US Violates “Defense Zone” After Chinese Threat to Shoot Down Aircraft
Asia on the verge of a full blown arms racePaul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
November 26, 2013
In a move designed to challenge China’s “air defense
zone,” the US flew two B-52 Bombers over disputed islands in the East
China Sea just days after Beijing implicitly threatened to shoot down
aircraft entering the area.
Over the weekend, China released a map which included
the clustered Senkaku islands and warned that all aircraft entering the
zone must immediately identify themselves to Chinese authorities and
face “emergency military measures.”
However, the US flew two B-52 bombers through the zone
during a training mission today without notifying Beijing. There was no
response from China. In conducting the mission, the Pentagon followed
through on its promise that US pilots would not switch on their
transponders and would defend themselves if attacked.
“We have continued to follow our normal procedures,
which include not filing flight plans, not radioing ahead and not
registering our frequencies,” said US Colonel Steve Warren.
Although the B-52 flyover was part of a pre-planned exercise, it has been characterized as a clear act of defiance against China’s territorial claims.
Japan responded to the Chinese threat by accusing
Beijing of engaging in “profoundly dangerous acts that unilaterally
change the status quo,” adding that the defense zone was “not valid at
all.”
According to the Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the escalating crisis represents a “watershed moment for the world” and means “Asia is on the cusp of a full-blown arms race.”
“Even if the immediate crisis can be defused, we are
clearly sliding into a new Cold War,” writes Evans-Pritchard, adding,
“One misjudgment by either side in the East China Sea could change our
world entirely. If you are not concerned, perhaps you should be.”
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This article was posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 3:18 pm
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