Thunderbirds are GO: Chinese Warplanes ENTER Taiwan's Airspace

[Bill]

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Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan Airspace During Tensions With US

February 13, 2023


Taiwan’s defense ministry says nearly two dozen Chinese military aircraft and ships were detected in the Taiwan Strait Monday, with 11 of Beijing’s planes crossing the median line dividing the two countries.

The intrusion into the buffer zone came after the US Navy and Marines announced joint military exercises in the South China Sea.

Tensions between the US and China have escalated following the incident where a Chinese spy balloon flew over much of mainland US before being shot down by a US forces off South Carolina.

In recent days, the US has shot down three more unidentified objects – one off Alaska, one over Northern Canada, and one over the Great Lakes – the origins of those objects are yet to be determined.

On Monday, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense reported the detection of 18 People’s Liberation Army planes in the Taiwan Strait, with 11 of them crossing the median line and entering the country’s southwest air defense identification zone, as well as the presence of four Chinese ships near Taiwan.

Meanwhile, the USS Nimitz carrier group is in the South China Sea:

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/13/car...outh-china-sea

Carrier USS Nimitz Operating in the South China Sea
By: Dzirhan Mahadzir
January 13, 2023 4:39 PM • Updated: January 15, 2023 10:19 PM

Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) transits through the South China Sea on Jan. 12, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is now operating in the South China Sea, U.S. 7th Fleet announced Friday, marking the first time USS Nimitz (CVN-68) entered the body of water during the group’s 2022 to 2023 deployment.

The strike group will conduct routine operations in the South China Sea, including maritime strike training, flight operations and anti-submarine activities, according to the 7th Fleet news release.

“The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group has the capability to deliver integrated lethal and non-lethal effects from space to undersea, across every axis, and every domain,” Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney, commander of CSG 11, said in the release.

Nimitz deployed with Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and destroyers USS Decatur (DDG-73), USS Chung Hoon (DDG-93) and USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108). The CSG departed from San Diego, Calif., on Dec. 3.

Concert pianist Mona Golabeck performs during a reception hosted by the U.S. embassy in Singapore and in the hangar bay of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) on Jan. 10, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Makin Island ARG and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) wrapped up the Singapore phase of the 2022 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise serials Friday.

The exercise was held from Monday to Friday with over 2000 personnel from both countries participating, according to a Singapore Ministry of Defence release. The shore phase was held at Changi Naval Base, while the sea phase saw the ships and other participating assets conducting various exercise serials such as ship-to-shore training in waters off Pulau Sudong within Singapore territorial waters.

The Singapore navy participated with landing platform dock RSS Endurance (207), troops from the Singapore Army’s 1st Battalion, Singapore Guards and a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Makin Island ARG elements that took part in the exercise were amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) and amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) along with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23) rounded out the ARG, which left the West Coast on Nov. 9 for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
Austin Meets With Japanese Defense Minister

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with his Japanese counterpart, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, Thursday following the 2+2 U.S. – Japan meeting on Wednesday.

Following the meeting, the two defense chiefs pledged to have intensive discussions on roles and missions of the U.S-Japan alliance based on the fundamentally reinforced defense capabilities of Japan with each of their administrations. Both confirmed the necessity of deepening discussions on various areas including effective operation of counterstrike capabilities under the bilateral cooperation, joint efforts to deter the occurrence of contingencies from peace time and prompt and effective bilateral coordination at every phase.

U.S. Air Force MQ-9s will also temporarily deploy to Maritime Self Defense Force Kanoya Air Base, according to the release. Operations of the U.S-Japan Bilateral Information Analysis Cell from the perspective of strengthening intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities are also expected to commence.

In a Thursday Department of Defense readout, Austin underscored the unwavering U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan, including U.S. extended deterrence provided by the full range of conventional and nuclear capabilities. Both defense chiefs welcomed increased co-development opportunities and supply chain security cooperation with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Projects (RDT&E) and the Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA), according to the readout.

A Department of Defense release on Thursday stated that The RDT&E MOU is a legally binding agreement in which DoD and the Japan Ministry of Defense commit to increasing opportunities for U.S.-Japanese collaboration on emerging technology to improve defense capabilities. The MOU will support the U.S-Japan alliance’s efforts to maintain its technological edge in critical and emerging technologies, such as high-power microwaves, autonomous systems, and counter-hypersonics. It added that through the SOSA, the United States and Japan agree to exchange reciprocal priority support for goods and services that promote national defense. The arrangement creates a streamlined mechanism for DoD and MOD to request expedited handling of industrial resources to resolve unanticipated supply chain disruptions to meet national security needs.

In a press conference with the Japanese media following his meeting, Hamada stated that in the future, cooperation with the U.S. will become increasingly important as Japan implement its new strategy. Hamada declined to answer a question on the acquisition of Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of the counterattack capabilities, stating that he will speak on the acquisition in later media briefings.

