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CCG3210 has influenced politics in the South China Sea, of which China lays claim to virtually the entire territory. In a recent example from May, the Indonesian destroyer Oswald Siahaan-354 shelled the stern of a Chinese fishing trawler intruding in Indonesian waters near the Natuna Islands.

That Indonesia found it appropriate to deploy a heavily-armed destroyer to intercept a fishing boat is partly because of a more aggressive approach by Jakarta to counter Chinese intrusions. And it may be because of repeated close encounters with CCG3210, a 2,580-ton Chinese coast guard patrol ship armed with machine guns, light cannons and (likely) advanced hardware capable of jamming communications.

Let’s count several milestones in her career. Built in 2010, CCG3210 escorted a fishing flotilla and stared down the Philippine navy during a dispute over territorial rights. But that was just the beginning.
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Jenkit on ongelmissa jos kiinan merellä rupeaa paukkumaan. Ei silti onhan niillä kuitenkin enemmän koneita kuin kenelläkään muuten, mutta kysymys on kuinka monta tarvitaan Kiinan rintamalla SA tilanteessa?

The U.S. Navy’s strike fighter squadrons are in dire straits with only one out of three Boeing F/A-18 Hornet airframes being ready for war at any given time.

In order to meet its operational requirements, the service is routinely raiding squadrons that are not deployed to secure enough jets for the air wings that are about to go to sea.

“If I have to ensure that I have 10 like strike fighters are in a single squadron on that aircraft carrier and they need the same capability, I will tax units that are back here at home,” Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command testified before the House Armed Services Committee on May 26. “If I need 10 forward, I do routinely operate four aircraft in squadrons in the rear.”

Within the Navy, only one out of four Hornets is fully mission capable. “That one in four is currently deployed,” Capt. Randy Stearns, Commodore of Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic told the committee. “The other three in four are the aircraft that are back in the maintenance phase or going through another FRP [fleet response plan].”

The Navy currently has four air wings that are ready for war, but it has no ability to surge any additional forces. In previous years, it would have taken the Navy about 90 days to ready another air wing for deployment — now it takes roughly three times as long.
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Miksei. Onhan niitä tuottoisia molemminpuoliseen rahastukseen perustuvia suhteita laitettu ennenkin jäihin kun ulkopolitiikka alkaa tökkimään. Kiina kasvaa suunnassa jos toisessa ja samalla kasvaa halu määrätä itse omasta tulevaisuudesta. Eikös kiinalaiset ole aktivoituneet esim. YK:ssa ja maailman asioihin otetaan hanakammin kantaa nykyään.
 
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Miksei. Onhan niitä tuottoisia molemminpuoliseen rahastukseen perustuvia suhteita laitettu ennenkin jäihin kun ulkopolitiikka alkaa tökkimään.
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Koska maailmantalous on melko riippuvainen kinukkien rahoista ja kyvystä tuottaa halvalla kaikkea. Ei sitä korvata hetkessä millään. 2007 näyttää lastenleikiltä kun tämä kolahtaa päälle.
 
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Koska maailmantalous on melko riippuvainen kinukkien rahoista ja kyvystä tuottaa halvalla kaikkea. Ei sitä korvata hetkessä millään. 2007 näyttää lastenleikiltä kun tämä kolahtaa päälle.
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Totta. Ongelmaksi muodostuu se että kiinassa palkat nousevat samoin kuin elintaso. Laosi ja Vietnam vetävät nyt valmistusta. Kiinan seuraava vaihe länsimaisen tuotannon nyysijänä onkin viedä länsimainen kauppa. Ehkä länsimaiden tehtaita katoaa mutta kiinalaiset rakentavat omia tilalle ja myyvät halvalla. Ostan kaiken tarvittavan kiinasta ja tunnen itseni maanpetturiksi joka kerta. Minulla on jo monta tuttua kiinan tyttöö whats upissakin tämän vuoksi. Ne ovat kiinalaisten valmistajien myyjiä jotka aina lähettävät kuvansa. On Candy, cherry ja Jasmin. Nättejä.
 

