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Beijing sends nuclear capable H-6K bomber over Scarborough Shoal in new South China Sea escalation
News Corp Australia Network ^
| JULY 18, 2016
| Jamie Seidel
Posted on 07/18/2016 6:05:02 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
BEIJING has sent the US a message in the skies above the South China Sea: Anything you can do, we can do too. It’s just flown a nuclear-capable bomber over Scarborough Shoal.
The United States has conducted several B-52 bomber ‘freedom of navigation’ flights over the contested waterway in recent months, along with flights by surveillance and patrol aircraft.
Beijing on Friday returned the favour.
The People’s Liberation air force (PLAAF) at the weekend released photographs of one of its newest H-6K long-range nuclear-capable bombers overflying Scarborough Shoal on China’s Weibo social media service. The aircraft, based on a 1950s Russian design, is capable of delivering nuclear weapons throughout Asia.
The shoal is occupied by the Philippines, but China claims the outcrop as part of its ‘Nine-Dash Line” territory under the name of Panatag Shoal. On Friday, the same day as the bomber overflight, four Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked Filipino fishermen from accessing Scarborough waters.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: beijing; philippines; southchinasea
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People’s Liberation Army air force (PLAAF) H-6K long-range bomber is shown over Scarborough Shoal. Picture: Weibo
To: sukhoi-30mki
Clinton gave them the farm, didh’t he?
I dont like where this is heading.
Ever since the sailors surrendered without firing a shot in Iran waters, I have become worried about our military.
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07/18/2016 6:13:28 AM PDT
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dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
The clintons should be up on charges of treason and suffer the same fate as the rosenbergs
To: dp0622
There’s a lot to worry about. Our military has been weakened and politicized to an alarming degree. Our adversaries are taking note and calculating their next moves.
The next six months could be really dicey.
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07/18/2016 6:36:08 AM PDT
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Starboard
To: sukhoi-30mki
That bomber is essentially a modernized Tu-16 (NATO code name Badger). It's essentially the Russian equivalent of the B-47 Stratojet.
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07/18/2016 6:43:35 AM PDT
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RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: sukhoi-30mki
looks like something from the '50's
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07/18/2016 6:44:41 AM PDT
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conservativeimage
(I won't go underground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wema3CNqzvg)
To: conservativeimage.com
looks like something from the '50's It probably is that vintage. Nukes hail from the '40s. Both need to be respected.
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07/18/2016 6:59:53 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: Jeff Head
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07/18/2016 7:05:51 AM PDT
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StoneWall Brigade
( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: GingisK; conservativeimage.com
If i’m not mistaken, the newest versions of the H-6 were built after the 1990s and are younger airframes than most of the U.S. bomber fleet.
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:20:49 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:20:53 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:20:55 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:20:58 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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07/18/2016 10:21:04 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:21:06 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
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07/18/2016 10:21:09 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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07/18/2016 10:21:11 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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07/18/2016 10:21:15 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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07/18/2016 10:21:18 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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