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US Asks Vietnam To Stop Russian Bomber Refueling Flights From Cam Ranh Air Base
HughPickens.com writes Reuters reports that the United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use its former US base at Cam Ranh Bay to refuel nuclear-capable bombers engaged in shows of strength over the Asia-Pacific region. General Vincent Brooks, commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, says the Russian bombers have conducted "provocative" flights, including around the U.S. Pacific Ocean territory of Guam, home to a major American air base. Brooks said the planes that circled Guam were refueled by Russian tankers flying from the strategic bay, which was transformed by the Americans during the Vietnam War into a massive air and naval base. Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that the airport at Cam Ranh was first used for staging Il-78 tankers for aerial refueling of Tu-95MS bombers in January 2014. Asked about the Russian flights in the region, the State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Washington respected Hanoi's right to enter agreements with other countries but added that "we have urged Vietnamese officials to ensure that Russia is not able to use its access to Cam Ranh Bay to conduct activities that could raise tensions in the region."
Cam Ranh is considered the finest deepwater shelter in Southeast Asia. North Vietnamese forces captured Cam Ranh Bay and all of its remaining facilities in 1975. Vietnam's dependence on Russia as the main source of military platforms, equipment, and armaments, has now put Hanoi in a difficult spot. Russia has pressed for special access to Cam Ranh Bay ever since it began delivering enhanced Kilo-class submarines to Vietnam. "Hanoi is invariably cautious and risk adverse in its relations with the major powers," says Carl Thayer. "The current issue of Russian tankers staging out of Cam Ranh pits Russia and China on one side and the United States on the other. There is no easy solution for Vietnam."
Cam Ranh is considered the finest deepwater shelter in Southeast Asia. North Vietnamese forces captured Cam Ranh Bay and all of its remaining facilities in 1975. Vietnam's dependence on Russia as the main source of military platforms, equipment, and armaments, has now put Hanoi in a difficult spot. Russia has pressed for special access to Cam Ranh Bay ever since it began delivering enhanced Kilo-class submarines to Vietnam. "Hanoi is invariably cautious and risk adverse in its relations with the major powers," says Carl Thayer. "The current issue of Russian tankers staging out of Cam Ranh pits Russia and China on one side and the United States on the other. There is no easy solution for Vietnam."
Yet another brainwashed American foaming at the mouth yapping what should happen at the other side of earth, using their government spoon fed world history.
China had the world's largest fleet 600 years ago, their fleets were by far much larger than anyone else at the time, they traveled everywhere, they traded with Native Americans way before Europeans fucking "Discovered" it. They went to Africa, Australia before Europeans did, look up Zheng He and compare the size of China's fleet at the time with others nations at the time.
The "nine dash line" was originally the "eleven dash line", and it was drawn after WW2, nobody else protested at the time, China changed the eleven dash line to nine dash line because they were good friends with Vietnam at the time, it was done as a token of friendship. The South China Sea has been China's by default for centuries (Why the fuck do you think Japan uses Chinese in their writings, why official Koreans clothing looks exactly like ancient Chinese clothing, why do you think there are so many Chinese in Malaysia and Indonesia), later oil was discovered under the sea bed, and China had a civil war in the 1940s (See Taiwan), so Vietnam and Philippines and others took the chance to steal some of the islands and installed bases there. China was robbed, they protested but they were too busy dealing with civil war at the time.
China owned South China Sea way before Philippines even fucking existed (Which was created after the raped by the Spanish and then by the Americans).
You Americans need to shut the fuck up about what other nations should do, and learn some fucking actual world history before opening your mouths. Americans were the only ones left standing after WW2, you kidnapped all the German scientists who helped you developed your space/rockets/science programs, that's where you got your head start, you guys fucking had it all, but what did you do? Fucked up the world that's what.
I haven't even got to the part where Americans stole their lands from native Americans through genocides, then use the land for slavery. Oh just shut the fuck up.
You Americans had your chances, but the world is now sick and tired of your American bullshit. Fuck off.