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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. Its 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 Peoples 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 Chinas 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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To: sukhoi-30mki
I do believe you are right. Our bombers went into service prior to the Vietnam War. Lots of “stop drills” and pop-riveted plates are in those babies.
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Wow, you punched out nearly 30 posts in less than 3 minutes! Wish there was an FR record for something like that.
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Wow, you punched out nearly 30 posts in less than 3 minutes! Wish there was an FR record for something like that.My old record is 140 in under two minutes.
But that one was a FR glitch. :) Kristinn will tell ya. :)
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