China Has Lost the Philippines Despite Duterte’s Best Efforts https://t.co/wOLw1lLeLF
— Kyle Matthews (@kylecmatthews) May 4, 2021
South China Sea Dispute : News & Updates
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Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence
The three nations’ first joint drills on Japanese soil — dubbed “ARC21” and which began Tuesday — come as they seek step up military ties amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the region. Japanese soldiers and their counterparts from the French army and the U.S. Marine Corps also conducted an...
Since 2013 the Chinese government has dredged and mostly destroyed ecologically delicate reefs in disputed waters in order to build seven major military bases.#PRC #SouthChinaSea #MilitaryBases #Terrforminghttps://t.co/5s8bP2skTi
— Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM (@IPDefenseForum) May 18, 2021
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rebuffed call from China to withdraw vessels from disputed areas of the South China Sea and said he would not bow to pressure, even if it jeopardizes his friendship with Beijing.#Philippines #MaritimeDispute #EEZhttps://t.co/3n3XCO1i3a
— Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM (@IPDefenseForum) May 15, 2021
Battleship diplomacy: Britain's new aircraft carrier joins NATO, has message for China
The maiden voyage of a new British aircraft carrier will seek to show allies that post-Brexit Britain is ready to defend Western interests and eager to see China respect international rules, the vessel's commander said. HMS Queen Elizabeth took part in NATO exercises in the Mediterranean this...
PLA released clip of an interception over the South China Sea in May 2020. At that time, some B-1B bombers conducted several operations over the South China Sea as part of BTF mission. There is rare footage of Chinese fighter jets flying over Mischief Reef in this clip. pic.twitter.com/VOadLDro9x
— Duan Dang (@duandang) June 20, 2021
Air Force to send dozens of F-22 fighter jets to the Pacific amid rising tensions with China
The U.S. Air Force announced it will send more than two dozen F-22 fighter jets to an exercise in the western Pacific, CNN reports.Why it matters: Analysts say that sending that many jets sends a clear message to China as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate, CNN notes. Get market...
South Korea Can Now Build Missiles Able to Reach Beijing, With U.S. Blessing
Washington had imposed limits on Seoul’s weapons program for four decades but lifted them with North Korea’s nuclear arsenal expanding and China’s military strength growing.
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Beijing interferes with Natuna drilling offshore Indonesia in South China Sea… https://t.co/ihahKSn8bB
— Duan Dang (@duandang) August 20, 2021
That's interesting because now they're stepping on Russia's toes in the SCS.
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We Know What China Wants to do
The only logical question for us is, " What are we going to do about it? " On Sunday, H.I. Sutton and Sam LaGrone over at USNINews brought...
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Monday, November 08, 2021
We Know What China Wants to do
The only logical question for us is, "What are we going to do about it?"
On Sunday, H.I. Sutton and Sam LaGrone over at USNINews brought a few visuals that should grab your attention;
There is no reason to get all that excited about this. China realists should welcome this as it may help get the attention of those who have not fully realized the most likely Chinese Course of Action.
They know that the greatest threat to their plans for their end of the Pacific is the US Navy.
Don't get distracted by talk of grand Chinese breakthroughs in space, electronic warfare, or cyber - though they are real and a threat - because they are supporting and not supported efforts.
The Chinese main plan - their supported effort - is to lure in and then destroy as much of the US Navy and its supporting infrastructure west of Wake as it can as early as possible in the Pacific war that we all expect to come. They are confident enough of their capability to effectively strike static targets that they are moving on to refining hitting moving targets.
No use to ignore the threat, or retreat from the fact that in order to properly defend and support our allies, we not only have to go west of Wake, but west of Guam and well inside the first island chain.
Acknowledge the challenge. Accept the challenge. Welcome the challenge.
Let the Chinese do what they will - we cannot stop them while at peace - but we can do what we need to.
First, we need to counter the threat with an ability to degrade and as much as possible destroy their ability to effectively locate and track our forces.
How is our anti-satellite capability?
How is our offensive cyber ability?
