Wisma Putra to summon China ambassador over aircraft intrusion
The Foreign Affairs Ministry will summon China’s ambassador to Malaysia for an explanation on an incident involving a formation of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (Plaaf) aircraft near Beting Patinggi Ali (Luconia Shoals) yesterday.
In addition, its minister Hishammuddin Hussein (above) said he will “relay Malaysia’s serious concern” over the matter to his counterpart in China, while his ministry will lodge a formal diplomatic protest.
“Malaysia’s stand is clear - having friendly diplomatic relations with a country does not mean that we will compromise our national security.
“Malaysia remains steadfast in defending our dignity and our sovereignty,” he said in a statement today.
Earlier today, the Royal Malaysian Air Force said it had intercepted 16 aircraft that were “flying suspiciously” towards Malaysian airspace.
The formation entered the Malaysian Maritime Zone while failing to follow orders to contact air traffic controllers overseeing the Kota Kinabalu Flight Information Region (FIR).
Interceptors launched from Labuan Airbase identified the formation as Ilyushin IL-76 and Xi’an Y-20 strategic transport aircrafts of the Plaaf.
KJ-2000 (a Chinese Airborne early warning and control system comprising domestically designed electronics and radars installed on a modified Ilyushin Il-76 airframe)
Xi'an Y-20 (Chinese: 运-20; pinyin: Yùn-20; lit. 'transport-20') is a large military transport aircraft
within the Chinese aviation industry itself, the aircraft is more commonly known by its nickname Chubby Girl (Chinese: 胖妞), because its fuselage is much wider compared to other Chinese aircraft previously developed in China
“This incident is a very serious threat to our national sovereignty and aviation security due to the density of air traffic in the airways of the Kota Kinabalu FIR,” the Air Force said of yesterday’s incident.
It said the Plaaf transports came within 60 nautical miles (111km) from the coast of Sarawak.
Beting Patinggi Ali is part of a longstanding maritime dispute between China and several countries including Malaysia.
Both Malaysia and China claim sovereignty over the shoals, although the latter’s claims are not internationally recognised.
It's OK.
ReplyDeleteJust be cool and accept it.
As Kishore Mahbubani has said, we just have to accept and deal with the reality China is The dominant power in East Asia.
The East Is Red was once just a song, but it is now Hard geopolitical reality.
What is the logik for procuring littoral ships from DaGe when they are NAMBAR1 1 when it comes to RAMPAS-ing territory from us?
ReplyDeleteSo where are these 2 littoral vessels if not looking after our seas?
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Malaysia receives second littoral mission ship from China
FMT Reporters -January 14, 2021
Sundang, which was built in Wuhan, China, was launched on July 12, 2019.
PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Navy has announced that it received the second littoral mission ship (LMS) from China today.
The vessel, which has been named Sundang, is the second of four LMSs under a contract signed between Putrajaya and the China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co Ltd in 2017.
In a statement, the navy’s strategic communications branch said the ship will sail to Malaysia in the third week of this month and will be commissioned at the navy’s Kota Kinabalu base on a later date.
“A committee of three government representatives, led by Abdul Hadi Tan Abdullah, the head of the navy’s LMS project, has checked the vessel’s documents, physical tests and went on a demonstration of its abilities,” it said.
“Sundang has successfully passed several tests in port and on the sea before being handed over to the government.”
The construction of the Sundang began on Oct 23, 2018, in Wuhan, China, and the vessel was launched on July 12, 2019. Putrajaya was scheduled to receive the vessel on April 12 last year, but construction work was postponed until January due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The project was reactivated on May 18, 2020 and designated crew members of Sundang were sent to Qidong, Shanghai, on Oct 16 to resume work on the ship.
The remaining two vessels will be handed over in September and November this year.
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which Malaysian territory did China seize? When?
DeleteIslands in South China Sea are all disputed. Prior to China coming into the scene, Vietnam and Philippines were rampas-ing - where was Malaysian voice like yours?
These mfers DON'T want to understand the definition of disputed territories!
DeleteOr they have their very own interpretation of territorial sovereignty as according to those demoNcratized lies leaking from that fart filled well!
Did Phillipines fly their military aircraft right over Malaysian waters ?
DeleteThese CCP lovers are ever ready to sell their country for a packet of Renminbi.
I suspect these CCP build combat ships come with a Kill Switch.
DeleteIf it ever becomes necessary, CCP just have to transmit an electronic code to the ship, and everything, engines, electronics completely shuts down.... wakakaka..
What Croc.
DeleteDa Ge insists they have the right to freedom of overflight over the southern seas as per relevant international law but they also say others have no right for freedom of navigation also based on relevant international law?
Circular Logic.
you have the same fantasy as Atuk, who insinuated that MH370 was remotely controlled by the Yanks to fly to Diego Garcia, wakakaka
DeletePlenty of Yankee haters do seriously believe the Yanks had a hand in the Disappearance of MH370.
DeleteThis blurred mfer can ONLY do c&p postings!
DeleteIt doesn't read the content properly. None it does any sensible analysis.
Too complicated for its kind.
As DaGe expands its military capabilities in the Southern seas, building entire islands, airstrips and ports we continue to be subservient and kwai kwai.
