The South China Sea's Gathering Storm
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USN Aggressors migrating (sic) from Russian to Chinese markings and camouflage.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-f-a-18-hornet
China's National Insignia Appears On U.S. Navy Adversary F/A-18 Hornet
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-f-a-18-hornet
China's National Insignia Appears On U.S. Navy Adversary F/A-18 Hornet
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Relevant both because of the current geopolitical situation, but also in light of AUKUS and the increasing number of joint exercises between allies in the area - such as the recent QE deployment.
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https://www.defensenews.com/digital-...the-luftwaffe/
As Europe looks to the Indo-Pacific, so does the Luftwaffe
STUTTGART, Germany — The German Air Force is preparing to send fighters, tankers and transport aircraft across the world to the Asia-Pacific region in a little less than a year, as its colleagues in the European Union continue to assess how the bloc should increase its involvement in the region.
The Luftwaffe will deploy six Eurofighter aircraft, three Airbus A330 tankers and three A400M transport aircraft in support of Australia’s Pitch Black exercise, scheduled for Sept. 5-23, 2022. The typically biennial exercise was canceled in 2020, and next year’s edition will be the first since 2018.
Germany is ready to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific region, and will start with this initial sortie next fall before developing a more long-term plan, said Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz.
This is the Air Force’s “first and biggest deployment” of air assets to the Asia-Pacific region, Gerhartz said in an interview with Defense News in October at the Luftwaffe’s Neuburg Air Base in Bavaria.. “It’s a strong signal to show our valued partners in the Indo-Pacific that we are with them.”…..
The Air Force’s deployment exercise is based on a series of policy guidelines for the region published by the German government in September 2020.
“With the rise of Asia, the political and economic balance is increasingly shifting towards the Indo-Pacific,” the Luftwaffe spokesperson said. “The region is becoming the key to shaping the international order in the 21st century.”….
As Europe looks to the Indo-Pacific, so does the Luftwaffe
STUTTGART, Germany — The German Air Force is preparing to send fighters, tankers and transport aircraft across the world to the Asia-Pacific region in a little less than a year, as its colleagues in the European Union continue to assess how the bloc should increase its involvement in the region.
The Luftwaffe will deploy six Eurofighter aircraft, three Airbus A330 tankers and three A400M transport aircraft in support of Australia’s Pitch Black exercise, scheduled for Sept. 5-23, 2022. The typically biennial exercise was canceled in 2020, and next year’s edition will be the first since 2018.
Germany is ready to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific region, and will start with this initial sortie next fall before developing a more long-term plan, said Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz.
This is the Air Force’s “first and biggest deployment” of air assets to the Asia-Pacific region, Gerhartz said in an interview with Defense News in October at the Luftwaffe’s Neuburg Air Base in Bavaria.. “It’s a strong signal to show our valued partners in the Indo-Pacific that we are with them.”…..
The Air Force’s deployment exercise is based on a series of policy guidelines for the region published by the German government in September 2020.
“With the rise of Asia, the political and economic balance is increasingly shifting towards the Indo-Pacific,” the Luftwaffe spokesperson said. “The region is becoming the key to shaping the international order in the 21st century.”….
The Chinese are at least planning long term to do something about their energy supply.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...n-to-rival-u-s
Thanks to the greenish, blinkered morons in my country, getting a nuke plant up and running has become a nightmare.
Thankfully, our aircraft carriers are still using nuclear power.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...n-to-rival-u-s
Thanks to the greenish, blinkered morons in my country, getting a nuke plant up and running has become a nightmare.
Thankfully, our aircraft carriers are still using nuclear power.
The Chinese are at least planning long term to do something about their energy supply.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...n-to-rival-u-s
Thanks to the greenish, blinkered morons in my country, getting a nuke plant up and running has become a nightmare.
Thankfully, our aircraft carriers are still using nuclear power.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...n-to-rival-u-s
Thanks to the greenish, blinkered morons in my country, getting a nuke plant up and running has become a nightmare.
Thankfully, our aircraft carriers are still using nuclear power.
