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| US sends two B-52 bombers into |
| US sends two B-52 bombers into air zone claimed by China
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 27-November-2013
3:21:51 AM |
| Defying China, two long-range U.S. bombers flew through contested airspace over the East China Sea, days after the Chinese announced they were claiming the right to police the sky above a vast area that includes islands at the center of a simmering dispute with Japan.
Pentagon officials said Tuesday that the B-52s were on a routine training mission planned long in advance of the Chinese announcement on Saturday that it was establishing an "air defense identification zone" over the area. But the message was clear.
A senior Pentagon official said that the mission overnight Monday from Guam "was a demonstration of long-established international rights to freedom of navigation and transit through international airspace." The official said the unilateral Chinese declaration of expanded control "was provocative" and "only increases the risk of miscalculation in the region."
There was no immediate Chinese response to the flights, conducted without prior notification as demanded under the new declaration from Beijing, which asserted the right to identify, monitor and possibly take military action against any aircraft that enter the area.
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