Singapore - Asia's largest defence summit concluded on Sunday amid growing fears of a legal and military showdown in the South China Sea over China's rapid construction of artificial islands with ports, airstrips and helipads in one of the world's most bitterly contested waterways.

At the weekend-long Shangri-La Dialogue , Chinese military officials vowed to ignore a legal ruling expected in the next few weeks by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on a Philippines' challenge to China's growing assertiveness in the key sea route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

"We do not make trouble, but we have no fear of trouble," said Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army, who led the Chinese delegation at the summit.

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Admiral Sun Jianguo [Tom Benner/Al Jazeera]

Sun added: "China will not bear with the arbitration award, nor will it allow any infringement of its sovereignty."
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Chinese construction on a South China Sea islet claimed by the Philippines would prompt "actions being taken" by the United States and other nations, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Saturday.

Speaking at a security summit in Singapore, Carter said Beijing risks building a "Great Wall of self-isolation" with its military expansion in the contested waters, but he also proposed stronger bilateral security cooperation to reduce the risks of a mishap.

"I hope that this development doesn't occur because it will result in actions being taken both by the United States, and actions being taken by others in the region that will have the effect of not only increasing tensions but isolating China," Carter said when asked about Scarborough Shoal in a forum also attended by senior Chinese military officials.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post has reported that China plans to establish an outpost on the shoal, 230 kilometres (140 miles) off the Philippine coast, which Manila says lies in its exclusive economic zone.
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President Xi Jinping said China and the US needed to trust each other more as both sides sought to minimise tensions over the South China Sea at the opening Monday of key annual talks in Beijing.

China claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea despite competing claims by several Southeast Asian neighbours, and has rapidly built artificial islands suitable for military use.

Washington has responded by sending warships close to Chinese claimed reefs, angering Beijing.

"China and the US need to increase mutual trust," Xi said at the opening of the annual strategic dialogue, calling for redoubling of efforts for the two powers to manage conflicts and avoid "strategic misjudgement".

"Some disputes may not be resolved for the time being," he said, but both sides should take a "pragmatic and constructive" attitude towards those issues.

"The vast Pacific should be a stage for cooperation, not an area for competition," he said.

Speaking for the US, Secretary of State John Kerry called for a "diplomatic solution" to the problem.

"We are looking for a peaceful resolution to the dispute in the South China Sea and oppose any country resolving claims through unilateral action", he said, referring to China's increasingly aggressive expansion in the area.

The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam have competing claims in the South China Sea, which encompasses vital global shipping routes and is believed to have significant oil and gas deposits.

Manila accuses China of taking effective control of the Scarborough Shoal in 2012 and has brought a case against Beijing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. China has shunned the proceedings and says it will not recognise any ruling.
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http://time.com/4362319/japan-china-senkaku-diaoyu-islands-warship/

Japan Protests After a Chinese Warship Sails Close to Disputed Islands
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Asahi Shimbun/Getty ImagesThis is one of the disputed Senkaku Islands, controlled by Japan but sought by China
The small islands in the East China Sea are a source of tension between the two countries
lodged a formal complaint with China over an incident in the early hours Thursday in which it said a Chinese naval vessel sailed close to disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Reuters cites a statement in which Japanese Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki “express[ed] a serious concern” to the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo after the warship entered waters close to the Senkaku islands, which are controlled by Japan.

China, which calls them the Diaoyu, claims that the islands — and the surrounding waters — are its historic territory. Relations between the two countries have soured over the dispute since the Japanese government agreed to buy the islands from their previous private owners, a Japanese family, in 2012.

The Chinese vessel reportedly left the waters after an hour, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Reuters says the ministry believes three Russian battleships also came close to Japanese territory at around the same time.

[Reuters]

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In an effort to hunt for materials, China is planning to build a manned deep-sea platform in the South China Sea. The lab may also serve for military purposes in the disputed waters as well. The lab would be located as much as 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) below sea level, according to a recent Science Ministry presentation viewed by Bloomberg. Bloomberg writes: "The project was mentioned in China's current five-year economic plan released in March and ranked number two on a list of the top 100 science and technology priorities." There are few public details specifying the timeline of the project, any blueprints, costs or where exactly it will be located. China's President Xi Jinping considers more than 80 percent of the waters its sovereign territory. The country has even created several artificial islands in the South China Sea covering 3,200 acres.
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A Chinese spy ship entered Japan's territorial waters on Wednesday as Tokyo conducted a joint exercise with the United States and India, Japanese officials said.

