US EditionSatellite images show fresh Chinese bomber deployment in South China Sea
- Two Chinese long-range H-6 bombers were deployed around the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea this week, an action that was captured in satellite images obtained by Reuters.
- This deployment, which China did not publicize, occurred shortly before U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's visit to Manila on March 28, where he reaffirmed the U.S.'s commitment to its mutual defense treaty with the Philippines.
- China's Defence Ministry stated that previous publicized drills were meant to resolutely safeguard China's national sovereignty and security, and to maintain peace in the South China Sea.
- According to Dr. Peter Layton of Australia's Griffith Asia Institute, the bomber deployment sends "a signal that China has a sophisticated military", and Hegseth stated that China's actions made deterrence necessary in the South China Sea.
- China's military presence in the South China Sea has been growing, including deployments of H-6 bombers since 2018, despite a 2016 international arbitration ruling that China's claims have no legal basis, a decision Beijing rejected.
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‘NOT SERENDIPITY’ A Chinese H-6 bomber flies east of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in this satellite photo takenon March 24, four days ahead of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Asian tour. —MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/REUTERS HONG KONG—China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reu…
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HONG KONG >> China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters showed.
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Satellite images show fresh Chinese bomber deployment in South China Sea
HONG KONG: China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South C
Satellite Images Show Fresh Chinese Bomber Deployment in South China Sea
Satellite images obtained by Reuters showed that China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea.
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