Posted on 06/12/2018 10:54:38 PM PDT by bitt
China’s activities in the South China Sea have proven to be one of the most contentious geopolitical issues of the Trump Presidency. Leading up to a successful summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Chairman Kim Jong Un, new data released by Israeli Private Intelligence Firm ImageSat shows that China removed anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles from Woody Island, in the South China Sea last week.
Woody Island, also referred to as Yongxiang Island, is the largest of the Paracel Islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. In recent years, China has taken major steps to heavily fortify the island, building runways for military aircraft and installing anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, much to the dismay of the United States and our Asia-Pacific allies. The unusual and sudden move to remove the missiles from the South China Sea, one of the most critical stretches of ocean in the world, is widely seen by policy experts as a nod of approval to President Trump, leading up to a successful Summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday.
Amid a cancellation of joint US-South Korea military drills near the Korean Peninsula and a decrease of tensions with North Korea, much of America’s attention is likely to be turned to the South China Sea, as President Trump pursues a foreign policy that considers both military force and economics in every foreign affair.
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NO MORE WINNING!!!
PLEASE, I'M SO TIRED OF WINNING!!!
NOT
So you can't stand success?
I think it is good for our National 'sevurity'.
It’s Donaldus Maximus. Magnus was already taken by Ronaldus.
Sure, lets publish something crowing about Trump causing China to back down, that causes the Chinese to lose face and be angered
Then see how much cooperation we get in the future
or what they do to correct the slight and restore their pride and standing
Some people are clueless
Others deliberately seek to undermine Trump and make his job even harder
Don't make them angry, the pussy boi's will wet their depends.
Haven't you learned anything?
Why are you posting on FR? Shouldn't you be on DU?
To their way of thinking, it might make whatever face-saving bone Donaldus throws them tomorrow more valuable. Who can tell.
The Future is East Of Suez
(that’s where the youth of the world reside)
One must be very careful about how they interpret news about China.
China controls much of the US media through investments and executive boards.
This means we rarely, if ever really, get honest and true news about the CCP.
China Uncensored on Youtube is about the only place I can trust.
If Bill Clinton owned it, it would be called Crooked Woody Island.
If Bill Clinton owned it, it would be called Crooked Woody Island.
Win for China, Win for Trump, Win for the World.
If you read the news, this was done over a week ago, and ONLY TEMPORAILY. China could re-deploy them should they decide at a later time.
So, which news do we believe? The one in this thread or this one?:
China redeploys missile systems on disputed South China Sea island (SATELLITE PHOTOS)
https://www.rt.com/news/429443-chinese-missiles-disputed-islands/
Actual source for both the initial report and the update are one and the same.
#ImageSat was the first to report (3rd June 2018) the disapearance of the SAM systems deployment from #Woody Island. Here’s an updated #imagery #intelligence #report, which reveals for the first time their reapearance in the same disputed South #China Sea island.
https://twitter.com/imagesatint/status/1006112464474398721
"Due to the corrosive effects of salt and humidity in the islands, HQ-9 missile systems must be removed and sent back to the mainland for maintenance periodically," said Timothy Heath, a senior defense analyst at the Rand Corporation.
Simply maintenance related.
Although, seems odd from a strategic standpoint that you would pull all of the missile systems at the same time for repair...instead of staggering the repairs back to back thus leaving some at any given time.
^^ And they already did ^^
Woody Island?
Maybe it’s a theme park.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Woody island only has little Chinese wood now. PDJT wants to bring back the big woodies.
I would love to see a contingent of USMC going in for a diplomatic visit, using t he beaches for R&R, drinking Mai Tai s with their little woody compatriots! ( S.)
Agree
Nah
theres enough cat toys on here to amuse me
Don’t celebrate too soon...
China redeploys surface-to-air missile systems on South China Sea’s Woody Island
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