Japan quickly voiced "concerns" over the intrusion as it came less than a week after another Chinese naval vessel sailed near islands at the centre of a Tokyo-Beijing sovereignty dispute in the East China Sea.

"The Chinese military vessel moved in after an Indian ship sailed into Japan's territorial waters as it participated in a Japan-US-India joint exercise," Gen Nakatani, defence minister, told reporters.

Japanese defence ministry officials declined to speculate why the 6,000-ton "information gathering" vessel sailed into the area, but Nakatani said China, as Japan's neighbour, must act "carefully".

A Japanese navy surveillance aircraft spotted the Chinese ship around 3:30 am (1830 GMT Tuesday) in territorial waters near Kuchinoerabu island in southern Japan, said Hiroshige Seko, a government spokesman.

Tokyo did not immediately say by how much the Chinese ship breached its territorial waters, which international law stipulates are a 12-nautical-mile band offshore.

The area is part of a Japanese island chain that divides the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and is not subject to the territorial dispute.

China's navy was conducting a "normal exercise" and passing through international waters in the Tokara Strait where "all countries can have the right of innocent passage," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing.

"There is no need to provide notification or to get authorisation in advance," Lu told a regular briefing.

"So if Japan insists on hyping up this issue in the media, we have to question its motives."

China's defence ministry also said in a statement that its ship's actions were in accordance with international law.

The Chinese ship sailed southeast and exited Japanese waters around 5 am heading into the Pacific, Japan's Seko told a press briefing.

Wednesday's incursion came less than a week after another Chinese naval ship sailed close to the disputed islands further south in the East China Sea, though it did not enter what Japan sees as territorial waters.
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Things heat up near South China Sea: two U.S. aircraft carriers, B-52s and EA-18G Growler detachment

The U.S. build-up in the disputed waters of South China Sea continues with bombers, carriers and Electronic Attack planes.
Some interesting photographs have been arriving from the troubled waters of Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

The most recent ones, released on Jun. 18, show the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) carrier strike groups (CSG 3 and CSG 5) crusing close each other during dual carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea.

Such operations included air combat training, long-range strike training, air defense drills as well as sea surveillance.

The CSG 3, that started operations in the Western Pacific on Feb. 4, consists of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and guided-missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, USS Stockdale (DDG 106), USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), and the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9.

CSG 5, begun its summer patrol of the Indo-Asia Pacific, on Jun. 4, and consists of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), guided-missile cruisers USS Shiloh (CG 67) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and guided-missile destroyers from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), USS McCampbell (DDG 85), USS Benfold (DDG 65); the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan and routinely, patrols the Western Pacific.

According to the U.S. Navy, the CSGs (Carrier Strike Groups) began coordinated operations in international waters to demonstrate “the United States unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups in close proximity.”

U.S. Navy aircraft carriers regularly conduct dual carrier strike group operations in the Western Pacific and sometimes also in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Philippine Sea: this occurs when carriers deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations from the U.S. West Coast are joined with the forward deployed carrier strike group from Japan. When it happens a force of 12,000 sailors, 140 aircraft, six combatants and two carriers operates in the same sea: an impressive “show of force.”



Previously, in Sept. 2012, USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) strike groups conducted combined operation in the South China Sea and East China Sea. In 2001, USS Constellation (CV 64) and Carl Vinson operated together in the South China Sea.

A few days before the two carriers started combined operations, a joint service bombing exercise at the targeting island Farallon de Medinilla, an uninhabited small island in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean located 45 nautical miles north of Saipan, saw two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers launched from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, fly over USS Spruance (DDG 111) in a maritime attack training sortie.

