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"The South China Sea is the busiest, most prosperous, and most open sea in the world."
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#USSRonaldReagan
entered the
#SouthChinaSea
with suspected
#USSAmerica
spotted nearby, Aug 15.
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@planetlabs
👍
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USAF RC-135U Combat Sent
#AE01D5
just set a new record of 25.33NM, the shortest distance US reconnaissance aircraft have reached from the China's coastlines, based on public data so far.
In addition, there was also a P-8A & an EP-3E spotted over the
#SouthChinaSea
, March 22.
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Fresh maritime situation supports this news. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has been in the Tsushima Strait this afternoon,based on the trajectory of the CMV-22B Osprey, and at least four Japanese warships followed, April 11.
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USAF E-8C (AE1492) is approaching
#Guangdong
, at around 21:00, Aug 5.
It is the
#FirstTime
for the E-8C spotted to operate this late recently.
7 sorties of E-8C were detected in July, which in fact represents an upgrade of battlefield construction.
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USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) is transiting the
#TaiwanStrait
, with an USN EP-3E providing ISR support from the south.
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The aerial reconnaissance of USN and USAF has reached a small climax over the
#SouthChinaSea
this morning, at least 1 EP-3E,2 P-8A and 1KC-135R are in active, Aug 29.
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Currently, three U.S. aircraft carriers are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet,
#USSReagan
is in port Japan Yokosuka,
#USSCarlVinson
and
#USSTheodoreRoosevelt
are operating in the vicinity of Okinawa, Jan.29.
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PLA Southern Theater Command just released a video of the encounter on Dec 21, accusing that, "The RC-135V ignored repeated warnings from the Chinese, and suddenly changed its flight attitude and squeezed the CN surveillance aircraft to the left and made dangerous approaches."
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USS Ronald Reagan with USS Antietam spotted in the
#EastChinaSea
on Aug 8, amid the upcoming US high-level delegation visit to
#Taiwan
.
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
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Possible location of Ronald Reagan CSG on August 1, and its entire tracks from July 1 to Aug 1.
As USS Ronald Reagan CSG operates in
#SouthChinaSea
. let's see new characteristics of US CSG activities in recent two years: 1) increasing frequency; 2) more rapidness and irregularity; 3) especially integration into the entire military system.
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USS Ronald Reagan spotted to the south of Okinawa on Aug 12, heading westwards to the
#EastChinaSea
, which has been circling near
#Taiwan
since Aug 8.
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
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You are working so hard. Why not report US military activities in Taiwan's so-called ADIZ?
One PLA Y-8 ASW entered
#Taiwan
’s southwest ADIZ on October 5, 2021. Please check our official website for more information:
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69 Vietnamese fishing vessels operated near the coastline of Malaysia from Mar 1 to 29, 2020.
According to an interview with Malaysian Foreign Minister lately, 141 Vietnamese fishermen were detained by Malaysia last year for IUU.
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Radio amateur captured the audio of
#China
Naval Air Force warning
#US
military aircraft off China's
#airspace
, which is estimated to happen near the coast of mainland China, north of the
#TaiwanStrait
, July 23.
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USAF RC-135S departed for observing the PLA exercises around Taiwan island, which will start soon at 12:00, August 4.
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Breaking: 🇺🇸USN destroyer and suspected 🇨🇦RCN HMCS Winnipeg seem to conduct joint Taiwan Strait transit, Oct 15.
HMCS Winnipeg, who once transited the Taiwan Strait in 2020, has been actively operating in the East and South China Seas lately.
Image via
@sentinel_hub
.
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EXCLUSIVE video and info about the conflict between China's law enforcement forces and Vietnamese fishermen and incident on September 29. Have you ever seen fishermen behaving like this? They're obviously trained,using long bamboo poles, harpoons and machetes to Initiate attack.
