China, Russia send naval warships near Alaska, triggering forceful US response

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China, Russia send naval warships near Alaska, triggering forceful US response
From FoxNews:

China and Russia conducted a joint naval operation near U.S. territory earlier this week, triggering a large response from the U.S. Navy, Fox News Digital has learned.

The joint operation, conducted by two significant American adversaries, consisted of 11 ships and neared Alaska's southwestern coast, according to Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who was briefed on the matter earlier this week by U.S. defense officials. Sullivan said the U.S. Navy ultimately mobilized four destroyers to guide the Chinese and Russian ships away from American waters.

"This is unprecedented in terms of the size and scope of this joint naval task force between Russia and China, working very closely together," Sullivan told Fox News Digital in a phone interview late Saturday. "Whether you live in Alaska like I do, or on the East Coast of the United States, a very large surface action task force between our two main adversaries, probing very closely to United States shores is concerning."

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China, Russia send naval warships near Alaska, triggering forceful US response

China and Russia conducted a joint naval operation near U.S. territory off the coast of Alaska this week in an action experts said was the largest of its kind ever.

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It appears that Chinese and Russian vessels remained well within International waters the entire time... this is a big nothing burger.

 

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It appears that Chinese and Russian vessels remained well within International waters the entire time... this is a big nothing burger.

Interesting that they're coming that close anyways. Not to mention that China and Russia teamed up...

 

[3Nails4Given]

They’re just looking for their balloons and dropping off some ballots, nothing to worry about

 

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China Confirms Troop Operations near Alaska​

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Tuesday confirmed it has been conducting joint patrols with Russia near the Alaskan coast, promised the provocative activity will only intensify, and said the U.S. was hypocritical to complain because it insists on supposedly comparable freedom of navigation patrols in the South China Sea.

“In the future, the Chinese Navy could conduct more far sea patrols like this, either alone or together with other countries. The Americans should get used to it,” sneered Chinese military expert Fu Qianshao.

“The US should not forget that it frequently sends warships and warplanes to other countries’ doorsteps for so-called freedom of navigation operations, including to the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits,” Fu said.

This has become a very popular talking point in China’s robotic state media. The Global Times used exactly the same language on Tuesday when rejecting American warnings that China was crossing a “red line” by conducting military drills near Alaska, fuming that America has no right to complain when it keeps “trespassing into Chinese territorial waters without permission” – a reference to China’s illegal claims to control the entire South China Sea.

China Confirms Troop Operations near Alaska

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Tuesday confirmed it has been conducting joint patrols with Russia near the Alaskan coast.

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For a very long time the USA was about the only nation-state that could send Naval assets all over the world. It takes good logistics for such, and other nations just didn't have the capability. Great Britain had a difficult time deploying necessary assets to the Fauklands after Argentina made the mistake of trying to take over the islands. Great Britain received much help from the USA for the deployment.

China is probably just now figuring out how to make these long deployments. Iran has been experimenting as well, and probably learning.