Along with the two carrier strike groups and the B-52 providing extended deterrence, Washington has also deployed to the Philippines the first temporary detachment of Navy EA-18G Growlers.

The electronic attack aircraft have arrived at Clark Air Base, on Jun. 15. Even though they are officially there to train with the local FA-50, the detachment, made of 4 aircraft and 120 personnel with the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138, “will support routine operations that enhance regional maritime domain awareness and assure access to the air and maritime domains in accordance with international law.”

Therefore, the strategical deployment brought not far from the disputed waters in the South China Sea some cutting-edge aircraft capable to perform electronic escort missions on both U.S. ships and spyplanes that are frequently shadowed by Chinese spyplanes or intelligence gathering ships. Furthermore, the Growlers could jam, if needed, the Chinese radars on the Spratly, Paracel, Pratas and the rest of the islands, including those that have been artificially created, decreasing Beijing ability to establish an ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) similar to that in the East China Sea and to support its warplanes in the area.

The presence of (some more…) EA-18Gs could theoretically limit the operations of the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) and Navy (PLANAF) that, according to “Flashpoint China: Chinese air power and regional security” published by Harpia Publishing and written by Andreas Rupprecht, one of the most authoritative sources on Chinese Air Power, “are able to ensure virtually continuos, round-the-clock aerial coverage and combat air patrols over the area during a crisis or a conflict.”

In particular, the PLANAF is pretty active in the area with a regiment each of H-6 bombers and JH-7 fighter-bombers and no fewer than three regiments of J-11 interceptors covering the South China Sea . “The availability of long-range J-11s and aerial refueling assets implies that much of the SCS [South China Sea] is now de-facto Chinese airspace,” says Rupprecht.

It’s not a coincidence that a recent close encounter in the area involved few weeks ago two Chinese J-11 tactical aircraft that carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft on a routine mission in international airspace over the South China Sea.



The Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 is an expeditionary squadron based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, that has previously taken part in deployments across the region. The Growler detachment comes after a first temporary Air Contingent made of five A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft, three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and approximately 200 personnel deployed from multiple Pacific Air Forces units that took part in exercise Balikatan and completed their final mission on April 28, 2016.
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Two US aircraft carriers have started exercises in the Philippine Sea, defence officials said Sunday, as Washington's close ally Manila faces growing pressure from Beijing in the South China Sea.

The US Pacific Command said the USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan, among the world's largest warships, began conducting air defense drills, sea surveillance, and long range strikes on Saturday.

The command said the operations marked America's continued presence in the Asia-Pacific as China expands its maritime strength and engages in massive island building activities in disputed waters.

"No other Navy can concentrate this much combat power on one sea...It was truly impressive," said US Rear Admiral Marcus Hitchcock, carrier strike group commander.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visited the Stennis in April as it sailed off the Philippines near the disputed area where China has expanded islets and reefs into islands capable of supporting airfields and other installations.

The Philippines has been improving its defence ties with the US, its longtime treaty ally and former colonial ruler, to help boost the ability of one of Asia's weakest armed forces.

The US exercises synchronized the activities of over 12,000 sailors, 140 aircraft, six combatants and the two carriers, said Hitchcock.

The command said the drills were meant to promote freedom of navigation and overflight in the region's airspace and waters.

"(This) has been a great opportunity for us to train on how we would operate multiple carrier strike groups in a contested environment," said US Rear Admiral John Alexander, another carrier strike group commander.

The US Navy said it has been conducting dual carrier strike group operations for several years in the Philippine Sea, the South China Sea and the East China Sea, where China has a separate dispute with Japan over small islands.

Philippine defence department spokesman Peter Galvez said the exercises showed that the US was "resolute" in fulfilling its often repeated "ironclad commitment" to defend the Philippines.

"We welcome the strong cooperation and partnership we have with our friends and allies ... in light of (the dispute) where our legitimate rights have been overstepped," he told AFP.

The Philippines is awaiting a ruling from an international arbitration tribunal against China's claims to most of the South China Sea.
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As Chinese forces have become increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, the U.S. military has responded by sending more of its own warships and warplanes to the region. Now, U.S. Navy jamming jets are in The Philippines for a training mission that will make a statement to Beijing.

