中防部说是在鱼岛东边200公里飞的
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 9 美国原来经常在专属经济区边上这么飞，最后才导致了撞机。
可这次实在太远了，等土鳖的飞过去了还没等前戏油就不够了。
U.
【在 G**L 的大作中提到】
: 关键词是 spent about an hour in the disputed zone before returning to the U.
: S. territory in the Pacific.中防部说是在鱼岛东边200公里飞的
|
x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 10 spent about an hour in the disputed zone
一个小时能在识别区里飞很久了。
要么是美帝撒谎，要么是邓产党撒谎。 |
x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 11 传统的抽插进出啊，天上又没有线。
【在 x******g 的大作中提到】
: spent about an hour in the disputed zone
: 一个小时能在识别区里飞很久了。
: 要么是美帝撒谎，要么是邓产党撒谎。
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L**W
发帖数: 2277 | 12 关键词是:unarmed 和 previously scheduled |
G**L
发帖数: 22804 | 13 新型灰鸡不是都可以空中加油么
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 美国原来经常在专属经济区边上这么飞，最后才导致了撞机。
: 可这次实在太远了，等土鳖的飞过去了还没等前戏油就不够了。
:
: U.
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