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US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« on: October 27, 2015, 03:26:56 AM »
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2015, 10:30:55 AM »
What do we gain by poking them right now? 
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2015, 10:33:54 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 27, 2015, 10:30:55 AM
What do we gain by poking them right now? 
Another distraction for the media focused on.
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2015, 10:36:12 AM »
12 nanometers??
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2015, 10:38:33 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on October 27, 2015, 10:36:12 AM
12 nanometers??

You probably call helos "choppers", don't you? :P  =D
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Re: Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2015, 02:34:48 PM »
Quote from: Ben on October 27, 2015, 10:38:33 AM
You probably call helos "choppers", don't you? :P  =D
Only if he has to get to them.....
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2015, 03:47:18 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 27, 2015, 10:30:55 AM
What do we gain by poking them right now? 

Just laying down a marker WRT free navigation of the seas.  And showing allies we are not dead yet.  If everyone gets used to obeying the Red Chinese when they call out threats, they will eventually get what they want and call the shots.

Depending on how close the artificial islands are to the Red Chinese mainland, they could destroy any/all US Navy vessels with their guided missiles, they got so many.  To include our flat tops, the aircraft of which have shorter effective range given we are using F18s to in-air refuel F-18s.

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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2015, 05:53:32 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 27, 2015, 10:30:55 AM
What do we gain by poking them right now? 

Hopefully, reimbursement from the other seafaring merchant nations for our fuel costs.

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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2015, 11:58:29 PM »


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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2015, 02:26:21 PM »
Not to worry, the Captain of the ship and the Admiral(s) responsible for offending our good friends the Chinese will soon be sacked for reasons not related to this incident...
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Re: US Navy destroyer passes within 12NM of artificial Chinese island.
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2015, 08:06:03 PM »
We still won't cross the line that Iran says is there side, which extends past the 12NM rule.
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