The Luftwaffe will deploy six Eurofighter aircraft, three Airbus A330 tankers and three A400M transport aircraft in support of Australia’s Pitch Black exercise
https://www.defensenews.com/digital-...the-luftwaffe/
As Europe looks to the Indo-Pacific, so does the Luftwaffe
STUTTGART, Germany — The German Air Force is preparing to send fighters, tankers and transport aircraft across the world to the Asia-Pacific region in a little less than a year, as its colleagues in the European Union continue to assess how the bloc should increase its involvement in the region.
The Luftwaffe will deploy six Eurofighter aircraft, three Airbus A330 tankers and three A400M transport aircraft in support of Australia’s Pitch Black exercise, scheduled for Sept. 5-23, 2022. The typically biennial exercise was canceled in 2020, and next year’s edition will be the first since 2018.
Germany is ready to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific region, and will start with this initial sortie next fall before developing a more long-term plan, said Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz.
This is the Air Force’s “first and biggest deployment” of air assets to the Asia-Pacific region, Gerhartz said in an interview with Defense News in October at the Luftwaffe’s Neuburg Air Base in Bavaria.. “It’s a strong signal to show our valued partners in the Indo-Pacific that we are with them.”…..
The Air Force’s deployment exercise is based on a series of policy guidelines for the region published by the German government in September 2020.
“With the rise of Asia, the political and economic balance is increasingly shifting towards the Indo-Pacific,” the Luftwaffe spokesperson said. “The region is becoming the key to shaping the international order in the 21st century.”….
As Europe looks to the Indo-Pacific, so does the Luftwaffe
STUTTGART, Germany — The German Air Force is preparing to send fighters, tankers and transport aircraft across the world to the Asia-Pacific region in a little less than a year, as its colleagues in the European Union continue to assess how the bloc should increase its involvement in the region.
The Luftwaffe will deploy six Eurofighter aircraft, three Airbus A330 tankers and three A400M transport aircraft in support of Australia’s Pitch Black exercise, scheduled for Sept. 5-23, 2022. The typically biennial exercise was canceled in 2020, and next year’s edition will be the first since 2018.
Germany is ready to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific region, and will start with this initial sortie next fall before developing a more long-term plan, said Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz.
This is the Air Force’s “first and biggest deployment” of air assets to the Asia-Pacific region, Gerhartz said in an interview with Defense News in October at the Luftwaffe’s Neuburg Air Base in Bavaria.. “It’s a strong signal to show our valued partners in the Indo-Pacific that we are with them.”…..
The Air Force’s deployment exercise is based on a series of policy guidelines for the region published by the German government in September 2020.
“With the rise of Asia, the political and economic balance is increasingly shifting towards the Indo-Pacific,” the Luftwaffe spokesperson said. “The region is becoming the key to shaping the international order in the 21st century.”….
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/1...-taiwan-519689
Congress pressures Biden to defend Taiwan
China’s military provocations toward Taiwan and President Joe Biden’s mixed messages are igniting a debate on Capitol Hill over whether to adopt a more aggressive official posture — including the possibility of preemptively authorizing Biden to use military force if Beijing invades the island nation.
The conversations, coupled with the White House’s efforts to walk back some of Biden’s apparent slips of the tongue, are fueling bipartisan efforts to ditch “strategic ambiguity,” the policy that has governed the U.S. posture toward the conflict for more than four decades. The strategic ambiguity doctrine, enshrined in the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, stipulates that the U.S. remains purposely noncommittal about whether it would defend Taiwan from an attack or invasion by China.…..
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), a retired Navy officer and the vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview that Congress should consider sending Biden a “very narrow and specific contingent authorization for the use of military force” to defend Taiwan. That action would effectively gut “strategic ambiguity” and allow the president to respond immediately to a Chinese attack or invasion without waiting for Congress to send him an authorization.….
Congress pressures Biden to defend Taiwan
China’s military provocations toward Taiwan and President Joe Biden’s mixed messages are igniting a debate on Capitol Hill over whether to adopt a more aggressive official posture — including the possibility of preemptively authorizing Biden to use military force if Beijing invades the island nation.
