China Lands Test Flight in Disputed Island Chain

[Genesis]

What can China do with these islands, anyway? Other than wave them around as a ready excuse for war, that is?

What can American fly bys do? Other than an opportunity for us to practice English?

What was that American phrase that you guys like to throw around? Oh yea, add cost. So I guess it's that.

 

[ahojunk]

Okay, back on topic.

More pictures of plane landing, this time on Yongxing Island.

 

[Place Of Space]

What can China do with these islands, anyway? Other than wave them around as a ready excuse for war, that is?

Who knows. There is no war, it's civil use; during war, it's military use. It's Chinese territory.

 

[xunzi]

Anyone who disrupt our islands development for peaceful mean will mean war.

 

[TaiShang]

What can China do with these islands, anyway? Other than wave them around as a ready excuse for war, that is?

Well, you never know when or for what reason you will need these islands. But, at the end of the day, these are assets, not liabilities. Better to have them than not to have them. For sure, these islands will be instrumental to monitor, control and provide safety for sea trade bound for and from China. Also, given that the required structures are in place, these islands would provide a forward base for China's possible future military campaigns. But, essentially, these are civilian and defensive structures which can be easily upgraded into offensive structures.

 

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[Keel]

Looking forward to the day when the aviation worthy, our ARJ-21-700 STD / ER to land on these islands gracefully from the Mainland and elsewhere from China

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[GS Zhou]

Love this picture! An airport that 1500km far away from the land, could be emerged from the sea in less than two years! Even that I've already be used to the pace of infrastructure construction of China, I'm still be shocked by the massive projects China builds in the South China Sea.

 

[beijingwalker]

 

[Manidabest]

China has a power to land on disputed island so it did...

 

[nang2]

Anyone who disrupt our islands development for peaceful mean will mean war.

No need to be rhetorical. Even it is not for peaceful mean, it can still mean war. It is the sovereignty at stake.

 

[Keel]

What can China do with these islands, anyway? Other than wave them around as a ready excuse for war, that is?

For the first question, they are our islands on which we can develop a lot of things like tourism, scientific research centers for tropical climates, sea lives and habitat, centers for traffic control, direction and rescue, provision of medical services, space communication, tracking and monitoring stations. transitional seaports and air bases for maintenance/repair and replenishment ...

For the second question, please direct that to your president and japan et al. Thanks

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[Solomon2]

For the first question, they are our islands -

One of the problems with this dispute is that China denies there is one - the Chinese demand that all negotiations start from the point of opposing parties acknowledging all of China's present (and future, since China claims no boundary) territorial claims.

 

[cnleio]

More test flight ... such long runway is a piece of case to deploy more aircrafts in SCS, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 ???

Who knows. There is no war, it's civil use; during war, it's military use. It's Chinese territory.

Add 'SCS Casino' ...