ReplyDeleteBTW, never heard our Scorpenes doing ANYTHING to protect our seas....even though they are based in Sepanggar, Sabah, right at the doorstep of the southern seas.
How does one fly 16 Huge Planes "suspiciously"?
ReplyDeleteno give face, just shoot the communist.
ReplyDeleteWith yr spat katak-ised saliva, no?
Deleteask kt uncle, the chinese here kill many communist.
DeleteYaloh, with yr helps!
Delete500 yo Bully must continue sending aircraft carrier fleets to protect Southern Seas from 5,000 yo Bully. And Britannia is sending its carrier over, maybe park near Fragrant Harbour to pick up Grandma Wong.
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British name enormous carrier strike group heading for the Indo-Pacific
By: Andrew Chuter April 26, 2021
LONDON – The largest fleet of Royal Navy warships to deploy internationally since the 1982 Falklands War is heading to the Indo-Pacific region next month as the British government seeks to raise its presence in the Far East.
The maiden deployment of a UK carrier strike group led by the Royal Navy’s new 65,000 tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth has been on the cards for months but this is the first time the MoD has detailed the destinations, ships, aircraft and submarines involved.
Aside from the carrier, the surface fleet comprises Type 45 destroyers, HMS Defender and HMS Diamond; Type 23 anti-submarine frigates, HMS Kent and HMS Richmond; and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s logistics ships Fort Victoria and Tidespring. An Astute-class nuclear submarine will also be part of the force.
The deployment accounts for a significant portion of a Royal Navy surface fleet which totals only 19 frigates and destroyers.
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS The Sullivans and a Dutch frigate, HNLMS Evertse, complete the line-up of surface warships accompanying HMS Queen Elizabeth on the 28 week deployment.
Eight British F-35B Lightning strike aircraft will be deployed on the carrier, with the bigger part of the warship’s fast-jet strike force made up of 10 US Marine Corp F-35s....
...Also part of the task force will be four Leonardo-built Wildcat maritime attack helicopters, seven Leonardo Merlin Mk2 anti-submarine helicopters and three Merlin Mk4 commando helicopters.
No mention was made of the new Merlin Crowsnest airborne early-warning helicopter capability, but it seems the British will be fielding all three aircraft so far handed over to the Royal Navy by contractor Lockheed Martin UK.
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500 yo Bully and Britannia have no territorial claims in our part of the world, but 5,000 yo Bully only want to RAMPAS RAMPAS RAMPAS, so they must be taught a lesson they will not forget.
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The United Kingdom Dispatches HMS Queen Elizabeth to Confront China
By Michael Auslin
MAY 11, 2021
For more than 800 years, English naval ships have been launching from Portsmouth, bound for the world’s oceans. Last week, the Royal Navy opened a new era with the departure of a new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, for the beginning of an seven-month deployment that will bring it to the Indo-Pacific, along with a strike group. There, the Royal Navy task force will participate in operations designed to ensure freedom of navigation and open seas. The reason? “We see China as being a challenge and a competitor,” said Britain’s first sea lord, Adm. Tony Radakin, during a visit with his U.S. counterpart, Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations.
Some might wonder why the British are sticking their toes into the turbulent waters of far-away Asia—why London is suddenly so committed to upholding a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” adopting the slogan used by the Trump and Biden administrations alike. Or, even more tellingly, why so many nations even beyond the United Kingdom are increasingly vocal in their criticisms of Beijing.
The looming Chinese-U.S. confrontation—and especially the United States’ supposedly more aggressive stance—is often cited as the main threat to global peace. The danger is argued to be the result of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn four decades of more cooperative U.S. policy toward China. Trump’s moves, including imposing tariffs, banning tech companies, challenging Beijing’s influence campaigns, increasing naval operations in the South China Sea, and deepening ties with Taiwan, led to warnings that Washington was turning China into an enemy and pushing the two nations closer to conflict. For example, an open letter to then-President Trump signed by more than 100 American academics and former diplomats and military officers expressed the belief that “many U.S. actions are contributing directly to the downward spiral in relations.”
The fact that the Biden administration has not only continued but in some ways intensified Trump’s policies has added to concern that the U.S. foreign-policy elite is now irrevocably committed to a confrontational approach to China. Thus, the Nation’s Michael Klare criticized Secretary of State Antony Blinken for lambasting the Chinese at his Anchorage meeting with his Chinese counterparts and stated that the U.S. Navy’s freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea were “provocative maneuvers,” despite The Hague’s 2016 rejection of Beijing’s claims in those waters.
Were it really the case that America alone was to blame for U.S.-Chinese tensions, then one might expect to see other countries dissociate themselves from Washington’s apparently rash actions, either sitting on the sidelines or actively opposing U.S. policies. Instead, Beijing not only finds itself the target of a widening range of critics but in active disputes with a host of liberal nations.
From influence campaigns to hacking, from economic threats or coercion to the militarization of international waters, Beijing is increasingly exercising a might-makes-right foreign and security policy that is setting it against large parts of the world, independent of whatever is happening in U.S.-Chinese relations.
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Pommie asslicker, don't just fart lah!
DeleteDo something more enticing to yr pommie lord & see that long delayed queen carrier to her early meet with Poseidon - maybe even before teaching the South sea!