Friday, April 20, 2018

U.S. Admiral: The Chinese Military Now Controls The South China Sea

CNN

Washington Free Beacon: Pacom Nominee: China Military Islands Now Control South China Sea

Admiral urges rapid U.S. buildup of hypersonic and medium-range missiles to counter China threat

China has deployed electronic attack systems and other military facilities on disputed islands in the South China Sea and is now capable of controlling the strategic waterway, according to the admiral slated to be the next Pacific Command chief.

Additionally, the command nominee Adm. Philip Davidson told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a written statement this week that the military urgently needs hypersonic and other advanced weaponry to defeat China's People's Liberation Army in a future conflict.

"In the future, hypersonic and directed energy weapons, resilient space, cyber and network-capabilities, and well-trained soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coastguardsmen will be crucial to our ability to fight and win," the four-star admiral said in written answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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WNU Editor: If they do not have military control now .... they will in the near future.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's just propaganda nonsense. they don't control sh*t. You can take a boat and go through their 9 dash line and all that happens is that you are being harassed and people shout at you. that's not control. that's kindergarden behaviour "this xyz belongs to me, I licked it"... Chinese keep on embarassing themselves lol