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On August 25, US Army Challenger 650, operating under a US Army program called
#Artemis
(Airborne Reconnaissance and Targeting Multi-Mission Intelligence System), is spotted again over the
#SouthChinaSea
, which is very active in this month and almost 10 sorties by now.
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USN EP-3E operated actively near the
#TaiwanStrait
, taking on quite a winding path, Aug 15.
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A total of at least 7 US military aircraft, including 4 P-8As,1 EP-3E, and carrier-based 1 E-2C & 1 C-2A, crowded over the
#SouthChinaSea
in the past 24hrs.
#USSAmerica
or/and
#USSTheodoreRoosevelt
has entered the
#SouthChinaSea
?
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In 2019, the US military substantially strengthened the contents and intensity of military exercises in the
#SouthChinaSea
and its neighboring areas,
@scs_pi
tracked and sorted out 85 of them, and analyzed their characteristics and trends.
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A rough sketch of
#USSRonaldReagan
CSG 2020 deployment, Jun 8-Aug 14.
The past two months have seen three dual-carrier exericses (two of which in the
#SouthChinaSea
), two bilateral exerices with JMSDF, one trilateral exercise with JMSDF & ADF and a series of operations by itself.
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USS Ronald Reagan, was spotted near
#MacclesfieldBank
on Oct 16, during its third time
#SouthChinaSea
deployment in 2020. (the fourth entering of the
#SCS
)
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@planetlabs
👍👍
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USN EP-3E and P-8A are patrolling over the
#SouthChinaSea
. Of which, the EP-3E is as nearest as 47.81NM of Guang Dong coast of China. Sep,26.
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CVN-76 went south again and returned to the water around east of Okinama. Two possible reasons:
1) Avoid Tropical Storm Meari which is approaching Japan.
2) Support other military activities and keep deterence, though it would not conduct operations like Taiwan Strait transit.
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USAF RC-135V
#AE01C8
is conducting an aggressive close-in reconnaissance on China in the
#EastChinaSea
and
#YellowSea
, Jan. 07.
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Once more. USAF RC-135U
#AE01D4
operates just along the coast of mainland China in the Yellow and East China Seas on June 14.
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US Army joins in spying on the
#SouthChinaSea
recently.
Aug 20, Challenger 650, operating under a US Army program called
#Artemis
(Airborne Reconnaissance and Targeting Multi-Mission Intelligence System), spotted near the
#TaiwanStrait
.
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Vietnam and Malaysia have just released their new Defense White Papers. What's the connections between them and
#SouthChinaSea
situation and Sino-US competion? Dr.Koh
@CollinSLKoh
gives an in-depth explanation at
@SCS_PI
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Aug 19:
USAF E-8C headed for
#Guangdong
.
USAF RC-135S hovered over
#Okinawa
intensively, which was probably observing on ballistic targets.
Meanwhile, USAF RC-135W was also spotted over the
#SouthChinaSea
.
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US Navy EP-3E is conducting close-in reconnaissance of
#Guangdong
, as close as about 52NM, July 27.
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Recently, three days in a row,
@SCS_PI
has found the US
#spy
aircraft electronically impersonate
#Malaysian
planes to conduct close-in reconnaissance near
#China
’s coast, which is also concurred by China's MFA. However, the
#US
has made no comment on this so far.
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Aug 30:
US Navy EP-3E
#AE1D91
spotted over the
#EastChinaSea
, whose path was kind of abnormal;
US Navy P-8A
#AE69DE
operated over the
#SouthChinaSea
;
US Army CL604
#N9191
operated over the Philippines and the
#SouthChinaSea
.
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Update:
#USSRonaldReagan
spotted at 17.4628° N, 119.1577° E, near the Filipino territorial sea, sailing eastwards, Oct 17.
#SouthChinaSea
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@sentinel_hub
👍👍
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USAF RC-135S
#AE01D7
, specializing on collecting optical and electronic data on ballistic targets, just finished a
#YellowSea
mission, 05:25-10:51 a.m., Mar 5.
