Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
November 26, 2013
In a move designed to challenge China’s “air defense zone,” the US
flew two B-52 Bombers over disputed islands in the East China Sea just days
after Beijing implicitly threatened to shoot down aircraft entering the
area.
Image: B-52 Bomber (Wikimedia Commons).
Over the weekend, China released a map which included the
clustered Senkaku islands and warned that all aircraft entering the zone must
immediately identify themselves to Chinese authorities and face “emergency
military measures.”
However, the US flew two B-52 bombers through the zone during a
training mission today without notifying Beijing. There was no response from
China. In conducting the mission, the Pentagon followed through on its promise
that US pilots would not switch on their transponders and would defend
themselves if attacked.
“We have continued to follow our normal procedures, which include
not filing flight plans, not radioing ahead and not registering our
frequencies,” said US Colonel Steve Warren.
Although the B-52 flyover was part of a pre-planned exercise, it
has been characterized as a clear act of defiance against China’s
territorial claims.
Japan responded to the Chinese threat by accusing Beijing of
engaging in “profoundly dangerous acts that unilaterally change the status quo,”
adding that the defense zone was “not valid at all.”
According to the Telegraph’s
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the escalating crisis represents a “watershed
moment for the world” and means “Asia is on the cusp of a full-blown arms
race.”
“Even if the immediate crisis can be defused, we are clearly
sliding into a new Cold War,” writes Evans-Pritchard, adding, “One misjudgment
by either side in the East China Sea could change our world entirely. If you are
not concerned, perhaps you should be.”
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