On June 15, 2016, four EA-18G Growlers from Electronic Attack Squadron 138 — having flown from their base in Washington state by way of Guam — touched down at Clark Air Base. The Americans will train with Philippine Air Force pilots.

“The temporary deployment … is another example of sending our most capable, advanced units to the Indo-Asia-Pacific on behalf of regional security and stability,” Navy lieutenant Clint Ramsden, a public affairs officer at the U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters in Hawaii, told War Is Boring via email.

“Our operations are not directed toward any particular nation or military, but are designed to demonstrate our commitment to allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific,” Ramsden stressed.
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Over the South China Sea, EA-18s could — if necessary — respond to any Chinese interference by scrambling communications networks or jamming radar screens. Though the A-10s went unmolested in their earlier flights to Scarborough, the ground-attack planes still carried electronic jamming pods on each mission.

Of course, if a serious incident did occur at the moment, the naval aviators would have the added benefit of a massive group of friendly ships nearby. On June 18, the aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan, their two air wings and eight other escorting cruisers and destroyers kicked off a massive war game in the Philippine Sea.

Just like the Growlers in The Philippines, the two carriers are officially on a training mission not aimed at any particular nation. But the Navy says the exercise is focused on a “high-end scenario” against a potential, modern opponent — just like China.

The sailing branch will not say how long Stennis and Reagan will be in the Philippine Sea or when the Growlers are scheduled to leave Clark. But we can be sure the Chinese will be keeping an eye on their activities — and whatever comes next.
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Mahtavatko Kiinalaiset noteraata Haagin oikeusistuimen päätöstä kun se tulee julki parin viikon päästä? En usko.

A little-known international tribunal will early next month step into a bitter dispute over the South China Sea, handing down a ruling which risks further inflaming tensions between Southeast Asian nations and China.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) -- the world's oldest international tribunal for the peaceful resolution of disputes between nations -- said Wednesday it will rule on July 12 in the highly-watched case brought by the Philippines challenging China's claims to much of the strategic waterway.

Manila lodged the suit against Beijing in early 2013, saying that after 17 years of negotiations it had exhausted all political and diplomatic avenues to settle the dispute.

But Beijing, angered by Manila's move, has refused to participate in any hearings and said it will not comply with any decisions by the tribunal based in The Hague.

The court, which was set up in 1899, said in a statement Wednesday that it had informed the parties it would issue its ruling at about 11 am (0900 GMT) on July 12.
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The U.S. and New Zealand are planning to show off missile systems during the massive Rim of the Pacific war game event that starts Thursday.

New Zealand's sea service plans to test launch a Penguin anti-ship missile from the Defense Force's new Seasprite helicopter, the New Zealand news site Newshub reports.

That helicopter deploys from the frigate Te Kaha. The Te Kaha is one of 45 ships and five submarines involved in the biennial RIMPAC exercise.

The Penguin is a helicopter-launched anti-ship missile originally developed by Norway, and further developed for use on LAMPS II helicopters and NATO allies.

It is a short-to-medium range inertially guided missile with infrared terminal homing. It fires in an indirect flight path to target and is operated in the "fire-and-forget" mode to allow multiple target prosecutions.

The USS Coronado littoral combat ship is also slated to fire a Harpoon anti-ship missile in an over-the-horizon demonstration during the exercise, {link:the U.S. Naval Institute reports.

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RIMPAC features 27 nations, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel taking part in exercises in and around Hawaii and southern California.

U.S. Air Force orders decoy jammers from Raytheon for $118 million
Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2016 - Raytheon has received a $118 million firm-fixed-price U.S. Air Force contract for Lot 9 Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer, or MALD-J, vehicles and support equipment.

MALD is a modular, air-launched and programmable flight vehicle that protects aircraft and their crews by duplicating the combat flight profiles and signatures of aircraft.

MALD-J adds a radar-jamming capability to the platform.

Raytheon began MALD-J delivery in 2012.

Work for the latest contract will be performed in Arizona and is expected to be completed by June 2020.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity.
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