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False ADS-B data or anything else? Anyone can confirm it?
It seems that US AF RC-135W (
#0015ff
) has operated over the
#TaiwanStrait
and crossed
#Taiwan
, Aug 31.
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USAF C-32A, boarded with the US Secretary Pompeo, is flying over China en route to Japan.
Glad to see such interaction, especially amid the growing US-China rivalry.
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What is happening in the
#SouthChinaSea
? Just this morning, from zero hour to now, US has sent at least six ISR aircraft including 3 P-8As, 1 EP-3E, 1 MQ-4C and 1 RC-135V. Two focuses are over the southern mouth of the Taiwan Strait and dual-carrier exercise area yesterday.
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TRACEBACK of the latest
#TaiwanStrait
transit, conducted by
#USSAntietam
and
#USSChancellorsville
, based on AIS, ADS-B of shipboard aircraft and remote image via
@sentinel_hub
. This transit is almost over, with the support of at least one large ISR aircraft of EP-3E . Aug 28.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth and USS America LHA-6 are in the same picture, Guam, August 9.
Pic from
@planet
via
@lobsterlarryliu
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Ghost ship "Grand Canyon II", remotely operated by US Navy, is operating in the
#Taiwanstrait
, May 25.
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SUSPECTED
#USSHalsey
spotted during the
#TaiwanStrait
transit, which happened to have entered the
#PenghuChannel
, Aug 31.
If true, it would be both exerting pressure on mainland China, and a challenge to Taiwan's baseline claims.
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@planetlabs
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BREAKING: Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard vessels collided this morning at
@SecondThomasShoal
, according to the statements of CCG.
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The U.S. military is significantly stepping up aerial surveillance on Aug 14. Besides RC-135S and Ep-3E spotted in the morning, there are at least a P-3C and a P-8A appeared at the north and south ends of the Taiwan Strait today.
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USAF C-37A (reported to be boarded by Michael Studeman, director of Intelligence,
@INDOPACOM
), arrived at
#Taiwan
, Nov 22.
Before which, 5 US
#reconnaissance
planes, including USAF 1*RC-135W, USN 2*P-8A, 1*MQ-4C and Tenax 1*CL-604 & 2 tankers, operated over the
#SouthChinaSea
.
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The CCG released a video of the water cannon incident in Second Thomas Shoal, and says that they launched a warning water cannon to a PH yacht but “maintained rational restraint throughout the process”. According to the video, the water cannon didn't directly aim at the PH yacht.
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Australian and Canadian warships, HMAS Anzac🇦🇺 and HMCS Calgary🇨🇦 , are operating in the
#SouthChinaSea
, March 30.
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Ronald Reagan CSG seemed to have an U-TURN and head northeast on Aug 9, about 200 nautical miles from the location updated yesterday,which had also been confirmed by images via
@planet
#Pelosi
#Taiwan
Latest (probable) location of Ronald Reagan CSG on Aug 8. It has moved about 140 nautical miles to the south in the last two days.
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While China and the Philippines are frequently confronting over Second Thomas Shoal, Vietnam is quietly making some major breakthrough in the land reclamation in the Spratly Islands. Up to now, 3.22km² has already been expanded.
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Update:
#USSTheodoreRoosevelt
spotted near
#ScarboroughShoal
, Jan 25.
Image credit:
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@planetlabs
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Satellite image from
@sentinel_hub
captured an unidentified floating nuclear submarine operating to the north of Scarborough Shoal, while USN P-8A patrolling over the
#SouthChinaSea
, Oct 22.
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8 hours and counting...
USAF RC-135S
#AE01D6
has been operating over the
#YellowSea
since 10 a.m., amid PLA's exercise in the northern Yellow Sea, Dec 7.
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USAF U-2A (
#AE0961
) is operating over the
#EastChinaSea
, Dec 10.
