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发帖数: 22479 | 1 美军证实，周二，2架美国B52轰炸机飞越中国南海，中国未派飞机拦截！
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/27/politics/us-flies-bombers-south-china-sea
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Washington (CNN) — US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew a training
mission over the South China Sea on Tuesday, according to the US military.
The bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam
according to a statement from US Pacific Air Forces, which oversees air
operations in the region. The flight also involved additional training with
F-15 Strike Eagle jets in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan. The training
mission was part of the US Air Force's routine "Continuous Bomber Presence"
in the region.
A US military official told CNN that the two bombers flew between two
Chinese claimed features in the Spratly Islands, claims unrecognized by
China's neighbors and the US government. China has used these geographic
features in the Spratlys to build man-made islands, some of which China has
equipped with military facilities.
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Officials told CNN that the Chinese military did not intercept the US
aircraft during their mission.
The US has expressed concerns about China's efforts to militarize the region
via the construction of military facilities on some of these man made
islands.
Asked about the purpose of these islands, the Trump administration's nominee
to head the US military's Pacific Command, Adm. Phillip Davidson told
Congress this month that China was using these islands to exercise control
over the South China Sea.
"China has long claimed the South China Sea as their own," he said. "It is
my belief that they intend to establish the military structure that will
help them control the air and sea lanes through that region of the world."
Speaking at the same Armed Services Committee hearing, Republican Sen. James
Inhofe said China is "creating islands out there, all of them being
singularly for military purposes."
"We know they have runways, they have cannons, they have -- everything in
there is military. And it's really pretty scary," Inhofe added. |
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