In China on Tuesday, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) 43rd Chinese Naval Escort Taskforce consisting of destroyer CNS Nanning (162), frigate CNS Sanya (574) and replenishment ship CNS Weishanhu (887) departed from their base in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China to relieve the 42nd Chinese Naval Escort Taskforce of destroyer CNS Huainan (123), frigate CNS Rizhao (598) and replenishment ship CNS Kekexilihu (968), which are currently on station in the Gulf of Aden carrying out the PLAN anti-piracy deployment that has been ongoing since the end of 2008.

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/13/car...outh-china-sea

[Louie Detroit]

Time to zap those little slant eyed bastages. Cook ‘em like rice.

[04 commemorative]

This president couldn't zap shit sad to say

[Murray]

I miss STS….. is he still lurking?

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

Unleash the fury!

^^^^This guy appreciates my title genius!

[Grey Ghost]

Our JCOS and so-called leaders don't have the balls to do anything about it.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Murray

I miss STS….. is he still lurking?

I agreed to stop posting political threads, but isn't this an international news story? That off limits now, too?

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

I agreed to stop posting political threads, but isn't this an international news story? That off limits now, too?

Don’t worry about it Bill, if people don’t like your threads they can simply ignore and move on, easy peasy.

[Yadkin]

The Democraps want China to take over the world. Why bother with this socialist utopia that they've been planning for the last 150 years when they can go full commie?

[Frankie the Fink]

And that State Dept idiot Ned Price, says he doesn't understand how the disastrous Afghanistan exit emboldened foreign countries to be more aggressive.....
And now we shoot down objects (apparently unidentifiable) at the US borders, except sometimes we don't, but then we do - but over Canada.

And has Biden had a press conference about it ? No. Still in the afterglow of the SOTU address I guess.

[Vette40th]

Chinese have always invaded that air space and water space.. Are we still trying to divert the news from Joes dealing, classified stuff, UKRAINE. Ukraine, Russia, CANADIA

[TheRealBadger]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

And that State Dept idiot Ned Price, says he doesn't understand how the disastrous Afghanistan exit emboldened foreign countries to be more aggressive.....
And now we shoot down objects (apparently unidentifiable) at the US borders, except sometimes we don't, but then we do - but over Canada.

And has Biden had a press conference about it ? No. Still in the afterglow of the SOTU address I guess.

Why do you think Trump pulled us out of Afghanistan then?

[Torqaholic]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

I agreed to stop posting political threads, but isn't this an international news story? That off limits now, too?

Mind over matter. If you don't pay any mind to control freaks they don't matter. The fact that you care what they think means you're doing it wrong

[allthrottleandsomebottle]

I wonder why I have seen plenty of ships/subs loading up at the weapons station....

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

The Democraps want China to take over the world. Why bother with this socialist utopia that they've been planning for the last 150 years when they can go full commie?

point.

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

And that State Dept idiot Ned Price, says he doesn't understand how the disastrous Afghanistan exit emboldened foreign countries to be more aggressive.....
And now we shoot down objects (apparently unidentifiable) at the US borders, except sometimes we don't, but then we do - but over Canada.

And has Biden had a press conference about it ? No. Still in the afterglow of the SOTU address I guess.

Don't forget the weather balloon popped by missiles Sunday over lake Huron.
(Local news noted (2) F16s returned minus a missile each)
https://www.wisn.com/article/more-de...bject/42868744

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

Mind over matter. If you don't pay any mind to control freaks they don't matter. The fact that you care what they think means you're doing it wrong

He's not the only one who was irritated with political threads in OT. I'm here for fun, and just making people mad for no reason isn't fun for me. I want to honor what I agreed to, we're just now having to flesh out exactly what is political and what is current events. Overall, I want this to be a fun, welcoming place.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Touringmike

Don't forget the weather balloon popped by missiles Sunday over lake Huron.
(Local news noted (2) F16s returned minus a missile each)
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2 $ 400,000 sidewinders......for a balloon, but hey, who's counting?

I bet for a million bucks, Elon could develop a balloon recovery system.....another balloon that's maneuverable laterally with some kind of grappling hook, net, or something to capture and gently return to the ground, a foreign balloon. Shit, sign a wartime production act EO and have the Goodyear Blimp commandeered, equip it with a harpoon to shoot through the balloon, then gently land with the balloon fabric entangled in the harpoon line.

Cost effective ideas? I've got 'em. Shit, our weapons designers only need to watch old episodes of the Roadrunner to figure out how to safely and cost efficiently bring down.....a balloon.

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

2 $ 400,000 sidewinders......for a balloon, but hey, who's counting?

I bet for a million bucks, Elon could develop a balloon recovery system.....another balloon that's maneuverable laterally with some kind of grappling hook, net, or something to capture and gently return to the ground, a foreign balloon.

I posted a link to the local news report after you posted this.

[Onebadcad]

These guys can handle it, no assistance needed: