Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 14, 2019

SCMP: American B-52 bombers fly over disputed South China Sea for second time in 10 days

* Planes ‘conduct routine training’, US Pacific Air Force says, reiterating that it does so regularly ‘in support of allies and a free, open Indo-Pacific’
* It follows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticism of ‘China’s illegal island-building in international waterways’

Two US B-52 strategic bombers flew over the contested South China Sea on Wednesday, according to the US Pacific Air Force, the second such flight in 10 days despite China’s objections.

“Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and conducted routine training in the vicinity of the South China Sea on March 13 [Hawaii Standard Time], before returning to base,” a spokeswoman for the Pacific Air Force said in a statement released on Thursday.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 14, 2019

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