Earlier in August, a U-2 once flew into a previously declared no-fly zone, where PLA was conducting live-fire military exercise.
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The Site and Time of accident between F-35C and USS Vinson on Jan 24: most likely north of Scarborough Shoal and on the morning, based on the location of USNS Chambers T-AKE 11 of CSG1 via
@planet
,and the intensive mobilization of the P-8As and their departure and return times.
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The second US surveillance aircraft of today, USN P-3C, was spotted operating near the
#TaiwanStrait
, Aug 20.
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Latest position of
#USSNimitz
in the
#SouthChinaSea
on Feb. 1. When US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visited the Philippines, USS Nimitz CSG moved to the east of Subic Bay.
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USS Rafael Peralta operating less than 100nm off the eastern coastline of China, June 19.
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USAF RC-135U
#AE01D5
is conducting an aggressive close-in reconnaissance on China in the
#EastChinaSea
and
#YellowSea
, Sep 19.
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USN MQ-4C
#AE5C76
approaches China's airspace, as B-1B is operating over the
#SouthChinaSea
, Dec 28.
To date, MQ-4C has conducted 9 reconnaissance flights over the East and South China Seas this December.
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Satellite image confirms
#USSTheodoreRoosevelt
entered the
#SouthChinaSea
via the Bashi Channel on the morning of Jan 23.
Image credit to
@lobsterlarryliu
via
@planetlabs
👍
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USN dispatched two P-8As to the
#SouthChinaSea
, Aug 28.
After typhoons subsided, the US military reconnaissance activities is increasing significantly here.
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On April 14, 2021, in a move to pour fuel on the fire, Liz Derr, founder and CEO of
@simularity
, even suggested the Philippine government occupy key features in the
#SCS
, on an online forum, which is obviously against the DOC consensus.
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USAF RC-135W is operating just along the coastline of China's Guangdong and Hainan Island, April 16.
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Two USN P-8As
#AE67C9
#AE67D4
, and one USAF RC-135W
#AE01CB
enters the
#SouthChinaSea
one after another, on the morning of Dec 28.
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USS Ronald Reagan GSG is operating in the West of Spratly island on Jul 16，prabably will go to Da Nang to have a port call. The CSG departed from Guam around Jul 1, entered the
#SouthChinaSea
via the Balabac Strait and has been maneuvering around the
#SpratlyIsland
since Jul 13.
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USAF E-8C, RC-135S and RC-135W, golden portfolio of US electronic reconnaissance, are operating over the
#SouthChinaSea
, August 7.
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One member of Nimitz CSG, USS Decatur, is approaching the Spratly Islands in the
#SouthChinaSea
, Jan.30.
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USAF RC-135S is patrolling to the south of the Bohai Sea, near the Jiaozhou peninsula of China's Shandong, and one tanker KC-135T is coming to support it.
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Unusual to see an Australian P-8A (
#7CF9D4
) operating over the
#EastChinaSea
, March 2.
It was first deployed to Okinawa on Feb 25.
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USAF RC-135W (AE01CD), USN P-3C (AE1D5B) conducted reconnaissance missions near
#Guangdong
, Aug 6.
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Leaving and re-entering the
#SouthChinaSea
in a short spin of 2 days, USS Carl Vinson practiced tactical maneuvering in key passages, Nov 3-5.
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USAF E-8C is approach
#Guangdong
on the morning of July 28, the sixth time in the past two weeks.
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Vietnam has strenthened the the battle front of
#SouthChinaSea
in China's non-disputed waters.
Last Feb, 311 Vietnamese fishing vessels intruded into China's internal waters, territorial seas and EEZs near Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi, at least twice the number of which in Jan.
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USAF RC-135S
#AE01D7
has been spotted over the
#YellowSea
monitoring China three days in a row, as close as 26NM off the territorial sea baseline.
What’s more aggressive than its close-in surveillance is perhaps today’s callsign “JUNKY81”, which is probably calling PLA names.
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