How is our crypto breaking?
How is our offensive EW?
How is our dirty tricks/spoofing cadre?
How "quiet" can we operate along the electromagnetic spectrum?
Those are just a few of the top "soft" capabilities we need.
How is our ship based anti-ballistic missile/hypersonic capability? How many do we need to carry? How many in magazines? How many can industry produce per month?
How effective is our long range conventional strike capability? How many in magazines? How many can industry produce per month?
How are we on ensuring that our ship based cruise missiles have the range they need? How many do we need to carry? How many in magazines? How many can industry produce per month?
(NB: if in your head you don't have a matrix of VLS cells per ship and are marking off real estate, you're doing it wrong.)
What are we doing to extend the range of our airwing and the weapons they carry?
I am not interested in your PPT-thick vaporware that might show up by 2040. No, I need to know what you will have ready to deploy in number by 2025. Save Futurewar for another brief, later, on someone else's schedule.
Have we effectively modeled what we need for damage control when faced by near misses or glancing blows by ballistic missiles and hypersonics? No, you can't assume every hit is a direct hit or cracks the ship in half. That will happen, but a few thousand years of warfare tells us that won't happen every time.
Have we effectively modeled how we will repair ships to get them back in the fight as soon as practical? Do we have what we need to do that?
Have we effectively modeled how we are going to conduct reloads of VLS cells forward? Do we have what we need to do that?
Regulars here know the answer to much of the above.
I think we can all agree there is much work to do.
Now, who is doing it?
A final note, for those who would like a quick and fascinating read on the Taklamakan desert that the Ruoqiang is part of, I can not recommend more highly Peter Hopkirk's Foreign Devils on the Silk Road.
Since I discovered the history of it in the 1990s, I've always been interested in news coming out about the Taklamakan. The place is just a brutal part of the world. If you wonder what "Taklamakan" might mean, I've read this in a few places, including Hopkirk;
Australian AP-3C (EW) Orion & more recently P-8A Poseidon aircraft have been flying from Singapore on monthlong deployments, w/ flight tracking data showing they are heading to the South China Sea for surveillance missions lasting as long as 14 hrs #osint https://t.co/1DF7IMClS3
— Mike Yeo 杨启铭 (@TheBaseLeg) November 12, 2021
A very important report: "This highlights the critically overexploited state of the SCS fisheries, made
— Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦 (@CollinSLKoh) November 13, 2021
worse by warming sea temperatures that trigger
the northward migration of species away from
traditional fishing grounds."
Full PDF here: https://t.co/dY7OwlGOoi pic.twitter.com/deiiIdT2i4
We stand with our Philippine allies and reaffirm that an armed attack on Philippine public vessels in the South China Sea would invoke U.S. mutual defense commitments under the 1951 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.
— U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (@USEmbassyPH) November 19, 2021
Full statement by @StateDeptSpox: https://t.co/y4qzIKMjrS pic.twitter.com/H00SWkrAai
North Natuna Sea
SYDNEY/JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The unprecedented demand, which has not previously been reported, elevated tensions over natural resources between the two countries in a volatile area of global strategic and economic importance…
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SYDNEY/JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The unprecedented demand, which has not previously been reported, elevated tensions over natural resources between the two countries in a volatile area of global strategic and economic importance…
EXCLUSIVE China protested Indonesian drilling, military exercises
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Everything you need to know about the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines
After a formal protest from the Philippines and a decisive warning from the U.S., China has backed down following its recent displays of aggression in the international dispute over sovereignty of the South China Sea. The clash reportedly occurred in an area leading to the Second Thomas Shoal —...
The first 🇨🇳 vessel Incursion by CCG5302 in Indonesia's EEZ this new year. CCG5302 was the first Coast Guard vessel shadowing Premier Oil's drilling rig in the Natuna Sea last year. It looks, this Coast Guard vessel is one of dedicated vessels to patrol in Indonesian waters. pic.twitter.com/6rBIwQBFnf
— IMOSINT (@imosint) January 3, 2022
