No es la primera ocasión en que Estados Unidos envía transporte militar a la zona. El 27 de octubre, el destructor USS Lassen de la Armada de EE.UU. pasó a 22 kilómetros de las islas artificiales en las disputadas aguas del mar de la China Meridional. Este hecho fue tildado de "amenaza a la soberanía de China" por Pekín, que convocó al embajador de EE.UU. para que explicara lo sucedido.
Pekín mantiene discrepancias territoriales en el mar de la China Meridional con países aliados de Washington como Brunéi, Malasia, Taiwán, Vietnam y las Filipinas.
rt.com
12/11/15
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US B-52 bombers fly near disputed South China Sea islands...
ReplyDeleteTwo US B-52 bomber planes have flown near artificial islands built by China in disputed areas of the South China Sea, the Pentagon has said.
Their mission continued despite being warned by Chinese ground controllers.
The incident comes ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama to a summit in Manila next week, which China's President Xi Jinping will also attend.
China is locked in maritime territorial disputes with several neighbours in the South China Sea.
It claims a large swathe of the resource-rich area and has been aggressively reclaiming land and building facilities on reefs, which the US and others oppose.
The US has said it plans to demonstrate its freedom of navigation principle in the sea, which challenges what it deems to be "excessive claims" to the world's oceans and airspace.
'Received warnings'
The US patrol, which took place overnight on Sunday near the Spratly Islands, was a "a routine mission in the SCS (South China Sea)", said Pentagon spokesman Bill Urban, taking off from Guam and returning there.............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34805899
13/11/15