The conversations, coupled with the White House’s efforts to walk back some of Biden’s apparent slips of the tongue, are fueling bipartisan efforts to ditch “strategic ambiguity,” the policy that has governed the U.S. posture toward the conflict for more than four decades. The strategic ambiguity doctrine, enshrined in the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, stipulates that the U.S. remains purposely noncommittal about whether it would defend Taiwan from an attack or invasion by China.…..
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), a retired Navy officer and the vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview that Congress should consider sending Biden a “very narrow and specific contingent authorization for the use of military force” to defend Taiwan. That action would effectively gut “strategic ambiguity” and allow the president to respond immediately to a Chinese attack or invasion without waiting for Congress to send him an authorization.….
wasn't the whole point of "strategic ambiguity" to allow the US and China to be able to trade without a slanging match, a trade war or worse?
https://www.dw.com/en/german-engine-...ort/a-59740301
German engines in Chinese ships . MTUs
History rhymes again as Japanese ships used to have British engines . Engines and technology that officially were still considered secret at the time.
German engines in Chinese ships . MTUs
History rhymes again as Japanese ships used to have British engines . Engines and technology that officially were still considered secret at the time.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-engine-...ort/a-59740301
German engines in Chinese ships . MTUs
History rhymes again as Japanese ships used to have British engines . Engines and technology that officially were still considered secret at the time.
German engines in Chinese ships . MTUs
History rhymes again as Japanese ships used to have British engines . Engines and technology that officially were still considered secret at the time.
Khrushchev’s boast of where he’d get the rope to hang us has some validity.
Not long ago a fairly authoritative book on the PLA (N) pointed out that much of the electronics used in their latest service vessels was commercial stuff procured, legally, in the market. It works well, there is no development risk and you can always get spares. Problem is it's not easy to integrate all these separately designed systems, they're not "state of the art" and of course they're not exactly secret so counter measures are easy
so if the Germans send a mini task force toodling around China's backyard are they ok with the reverse, it would only fair?
I'm envisioning the Russians asking their PLA friends to bring some warships, subs and long range bombers for joint exercises in the Baltic and out over the North Sea and Channel. Fairs fair and all...
I'm envisioning the Russians asking their PLA friends to bring some warships, subs and long range bombers for joint exercises in the Baltic and out over the North Sea and Channel. Fairs fair and all...
Last edited by arf23; 7th Nov 2021 at 08:59. Reason: typo
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True, but China will soon claim to be a 'Near Antarctica' Nation so...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craigho...h=59d28e6f63e3
New Polar Strategy Must Focus On China’s Long March To Antarctica
https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/...ond-economics/
China’s strategic interest in the Arctic goes beyond economics
so if the Germans send a mini task force toodling around China's backyard are they ok with the reverse, it would only fair?
I'm envisioning the Russians asking their PLA friends to bring some warships, subs and long range bombers for joint exercises in the Baltic and out over the North Sea and Channel. Fairs fair and all...
I'm envisioning the Russians asking their PLA friends to bring some warships, subs and long range bombers for joint exercises in the Baltic and out over the North Sea and Channel. Fairs fair and all...
The Chinese don’t have to like it, no more than the Germans would in your example.
"Australia isn't China's backyard - see a picture of the Earth for details."
I've pointed out before that Finland is closer to China than Australia is..................
I've pointed out before that Finland is closer to China than Australia is..................
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Use GoogleEarth - the nearest points in all three countries
Tacheng (W CHina) to the Eastern border of Finland south of Pirhu 3577 kms
Sanay (S end of Hainan Island) to Sir Graham Moore Island (NE of Kulumburu) 3980 kms
I was surprised myself......
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Tacheng (W CHina) to the Eastern border of Finland south of Pirhu 3577 kms
Sanay (S end of Hainan Island) to Sir Graham Moore Island (NE of Kulumburu) 3980 kms
I was surprised myself......
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