Saturday, May 30, 2020

China's Newest Aircraft Carrier Tests Weapons At Sea


Zero Hedge: China's 1st Home-Built Carrier Tests Weapons At Sea Amid 'No Off Ramp' Ratcheting US Tensions

At a moment a US Navy destroyer just rolled up on China's doorstep in the South China Sea near the contested Paracel Islands, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has taken the country's first domestically-made aircraft to sea trials.

Bloomberg noted of the sea trials that Beijing and Washington are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat on multiple fronts only set to get worse, for which "there is no off ramp".

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WNU Editor: China continues to show the region that they are the boss.

3 comments:

Mike Feldhake said...

Again, they are not the boss, they are simply taking advantage of good nations not wanting to risk all out war - which costs money. Once they go to far, they will find out they are not the boss. Again, it’s like China vs the globe (or at least that portion of it)

Jac said...

The problem with China is the balance of power within the region is largely is their favor. All our military power is spread all around the world vs all the China military is right in the area (except Djibouti, but that's small).

Nicolas Darkwater said...

Big target