Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 27, 2018

SCMP: US ‘will not take the bait and respond’ to China's attempt to intimidate Taiwan, Pentagon says

A US defence official called recent China military flights a ‘definite message of intimidation’

A senior US defence official on Thursday said that while recent military activities by China’s air force over Taiwan could be regarded as an attempt at “intimidation”, the Pentagon will not “take the bait and respond.”

Thomas Harvey III, the acting assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities at the US Department of Defence, told the South China Morning Post that the Pentagon sensed “a definite message of intimidation” to Taiwan had been intended by mainland forces flying around the island.

Harvey cautioned that “we are mindful of the problems with the [Chinese] challenges and potential escalation”. The Pentagon will not “take the bait and respond to provocations by China trying to initiate anything”, he said.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 27, 2018

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