The US may be sending surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, but a recently unveiled documents show that the Pentagon has been flying top secret spy planes over the Pacific for years.
The US Air Force currently has its most advanced spy plane, the P-8A Poseidon, hovering around Beijing’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. Condemned by China, these surveillance flights are part of the increasing tension between the two countries over the Chinese government’s land reclamation projects.
On Thursday, the pentagon confirmed it also sent a B-52 bomber through the region.
But according to documents obtained by War Is Boring through a Freedom of Information Act request, these flights are just the tip of the iceberg. The US Air Force has been launching top secret aircraft over large swathes of the Pacific since at least 2013, primarily to collect intelligence on China and North Korea.
"Other USAF aircraft flying national collection missions included the RC-135U Combat Sent, the RC-135S Cobra Ball and the aforementioned [redacted]," the document reads.
While the Combat Sent and Cobra Ball are both large surveillance planes, roughly the size of passenger jets, the redacted aircraft remains classified. Still, military experts have some idea what the aircraft may be...........http://sptnkne.ws/ada7
13/11/15
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The US Air Force currently has its most advanced spy plane, the P-8A Poseidon, hovering around Beijing’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. Condemned by China, these surveillance flights are part of the increasing tension between the two countries over the Chinese government’s land reclamation projects.
On Thursday, the pentagon confirmed it also sent a B-52 bomber through the region.
But according to documents obtained by War Is Boring through a Freedom of Information Act request, these flights are just the tip of the iceberg. The US Air Force has been launching top secret aircraft over large swathes of the Pacific since at least 2013, primarily to collect intelligence on China and North Korea.
"Other USAF aircraft flying national collection missions included the RC-135U Combat Sent, the RC-135S Cobra Ball and the aforementioned [redacted]," the document reads.
While the Combat Sent and Cobra Ball are both large surveillance planes, roughly the size of passenger jets, the redacted aircraft remains classified. Still, military experts have some idea what the aircraft may be...........http://sptnkne.ws/ada7
13/11/15
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ReplyDeleteLes Etats-Unis ont envoyé deux bombardiers B-52 vers les îles artificielles chinoises en mer de Chine du Sud.
Selon le journal américain The Hill, il s'agit d'un "défi explicite" lancé à la Chine qui a des revendications territoriales dans la région.
Le journal cite un fonctionnaire américain, désireux de garder l'anonymat, ayant indiqué que deux avions militaires US s'étaient rapprochés des îles à une distance de 12 miles nautiques. Selon l'interlocuteur du Hill, les militaires chinois ont contacté les Américains via la radio et les ont appelés à quitter la zone, mais les bombardiers n'ont pas obtempéré.
Ces informations ont été par la suite confirmées par le Pentagone. Selon son porte-parole Bill Urban, les deux B-52 "ont effectué une mission standard dans l'espace aérien international à proximité des îles Spratleys en mer de Chine du Sud".
M.Urban a également reconnu que les avions avaient reçu deux avertissements de contrôleurs au sol. Toujours d'après lui, les bombardiers ont gardé une distance de 15 miles nautiques des îles chinoises.............http://sptnkne.ws/adgq
13/11/15