US Sends Military Aircraft to intercept Chinese subs in the South China Sea


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July 11th, 2020 - by Michael T. Klare / The Nation A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the South China Sea in the Making? Michael T. Klare / The Nation (July 9, 2020) — While the American public, the media, and Congress have largely been focused on the Covid pandemic, demands for racial justice, and other domestic concerns in recent months, the US military has been mobilizing all of its capabilities for a massive show of force in waters abutting China. Every Pacific-based US submarine is now deployed in the area ; two nuclear-powered carriers and their escort ships are...